Open Sonix presents Give to Gain Songwriting Camp, powered by Roland in partnership with GIRLSofGRIME & GRRLS CLUB

International Women’s Day calls for meaningful, measurable action that accelerates progress. Within music production and engineering fields where women remain significantly underrepresented that action must extend beyond visibility and into structural access. The Give to Gain Songwriting Camp was created with that purpose. 

Facilitated by Open Sonix and delivered in partnership with GIRLSofGRIME and GRRLS CLUB, the initiative reflects the International Women’s Day 2026 Give to Gain campaign theme by demonstrating how intentionally sharing resources, expertise and opportunity creates collective advancement.

In music, progress is not only about who is seen on stage. It is also about who holds authorship behind the scenes.
 

Building on GIRLSofGRIME’s IWD Legacy

GIRLSofGRIME has consistently supported International Women’s Day through music-led initiatives, including collaborative releases and campaigns spotlighting women across rap and production.

Through its Power.Of.Women Producer Programme, the collective platformed women producers at a time when representation in technical music roles remain disproportionately low. One outcome of that programme was the self-produced track O.T.T. (Ours To Take), which became a hugely popular International Women’s Day 2024 theme song. 

Give to Gain builds on this foundation by extending from visibility into structured development. Rather than creating a single campaign moment, the initiative establishes a professional studio environment where women producers and songwriters collaborate, exchange knowledge and create tangible outcomes within industry-standard settings.

Two fully funded places are awarded through the GIRLSofGRIME x TDTV Give to Gain competition, ensuring access is not limited by financial barriers and reinforcing the initiative’s commitment to redistributing opportunity.
 

The Give to Gain Model: Access as Infrastructure

Give to Gain operates as an intensive collaborative songwriting and production camp grounded in peer exchange and professional infrastructure.

Participants work within a structured studio environment designed to foster; Collaborative authorship, Technical knowledge-sharing, Real-world production workflow, Credit-building opportunities and Professional studio confidence.

The ethos is simple: each participant gives creativity, time and expertise to the room and in return gains expanded networks, strengthened technical capability and professional momentum. This reciprocal structure embodies the International Women’s Day principle that progress accelerates when resources are shared intentionally.
 

Featured producers and songwriters

The initiative brings together emerging and established creatives working across rap, R&B and electronic music.

Coletti is a rising music producer in the UK rap and R&B scenes, known for her genre blending style that combines soulful and jazzy R&B textures with the gritty undertones of UK rap. At just 19, she has already showcased her versatility in various projects with artists such as Jhay Paris, Vanès, Blaze YL, Frey and Ethan. Based in Ealing, London, she has over two years of experience and has previously guest hosted a production session for GRRLS CLUB, sharing her knowledge with aspiring female producers.

Likkle Jay, a Grammy-nominated music producer and sound engineer from East London, began making beats at nine years old after being introduced to Fruity Loops by her father. She later studied music technology and was awarded a scholarship to study at the Abbey Road Institute, leading to a placement at Abbey Road Studios where she worked on high-profile projects. She continues to champion representation for women and Black creatives in production and engineering roles.

Producer-songwriter and founder of GRRLS CLUB, Nardean plays a dual role within the initiative as both partner and creative contributor. Through GRRLS CLUB, she has created essential spaces supporting women producers through mentorship, workshops and collaborative sessions. Her participation in Give to Gain bridges community leadership and creative practice, reinforcing the importance of peer-led development and representation within production spaces.

Southeast London artist and producer Peradise is known for her fearless creativity and bold, self-produced sound. Her breakthrough came through GIRLSofGRIME’s Power.Of.Women Producer Programme, where her self-produced track O.T.T. (Ours To Take) became the official International Women’s Day 2024 theme song. She has since produced music for Universal Production Music’s Girls of Grime Present: LDN Sounds, with placements across Sky Sports UK and Italy. Her continued progression reflects the long-term impact of investment in women producers, as she moves from programme participant to contributor within Open Sonix’s Give to Gain camp.

Deuxes [pictured below] multi-instrumentalists and songwriters, contribute their musicianship and songwriting to the collaborative studio process, reinforcing the camp’s emphasis on co-authorship and live musical input.

Executive leadership and partnership

Give to Gain is supported by a women-led executive structure with Chinaire who is the Founder of Ekuals Music, Executive Producer at Open Sonix, and a member of GIRLSofGRIME; Shakira Walters who is the Founder and CEO of GIRLSofGRIME; and KiKi who is Co-Founder of GRRLS CLUB.

Open Sonix founder, Nick Cole, facilitates the studio infrastructure supporting the programme.

Together, the partnership reflects a cross-collective approach that combines grassroots leadership, industry experience and structured studio access.
 

A Statement from the Executive Team

“Give to Gain is about shifting access in a practical way. When women are placed at the centre of production spaces, not just as contributors, but as authors and decision-makers the impact extends far beyond one session. It influences confidence, credit, leadership and long-term visibility. Real progress happens when infrastructure is shared intentionally," says Chinaire, Founder of Ekuals Music, Executive Producer at Open Sonix and member of GIRLSofGRIME [pictured above].
 

Powered by Roland with tools as empowerment

Access to professional equipment remains a significant barrier for many emerging producers. Without hands-on engagement with industry-standard tools, technical confidence and authorship can be limited.

Through support from Roland, participants work with the SP-404MKII, A-49 MIDI controllers, Katana amplifier, Jupiter-Xm synthesiser and Roland Cloud software instruments.

Direct interaction with professional hardware and software strengthens technical confidence and reinforces creative ownership within production environments historically dominated by men.

In the Give to Gain Songwriting Camp, the equipment functions not solely as a resource, but as infrastructure that enables authorship.
 

Join the Movement: Give to Gain

International Women’s Day is a global call to accelerate progress through meaningful action.

Closing representation gaps requires more than awareness; it requires structural change and shared responsibility.

Initiatives like Give to Gain demonstrate how redistributing access, sharing expertise and investing in underrepresented talent can create sustainable impact within creative industries.

For International Women’s Day 2026, organisations and individuals are invited to consider how they can Give to Gain within their own communities whether by opening doors, providing mentorship, investing in infrastructure, amplifying women’s leadership or creating collaborative spaces where authorship can thrive.

When we give access, we gain innovation.

When we give opportunity, we gain representation.

When we give intentionally, we accelerate progress for all.