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Why are most female rock musicians not as good as males?

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Why are most female rock musicians not as good as males?

from JoeUser Forums
The Go-Gos, The Bangles, Karen Carpenter, Irlene Mandrell, Melissa Etheridge; none of them impress me very much as musicians. The only ones I can think of that are any good are the drummer with Lenny Kravitz (I don't know her name) and Bonnie Raitt.

I think it is one of two things, or maybe a "Combination of the Two." (Extra points for the name of that artist.) Either they don't have enough testosterone, or the fact that most females start with instruments such as piano, clarinet or violin, then when they get into a band, they take up drums or guitar.

Your thoughts?
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Reply #51 from JoeUser Forums Top
Neither a singer nor musician


exactly my point. and yet she regularly performed with a former beatle. in the words of george michaels, it's not what you know, it's who ya blow.
Reply #52 from JoeUser Forums Top
it's not what you know, it's who ya blow.


*L* No truer words have been said.

Women have a harder time since the drums and guitar are far from traditional instruments for women to play. Bands with male front singers fear how they would look with a female in such a role in their band, traditionally all female bands have done poorly with few exceptions. The overall mindset may just be that the music watching public don't want to see women leads in bands, let them sing, but it's the lead guitarist that runs the band and isn't often fired without consequences to the band. Don't ask me why. I don't know the answer. My Uncles old band used to fire lead singers left and right. Van Halen is among those also. But there is NO Motley Crue without Tommy Lee.

You could trace some of it to band class and the instructors, I wanted to play drums, I was "steered" to the clarinet. And oddly enough, there was an electric guitar and a full kit drummer in our school band (both male, females couldn't even learn it).

It don't mean that fabulous females don't exist, it's that society wants women to be soft and fluffy (like violins, clarinets, flute, vocals) and men should be hard and raw (electric guitar, drums, tubas, Cello) Fluffy men join boy bands that appeal to teenage girls. *L*

Maybe I should point one of the highschool teachers into having the student's to a report on this.... Hmmmmmm.
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Reply #53 from JoeUser Forums Top
She's probably more folksy, country than rock but I think she's awesome.
Reply #54 from JoeUser Forums Top
There was a series on PBS about blues. I recorded the final episode and watched it again last night.

Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Great guitarist.