I've been a female guitar player in four bands, and in every band, sooner or later the men try to diminish you. They tell you how to play your own songs, or they take over your songs and try to do it themselves or they simply make remarks about your looks or figure or tell you how to do your work. Audience members come up after a gig and…
I've been a female guitar player in four bands, and in every band, sooner or later the men try to diminish you. They tell you how to play your own songs, or they take over your songs and try to do it themselves or they simply make remarks about your looks or figure or tell you how to do your work. Audience members come up after a gig and tell me they admire my playing, but those words would never pass my band members' lips. Like the military, police, fire or any other male-dominated world the music world is very tough on women.
I've been a female guitar player in four bands, and in every band, sooner or later the men try to diminish you. They tell you how to play your own songs, or they take over your songs and try to do it themselves or they simply make remarks about your looks or figure or tell you how to do your work. Audience members come up after a gig and tell me they admire my playing, but those words would never pass my band members' lips. Like the military, police, fire or any other male-dominated world the music world is very tough on women.