tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010923635709588318.post152003977568261297..comments2024-03-25T02:59:14.613+00:00Comments on Breaking More Waves: Equal Opportunities For Women Musicians - Are Bloggers As Bad As Festival Bookers?Breaking More Waves Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01678542701655601547noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010923635709588318.post-1318876490460371872015-06-29T13:44:28.468+01:002015-06-29T13:44:28.468+01:00I was thinking about the same thing after reading ...I was thinking about the same thing after reading that article, are people really listening to so few female acts?<br /><br />Probably yes. <br /><br />Personally I listen to mostly females for personal obsession reasons and my blog posts are way over 70% about girls. But I don't see that as an achievement and your numbers seem accurate. Achievement for me is only being honest in expressing my taste. <br /><br />I think is for two reasons, there aren't enough female musicians and the ones that exist are not as good as the males. I think the key data you posted is that there are only 20% female submissions. How many posts can one do?<br /><br />In my country, Italy, is even worse though, if you go to a gig there aren't many females in the audience for indie bands. Guys making music for guys (I remember alvvays some months ago saying something like, wow there are so many guys here and thats a female fronted band for example)<br /><br />All this explains the music festival data. Festivals are not the special Olympics, they book who the ticket buyers want to see.<br /><br />About blogs I think when writing a blog we should talk about the bands we honestly love, regardless of nationality, race or gender. No special treatments, just honesty. I think music is the only field where nothing else matter. Hell if even israeli and palestinians can get along (via the divan orcherstra) I'd say music is just about music and so should it be.<br /><br />I think is up to girls to make a band if they want to, record and post a good song on soundcloud, send the link to blogs and raise that 20% submission rate.<br /><br />That's the first step and nobody is stopping any girl from doing it in my opinion. But of course is easier to find excuses than to find a way.that goosenoreply@blogger.com