I was in the orchestra between the grades of 4th grade to 8th grade. I as a female, I played the violin. Not many boys played the violin but as the instruments got bigger, the more the boys played. I never really noticed until thinking about it now. But that is one of my music and gender experiences. Another experience is that my brother played the trumpet when he was middle school and I believe there was not one girl that played it.
Another one I can recently think about is the music industry now. The industry I am talking about is the rap industry. Females want to have the same respect and recognition as the guys. Because the guys can do and say whatever they want without anyone really doing or saying anything. But once a female does it, it is so wrong. One person that has kind of broken the stigma is, Megan the Stallion. She is one of the best female rappers out at the moment (I would put a video in but her music is very vulgar). She is doing and saying whatever she wants and people love her. I believe women can do anything and everything a man can do, and maybe even better.
Also another thing I see now and days, is what females are suppose to listen to compared what males listen to. People and mostly males believe females are suppose to listen to soft and in your feelings music by male or female, or hard music by female rappers. But now and days females listen to any kind of music. For example, there is a artist named, NBA young boy (once again I would put a video up but his music is very vulgar too), when a male hears a female listen to his music they are amazed. I personally listen to all kinds of music, if you look in my phone you would have music from the weekend (my favorite artist) to NBA young boy. I do not really fully discriminate against music, but there is a couple genres of music I do not listen to.
I do not really get involved with Converse College but when I do, I do hear a different music. Most of the music is really up to beat or slow. It is usually (close to 90%) music I do not listen to. But Being here has introduced me to a lot of different music from being at events to going to class (this class) to going to concerts held here.
I LOVE Megan the Stallion! I think she is such a great artist and totally agree that she is just as good if not better than any man!!!
ReplyDeleteI never would of thought to bring up the rap industry, but now that you did, you are completely right! Female rappers definitely are given a harder time.
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree with the fact that specifically in the rap industry, there is a lot of discrimination against women. Lately, it has gotten a lot better and more female rappers are being recognized such as Doja Cat and Tierra Whack.
ReplyDeleteI play violin too. I noticed that bigger brass instruments were played predominantly by guys, but I never thought about the gradual decline of girls as the size of the instrument went up. There are some wonderful female brass musicians out there, but they are indeed less common.
ReplyDeleteHi Dominique,
ReplyDeleteAs I don't listen to rap (just a preference for me), I was never aware that female rappers were given such a hard time. This is wrong because females are allowed to say and do whatever they want, likewise to men. The only female rapper that I like and will listen too occasionally is Iggy Azalea. Converse really is a different environment, musically wise. It does tend to expose everyone to music that isnt really heard on the radio. Also, I was a choir kid for the most part but I was in band for two years. With that said, I cant relate to the orcherstra personally but my brother was a violinist and he did experience some gender issues himself. I hope to see more variety in instruments because I do agree that certain instruments belong to certain genders. Such a true fact!
Thank you for opening up my eyes about the rap industry. I have not really thought about how women are given a harder time when it comes to being rappers. Luckily this has evolved some over the years!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you brought up the rap industry, Dominique. You're exactly right--women rappers have a much more difficult time in the industry. In fact, there are all sorts of double-standards throughout the popular music industry, writ large.
ReplyDeleteOh, also, feel free to link to whatever music videos you like, even if the lyrics aren't exactly G-Rated. We're all adults here, and folks can choose to listen or not as it suits them. I, for one, have discovered a number of artists through these blogs that I would never have run into otherwise.
ReplyDelete