On March 8th we are celebrating the international women’s day and this thought crossed my mind: is guitar a men’s world?
Don’t expect me to deliver a feminist speech, that is not my point here, but I was trying to think of some female rock guitarists who are actually acknowledged and I can only say Nita Strauss (maybe it’s my ignorance speaking and I don’t know another one, lol)
I mean, I’m sure there’s a lot of talented female guitarists out there, but why do you think they aren’t so well known? Do they have the same opportunities in the music industry as men? I don’t know for sure but probably there’s more male than female music producers in the world of rock (@Aileé Guerra Aréizaga can you enlighten me on this?) ... might that fact have a negative influence for women to become successful guitarists?
Would our dear Syn be who he is on metal guitar today if he had been born a woman?
Like I said at the beginning, this post is not intended to create a war between men and women, or discuss who is better on guitar. This kind of argument would be useless IMO, because the values that move me in my life are way more simple than that, they’re only justice and respect for each other, and it makes everything easier.
But I’d love to hear your thoughts to try to figure out if female guitar players do really have the same chances in the world of metal and rock guitar and why? And what can we do to change that?
Don’t expect me to deliver a feminist speech, that is not my point here, but I was trying to think of some female rock guitarists who are actually acknowledged and I can only say Nita Strauss (maybe it’s my ignorance speaking and I don’t know another one, lol)
I mean, I’m sure there’s a lot of talented female guitarists out there, but why do you think they aren’t so well known? Do they have the same opportunities in the music industry as men? I don’t know for sure but probably there’s more male than female music producers in the world of rock (@Aileé Guerra Aréizaga can you enlighten me on this?) ... might that fact have a negative influence for women to become successful guitarists?
Would our dear Syn be who he is on metal guitar today if he had been born a woman?
Like I said at the beginning, this post is not intended to create a war between men and women, or discuss who is better on guitar. This kind of argument would be useless IMO, because the values that move me in my life are way more simple than that, they’re only justice and respect for each other, and it makes everything easier.
But I’d love to hear your thoughts to try to figure out if female guitar players do really have the same chances in the world of metal and rock guitar and why? And what can we do to change that?