If you took all the major instruments found in rock, jazz, country, blues, pop, and included all the orchestra instrument families, and added up the respective number of players by gender, do you think the numbers would be evenly split, or unevenly split?
It seems like more males play instruments than females, by a large margin. I'm not talking strictly drumming here, all instruments. I wonder why that is. Not counting singing though. No matter what instrument you pick, it seems like male players outnumber female players by a substantial margin.
I have no opinions on why that is. Maybe males are happier figuring out how to do it instead of simply enjoying it? I don't understand the imbalance. Surely music touches people on a similar level, gender notwithstanding. So why do more males play instruments?
I repeat, I think it depends HOW you calculate the number of players. If it's in terms of people who pick up an instrument, I think it's largely 50/50, although there may be a slight male/female bias. But if you're looking at the genders of people who perform in public, I'd go for at least 70/30 male/female.
...All things that require single minded finesse in pursuit of the heights of excellence are more suited to the male psyche. Music, art, cooking, engineering etc
The female psyche is more attuned to multi tasking, multi dimensional awareness, the ability to keep many more balls in the air, as it were.
My deceptively simplistic explanation.
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All things that require single minded finesse in pursuit of the heights of excellence are more suited to the male psyche. Music, art, cooking, engineering etc
The female psyche is more attuned to multi tasking, multi dimensional awareness, the ability to keep many more balls in the air, as it were.
My deceptively simplistic explanation.
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* and now, I'm sure Anon will demolish this theory to bits with a quip in the end about the number of balls in the air, and who they might belong to.
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Certainly not mine. They retired from flying some years ago* and now, I'm sure Anon will demolish this theory to bits with a quip in the end about the number of balls in the air, and who they might belong to.
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Oh yes, that left hand would put any drummer to shameI'm thinking of Hiromi right now, what a master!
Having met both of you, I can confirm absolutely that you're not a bloke, & your husband has an unimpressive figure for a girl- by this reasoning I am a bloke! And in addition to that, my husband is female!!
Hahaha - true!The fact that fewer women are trying to make a living playing music proves they really are smarter than we are.
The fact that fewer women are trying to make a living playing music proves they really are smarter than we are.
Most women aren't that interested in the recreational type gigs playing for drunks. That's just the truth.
All things that require single minded finesse in pursuit of the heights of excellence are more suited to the male psyche. Music, art, cooking, engineering etc
The female psyche is more attuned to multi tasking, multi dimensional awareness, the ability to keep many more balls in the air, as it were.
My deceptively simplistic explanation.
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* and now, I'm sure Anon will demolish this theory to bits with a quip in the end about the number of balls in the air, and who they might belong to.
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