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January 18, 2025 at 6:41 AM
La, there’s Nazi’s, we must go.
December 28, 2024 at 7:55 PM
Oh, the exception in classic rock? Starship’s “We Built This City”, which does have Grace Slick as a co-lead singer.

I welcome hearing exceptions and counterexamples to this thread.
December 18, 2024 at 4:54 PM
I had to go beyond the standard car radio presets to find a station for current pop music. The standard presets gave me the above choices (classic rock, country, RnB, Hip-Hop).

So if you don’t seek women out (or listen to a lot of RnB), you won’t hear them. And that says something about society.
December 18, 2024 at 4:54 PM
You want to hear women sing on the radio? Listen to current pop music: lots of great selections from Billie and Chappell and Olivia and others. And I hear this Taylor singer is pretty popular too.

But first you have to find a radio station that focuses on that music, and that’s not always easy.
December 18, 2024 at 4:54 PM
Ok, so that’s classic rock, right? What about other genres?

So I listened to country radio, Latin (tropical, as the Grammys would call it) radio, and RnB. 5 songs each.

Country: 5/5 male singers.

Latin: 5/5 male singers.

RnB: Here’s where it gets interesting: 3 women, 2 men. (One man was MJ.)
December 18, 2024 at 4:54 PM
Included: John Waite, Genesis, REO Speedwagon, Tears for Fears.

Excluded: Patty Smith, Joan Jet, The Bangles, The Cranberries.

(The playlist was also exclusively white male singers too- no Jimi. That’s a separate issue- or is it?)
December 18, 2024 at 4:54 PM
So over 25 different “classic rock” songs from The Beatles to Metallica (that will show you the time frame).

25 songs, all with male lead singers with one somewhat-exception I’ll point out soon.

Now, I get it, rock has always been a guy-heavy genre. But think about who was included and who wasn’t.
December 18, 2024 at 4:54 PM
For this example; I’m referring to gender, but you could also look at other factors as well.

This started by me needing to drive for an hour so I found a nice, industry standard conventional “Classic Rock” station. I listened for over an hour (plus an additional hour of driving time.)
December 18, 2024 at 4:54 PM
I have a small LLC and filed my paperwork for the CTA. Several accountants wanted to charge my company anywhere from $400-$600 to file the documents; I was able to do it for free.

This is an example of bad legislation (no interstate commerce language) and bad legal reasoning.
December 4, 2024 at 10:55 PM
No, because of the way most schools are structured now. 7#11 or b9b13 are mostly meaningless to students learning orchestral performance; students in jazz studies should absolutely know the difference.
December 4, 2024 at 1:38 PM