Re: [microsound] OT electro woman sensuality

["e.g.ø" <glere@xxxxxxxxx>]

> why do we need to care how a woman became interested in microsound?


nobody needs to know this.


> is her
> participation in the movement less valid because she was introduced b
y her
> nerd boyfriend?
>

of course not

 
> of course we live in societies where gender stereotypes are deeply in
grained
> and, to an extent, vital to the culture. but given the opportunity to
 create
> an online community, must we perpetuate these stereotypes?
> 


no. I simply noticed that there are more men that women into this 
stuff and in my experience I've meet more man than women playing and 
interested in these things. This isn't the same for example in new 
media arts; here in Italy I know more women than men interested in 
newmedia and netart... 




> aya.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "e.g.ø" <glere@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 11:43 AM
> Subject: [microsound] OT electro woman sensuality
> 
> 
> > In my experience I've never found good women able to play a good
> > improvvisation with me or in general... instead the best improvvise
d
> > songs I made was with friends of mine who were male... I think that
> > men have a more primal approach to music... but I think that all th
is
> > discussion is completely meaningless and out of topic! :)
> >
> > anyway... since I'm Italian I'll ask this more important question: 
is
> > there any woman on this list? I know there's Sawako... any other? I
> > often have the sensation that we are all male geeks talking about
> > softwares and stuff and that the girls are into microsund only beca
use
> > of their boyfriends/husbands...
> >
> > ciao
> > e.g.ø
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > I never tried playing electronic music with a woman :(
> > > > but playing any music together (especially improvisational)
> > > >  requires quite a degree of "togetherness", which , when it is 
with
> > > someone
> > > > from opposite sex I suppose can become sexually/romantically fl
avor
> > ed :)
> > > > and women's approach to music is indeed somehow more primal -
> >  my wife
> > > always
> > > > helps me see the emotional flaws in my compositions, which I se
em t
> > o
> > > > overlook.
> > > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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