"Macho, Macho Music"; Check Out Michael's Post On His New Website

"Perhaps we should simply change our ways instead of assuming things will get better with time for females in music…

There was a kid I met at jazz camp while in high school. He told me about a workshop he attended by a legendary jazz-trumpet player. At some point a woman stood up and asked a question about improvising. The clinician’s answer was simply, “Chicks can’t play jazz.”

Since college, I’ve seen talented female recording engineers and producers subconsciously forced into studio management positions or out of the field completely by men who served as their mentors or peers – never getting the same respect or opportunities as their male counterparts while learning (or even after mastering) their craft."

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