JPAC Posted June 21, 2009 Posted June 21, 2009 [url="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7342168.stm"]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7342168.stm[/url] Quote
BarnacleBob Posted June 21, 2009 Posted June 21, 2009 God, First you give them the vote and then look what happens...... BB Quote
geoffbassist Posted June 21, 2009 Posted June 21, 2009 what next! wheres this madness going to end.... Quote
Zoe_BillySheehan Posted June 21, 2009 Posted June 21, 2009 [quote name='BarnacleBob' post='519923' date='Jun 21 2009, 01:08 PM']God, First you give them the vote and then look what happens...... BB[/quote] Lol! Z x Quote
JimBobTTD Posted June 21, 2009 Posted June 21, 2009 [quote name='BarnacleBob' post='519923' date='Jun 21 2009, 02:08 PM']God, First you give them the vote and then look what happens...... BB[/quote] Indeed. Next they'll have their own left handed shops! Quote
bassace Posted June 21, 2009 Posted June 21, 2009 Hasn't the bloke got it a bit wrong because I'm impressed by the number of good female bass guitarists there are. Quote
OldGit Posted June 21, 2009 Posted June 21, 2009 It's a sinister development Weird statistics .. How many school have harps? Even here in Wales they are a rarity ... Quote
escholl Posted June 21, 2009 Posted June 21, 2009 [quote name='OldGit' post='519985' date='Jun 21 2009, 03:09 PM']Weird statistics .. How many school have harps? Even here in Wales they are a rarity ...[/quote] i was thinking that too... i think we all knew this already, but still it's a shame things aren't closer to 50/50 for contemporary instruments like guitar, bass, and drums. Quote
Eight Posted June 21, 2009 Posted June 21, 2009 I'm just not sure how useful those statistics are in examining this issue. Taking up an instrument in school is rarely a free choice from what I've seen or heard about. E.g. I remember once asking about playing the oboe (no idea why, I was young) and was told they didn't have any more oboes but could play violin if I wanted. So if this study was done back then, I would have been in the wrong stat for a reason completely irrelevant to my gender. Quote
mrcrow Posted June 21, 2009 Posted June 21, 2009 [quote name='JPAC' post='519915' date='Jun 21 2009, 12:58 PM'][url="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7342168.stm"]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7342168.stm[/url][/quote] sir paul's daughter? Quote
Jobiebass Posted June 21, 2009 Posted June 21, 2009 [quote name='Eight' post='520023' date='Jun 21 2009, 04:15 PM']I'm just not sure how useful those statistics are in examining this issue. Taking up an instrument in school is rarely a free choice from what I've seen or heard about. E.g. I remember once asking about playing the oboe (no idea why, I was young) and was told they didn't have any more oboes but could play violin if I wanted. So if this study was done back then, I would have been in the wrong stat for a reason completely irrelevant to my gender.[/quote] back then I wass at school they asked people in assembely who wanted to play what instruments as an after school/break extra activity, I SO wanted to play the drums but they wouldnt let me cause they didnt think id stick it out. was well guttered, im 25 now and finally bought some drums.. Rolland electric things, cost me just under a grand... used them half a dousen times. I now see what they were on about. lol. Quote
leftybassman392 Posted June 21, 2009 Posted June 21, 2009 [quote name='Eight' post='520023' date='Jun 21 2009, 04:15 PM']I'm just not sure how useful those statistics are in examining this issue. Taking up an instrument in school is rarely a free choice from what I've seen or heard about. E.g. I remember once asking about playing the oboe (no idea why, I was young) and was told they didn't have any more oboes but could play violin if I wanted. So if this study was done back then, I would have been in the wrong stat for a reason completely irrelevant to my gender.[/quote] It can depend quite a lot on where you live - I teach guitar and bass in schools in the Northants area, and I have loads of female students (at one point recently I had more girls doing bass than boys!) The county music service has quite a relaxed attitude to kids doing pretty much what they like with very few limitations that I've noticed. (Don't think they can do double bass in primary schools though ) Quote
ednaplate Posted June 21, 2009 Posted June 21, 2009 So Julianne Regan's a bass guitarist eh? Last time I saw her she was sporting a strat and before that a Ricky 360. In fact I've seen her live maybe a dozen times and she's never played bass. I still get all gooey when I remember her smiling at me last time I saw her. Phoar. Quote
RhysP Posted June 21, 2009 Posted June 21, 2009 But if the girl is playing the bass who's doing the washing up? Quote
Eight Posted June 21, 2009 Posted June 21, 2009 [quote name='RhysP' post='520182' date='Jun 21 2009, 07:14 PM']But if the girl is playing the bass who's doing the washing up?[/quote] Hahahahaha. That's going in the Basschat quotes thread - if I can remember where it is. Quote
misrule Posted June 22, 2009 Posted June 22, 2009 Girl in the pic is Peaches Geldof, or so the caption says. Cheers Mark Quote
Zoe_BillySheehan Posted June 22, 2009 Posted June 22, 2009 [quote name='RhysP' post='520182' date='Jun 21 2009, 07:14 PM']But if the girl is playing the bass who's doing the washing up?[/quote] Girls can multitask Z x Quote
neilb Posted June 22, 2009 Posted June 22, 2009 Mmmm, James Galways quote: [i]My granddad played the flute, my dad played the flute, my uncle played the flute [/i] Feck me, I bet Christmas's are an absolute blast at his house.!!!!!!!!! Quote
RhysP Posted June 22, 2009 Posted June 22, 2009 [quote name='Zoe_BillySheehan' post='520601' date='Jun 22 2009, 11:20 AM']Girls can multitask Z x[/quote] Touché! Quote
Zoe_BillySheehan Posted June 22, 2009 Posted June 22, 2009 [quote name='RhysP' post='520886' date='Jun 22 2009, 04:47 PM']Touché! [/quote] x Quote
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