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    Posted: April 01 2011 at 12:56
...apart from Meg White. LOL At least I can't think of any right now.

The question should be clear. Now you tell me the answer.
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There are lots of female drummers, try using google.
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And if there aren't, it must be that Testosterone-fueling machine called the "double bass"... (queue to Baldfriede and BaldJean here... Tongue< ="utf-8">Tongue) 

Really, it might actually have something to do with it (not with the double bass drums but in general with the kind of "power" a drum set makes a drummer feel...) Confused Who knows I have no idea. 
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Originally posted by Easy Money Easy Money wrote:

There are lots of female drummers, try using google.


Yeah, I googled. Maybe the correct wording would be "famous female drummers". Or maybe my musical knowledge is just that limited. Smile

The T, yeah, I'm thinking whether there's a physical aspect involved (and I don't wanna sound chauvinistic here).


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Because it's harder to check out a sweet looking lass if she's hiding behind a kit.

Though tongue in cheek, I think this is part of it.
You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all.
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Because they are usually sh*te.
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Mo Tucker.
Sandy West.
Dame Evelyn Glennie (percussionist, but she also plays a "kit")
What?
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Originally posted by akamaisondufromage akamaisondufromage wrote:

 
 
She's amazing, Latina percussion queen.....I saw her on one of Prince's tours as his drummer. She has also played with Ringo Starr All Star Band.
 
 
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I once dated a female drummer, but she would never let me get to first bass!

(Ba-dum-crash).
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Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

I once dated a female drummer, but she would never let me get to first bass!

(Ba-dum-crash).

D'oh!




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Sorry but female drummers don't look attractive to me... The drum set is not something I associate with good looks Tongue
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It's always the same. In a male dominated world people, especially in showbiz, look primarly at the looks of a woman, not at her skills.
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I have NOT said they can't have equal or immensely superior skills to male drummers... I'm just saying the instrument doesn't seem to fit them in my male chauvinistic pig head.... 
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I've always thought drumming is a tough thing to do, physically. 
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I am disappointed to see that most of you are still chauvinists.
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There is absolutely no physical reason for women not to be equally represented as drummers.

 
You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all.
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Originally posted by Negoba Negoba wrote:

There is absolutely no physical reason for women not to be equally represented as drummers.

 


By that logic there should be as many women construction workers as there are men. They can do it, after all. Yet somehow they prefer to take on babysitting, cash counting, cleaning, etc.
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