Women in Music by Aaron Hammond

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Women in Music

Published on Feb 11, 2016

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Women in Music

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Women are some of the biggest and most famous performers in the world.

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However, it didn't always work that way.

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In fact, in some ways it still doesn't...

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In the classical music period, the idea was that women either "didn't have the ability to write music"...

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...or were too busy raising a family.

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Even some of the most talented women of the day were held back from their passions by this idea.

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Thankfully, it's a lot easier for women to break into the music scene today...or is it?

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In most orchestras, men outnumber women 5 to 1.

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and various female performers have talked about how they are viewed as "performers only", despite writing most of their songs.

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Lady Gaga calls the music industry a "boys club". What is that?

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Listen to the following song and write down 3 things the performer would do if things were "different".

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Aaron Hammond