nesh16041972 wrote:
I've been meaning to get into this, but Suzi is already ahead of me and I couldn't have said it any better!
suziko wrote:
Again, there are many easy-to-play songs already in the Target catalogue so I don't see why an easy-to-play song by a female artist that people would like to learn should be excluded just because it's easy-to-play. And, like Shel said, I imagine more women guitarists would be attracted to the Target program if there were more female-friendly songs to choose from.
Suzi
Edit: Actually, I just can't believe that this needs to be said in the first place...@#$%#$%
I concur...
Not, to stir anything up here. But yeah an easy song is an easy song. A difficult song is a difficult song. A great song is a great song...irregardless of who it is done by. And I think we all recognize this fact. (Or at least, I hope so.) And TG certainly has never excluded a GREAT song, easy or difficult song in the past...solely on the basis of easy or hard.
We wouldn't have a slew of EASIER songs like: Blowin' in the Wind, Mr. Jones, Rock N' Roll Girls, Good Riddance, Closer to Fine, Should I stay or Should I Go?, Feelin' Alright, a complete Buffet package, or a gazillion others if that were the case.
The female songwriters package was certainly a step in the right direction. But let's face it we really could use still WAY, WAY more females represented. so many great songs out there penned by women...
(I realize this takes time however...especially since male-penned tunes have such a commanding lead!)
The ratio doesn't lie. Like Michele said, adding more female penned tunes would certainly help with TG diversity. And that is good for all of us. And the extra $$$ probably wouldn't hurt either...(also like Michele suggested.)
I thought of a couple more of my favs, while I was typing: Joan Jett & Lisa Loeb.