JPF Home Page Forums Musician Gear and Techniques Microphone and Vocalist Forum Is there a reason why people prefer female vocalists?

Polly and Vas you are both way off the mark.......A great singer is a great singer PERIOD..... regardless of sex or the material they sing.....different techniques are needed for diff genres etc but whatever technique is used I judge each singer on their performances....not the style or genre.

A lot of todays pop singers whether male or female are just good looking kids who are there because of their looks and image...most have very poor singing talent or musical skills and the music is ALL PRODUCTION good singing does not feature.

It is true that rock is male orientated and there are fewer performing females than males.....I have no idea why that is exactly ......I think it is more to do with a cultural thing rather than male v female talent.

Coutry and pop has its fair share of female performers but I still think the major decisions in all music matters are made by men. So that means they will promote the sexy image of a good looking female. Sadly the world is still a place where sexual inequality still is the norm. Sex sells over talent any day.

Polly I do not think you do the equality thing any favours by saying that women are better singers than men...this simply is not true......there are good and bad singers and musicians from both sexes. To state any preference or that one sex is better than another is an opinion based just on personal taste not any factual evidence. I have listened to a lot of your stuff and you have a good voice but have a ways to go.....you need to show more light and shade and control and have a tendency to oversing in places....

Now Vas I have listened to some of your songs and you also have a good voice.....not keen on the mixes as your voice is a bit too far back in the mix for my ears. Your songs however IMO are way way way dated and old fashioned. This style was popular in the fifties and sixties but has been left by the wayside generations past. IMO you are uncomfortable with any style that does not fit that narrow slot thereby adopting the attitude that no one from the modern era impresses you. You look quite young in your pics.....surprising for someone stuck in a bubble with such a narrow minded old fashioned taste and attitude.