K. Hand did the same. There's definitely a lot to be said for not knowing a thing about a good DJ. Not having an image of their face or body.
> On Aug 18, 2017, at 22:46, Danielle Scott <ellei...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Interestingly enough, I used a male centric name when I was dj'ing, as such > to take away from the fact that I am a woman. I felt that my gender had > nothing to do with the fact that I just wanted to make people dance. > > >> On Aug 18, 2017 4:30 PM, "Peter Bense" <textur...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Have any of you ever attended those electronic music events events with >> exclusively female artists? >> >> I have. And in a lot of cases it seemed really awkward -- like the reason >> they were selected as performers was due to their sex/gender over their >> accomplishments as a performer/musician. (To say nothing of the male >> patrons weirdly 'gawking' over them, which is also super creepy. A separate >> issue unto itself.) >> >> So here we are listing out producers/djs, etc. and not discussing their >> works or what makes them good (maybe one or two have, but most replies >> haven't). >> >> That turns this into an ad-hoc roll call. Which again sort of reminds of >> those types of events I just mentioned. To what end? >> >> How about indicate what makes them interesting to mention here, aside from >> their sex/gender? That would seem like a more favorable way to approach >> this discussion, while crediting them appropriately. >> >>> On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 12:40 PM, Holly MacDonald-Korth >>> <hko...@jwkorth.com> wrote: >>> Exactly. >>> >>> >>> >>> From: denisedalph...@gmail.com [mailto:denisedalph...@gmail.com] >>> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2017 3:27 PM >>> To: christiaan76 >>> Cc: Peter Bense; Cole Evelev; Matthew Kane; kent williams; Aidan O'Doherty; >>> Marsel van der Wielen; list 313; Suzanne Heinrichs; 3...@coke-smyth.net >>> Subject: Re: Female Producers >>> >>> >>> >>> The only way gender will be gotten over is when sexism, homophobia, and >>> transphobia are done. I love this thread. >>> >>> >>> On Aug 18, 2017, at 15:21, christiaan76 <gotrecord...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> exactly. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> >>> On Aug 18, 2017, at 21:09, Peter Bense <textur...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> More generally: why is this gender thing so important? Can't we get over >>> it already.. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 10:16 AM, Cole Evelev <cole.eve...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Sorry about that. This is who I was referencing. >>> >>> >>> >>> https://www.discogs.com/Powder-H/release/9983256 >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> >>> >>
