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Posted March 30, 2018 05:25 · last edited March 30, 2018 05:38

Tegal wrote:

patrick478 wrote:

Ryan wrote:

From what I read that Caroline venue (which is near my work and is kind of out of the way of the bulk of the entrainment sector, I've never been there though) isn't saying that the band needs to have a female member but have a non male perform with them for just one song which is much more reasonable and less discriminatory than suggested.

It's not even this strict, they just want to program a reasonable number of non-male performers across an entire lineup, so there are definitely still full male bands playing at Caroline.

Ah cheers for clearing that up, that policy makes a lot more sense. Definitely isn’t how it’s portrayed in the above quote though. 

It isn't a good idea.  Refusing to give a band a spot because they don't have a woman performing or they can't fill their quota is wrong and tokenastic.

It's really hard to get a band off the ground these days and make a career out of it is near impossible. ANY band needs support.

Stupid. 

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Tegal wrote:
patrick478 wrote:
Ryan wrote:

From what I read that Caroline venue (which is near my work and is kind of out of the way of the bulk of the entrainment sector, I've never been there though) isn't saying that the band needs to have a female member but have a non male perform with them for just one song which is much more reasonable and less discriminatory than suggested.

It's not even this strict, they just want to program a reasonable number of non-male performers across an entire lineup, so there are definitely still full male bands playing at Caroline.

Ah cheers for clearing that up, that policy makes a lot more sense. Definitely isn’t how it’s portrayed in the above quote though. 

It isn't a good idea.  Refusing to give a band a spot because they don't have a woman performing is out of order or they can't fill their quota is wrong. 

It's really hard to get a band off the ground these days and make a career out of it is near impossible. ANY band needs support.

Stupid. 

Unknown editor edited March 30, 2018 05:37
Tegal wrote:
patrick478 wrote:
Ryan wrote:

From what I read that Caroline venue (which is near my work and is kind of out of the way of the bulk of the entrainment sector, I've never been there though) isn't saying that the band needs to have a female member but have a non male perform with them for just one song which is much more reasonable and less discriminatory than suggested.

It's not even this strict, they just want to program a reasonable number of non-male performers across an entire lineup, so there are definitely still full male bands playing at Caroline.

Ah cheers for clearing that up, that policy makes a lot more sense. Definitely isn’t how it’s portrayed in the above quote though. 

It isn't a good idea.  Refusing to give a band a spot because they don't have a woman performing is out of order.

It's really hard to get a band off the ground these days and make a career out of it is near impossible. ANY band needs support.

Stupid.