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.
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.
Didn’t necessarily agree with the policy, just that it made more sense than what I originally thought it was.
Caroline event manager Emi Pogoni replied: "It's just our policy to encourage diversity in the music industry. If you can't or won't, then we don't need to book you."
When male suicide is as high as it is over here and young men form bands to express themselves and understand how to talk to girls or boys and get an idea of the world, then preventing that through tokenism is wrong.
Cdiddy - no band I knew who started in their teens, and I was involved with several, ever took criticism badly - it spurred them on if anything.