Was it your age, your gender, both, that made people curious, and then sheer talent that won them over?
I thought it would get people’s attention, and it probably did. I don’t know if age or gender comes first in this case. It’s hard to pinpoint. They’re things we can just speculate about. People do unfortunately think in those terms. If you’re young and really good, that means something, or if you’re a girl and you’re really good. I don’t think people are so sexist that they think a girl can’t play as well as a guy. I think they’re just surprised to see it because it's still rare. That’s what I’d like to believe, at least. I don’t know what gets their attention first; a combination of things, I guess. It’s what I was covering, too. Let’s not forget about that.
You say it’s still rare. As a teacher and artist, do you see and hear from more females than before?
I do see more and more female guitar players. I think there are a lot of us now, but there’s still not a lot of girls at shows, unless they’re girlfriends of the guys. It’s getting better, but it depends on who you’re going to see. The ratio is still pretty skewed. I have only had a handful of female students over the years. I think I have the least amount of female fans out of these categories of students and guitar players and general music fans. I have way more male fans. I don’t know how many, but that’s the biggest discrepancy.
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