With all the recent chat about sessions here I just had to join in!
I noticed that at our session last night there were THREE male & FIVE female musicians.
The night before we had SIX male & FOUR female musicians.
Now of course these figures don't matter one Iota, but it just made me wonder, for when I started playing, over thirty years ago, girls playing in sessions weren't really very common.
So I'm just curious folks - does anyone else out there enjoy a large % of female musicians at their sessions?
At a session in Bristol the other week there were 3 ladies and 7 men. Of the 7 men I was the only without a beard (and one of the oldest, too).
It was an English session.
Our session sometimes looks like it might be a session for gay ugly guys. Luckily we ofen have lovely ladies in attendance and no one notices all the ugly guys anymore... or at least I don't.
Well of course all the young girls who graced sessions with their absence in the '70's are now at that age when, having got the kids off, women fling themselves into voyages of intellectual discovery and personal, and/or global, exploration in all manner of utterly random directions - and sessions are well within the line of fire (especially if motherhood involved helping little Tamsin pass her Grade 2 violin...)
So, Ptarmy, the dingbat who's started bringing her egg-shaker to the session may turn out to have been the young lovely who turned down your invitation to come and fiddle with you after that Bothy Band concert...
the females at our sessions are very patient with the males, sharing technique, repertoire, expertise and encouragement with tact, judging them on their playing rather than their looks and bearing in mind that males do get to that age where they need to fling themselves into making noise on instruments they can't in fact play. so that dip-sh***te flailing madly at his out-of-tune guitar will be treated with pity, though you are praying he will soon get into a drumming circle somewhere, or a civil war reenactment cavalry, and go away.
Well, imagine a gathering with the looks and social graces of Alien, Cthulhu and the Beast of Glamis. If our orders get held up, it's because a barperson has made eye-contact and been turned to stone, and has to be revived with white noise from a high G - whistle. If that doesn't work, the unfortunate is flogged off to the Cathedral masons to become a gargoyle (but it's a student town, so there's always a replacement).
Or maybe I've been looking too long in the mirror...
There is a monthly session at the Plough & Stars in SF that is led by three lovely women, and attracts many more, and on occasion, I have been the only guy there. Of course, it's plenty good sounding too (at least when I'm not playing).
Wow nicholas, the Beast of Glamis eh? - that takes me back. I worked up the road on the Brechin Castle estate for a while, but thankfully never came across that handsome dude!
" .....the so called "Beast of Glamis.":
According to tradition, this hideously deformed creature - which has been variously described as a huge, misshapen toad or a one eyed cyclops - was the rightful earl.
He was born in the 18th century, but the family were so ashamed of his shocking appearance that they constructed a concealed room for him, so that they could keep his existence a secret.
The terrible truth was revealed to each new heir to the title as they came of age. In spite of his deformities, the "beast" was incredibly strong and lived for more than 200 years, before dying in the 1920s." http://www.legenca.freeserve.co.uk/history/clans/clans2.html
Mind you, if that guy was at our session, then maybe, at long last, I would finally stand a chance with the ladies!
I think the Beast of Glamis is supposed to have escaped once or more, so he could have got to a session. Put it this way, if he'd gatecrashed a Strathspey & Reel or Scottish Country Dancing group there'd have been consternation and vapours all round, but in the average session he'd probably pass unnoticed...
Having lost Sarah and Charletta, who have both moved away, we can only call on Maggie, Mary, Rosie, Janet, Abigail, and Kerry. We need a few more wimmin. And a few more fiddlers !
How 'good looking' is your session?
How 'good looking' is your session?
With all the recent chat about sessions here I just had to join in!
I noticed that at our session last night there were THREE male & FIVE female musicians.
The night before we had SIX male & FOUR female musicians.
Now of course these figures don't matter one Iota, but it just made me wonder, for when I started playing, over thirty years ago, girls playing in sessions weren't really very common.
So I'm just curious folks - does anyone else out there enjoy a large % of female musicians at their sessions?
# Posted on November 11th 2006 by Ptarmigan
Re: How 'good looking' is your session?
Are you looking for a good looking female or a good looking male?
# Posted on November 11th 2006 by ethical blend
Re: How 'good looking' is your session?
Hey, I'll take anything you've got - I'm not picky!
# Posted on November 11th 2006 by Ptarmigan
Re: How 'good looking' is your session?
We may not be the best looking session but but good friends are far more useful than a pretty face.........
# Posted on November 11th 2006 by minijackpot
Re: How 'good looking' is your session?
what's wrong with a pretty face???
# Posted on November 11th 2006 by BE
Re: How 'good looking' is your session?
At a session in Bristol the other week there were 3 ladies and 7 men. Of the 7 men I was the only without a beard (and one of the oldest, too).
It was an English session.
# Posted on November 11th 2006 by Trevor Jennings
Re: How 'good looking' is your session?
when i go to a session i know ther will always be one pretty face...mine! haha jokes
# Posted on November 11th 2006 by scottyboy
Re: How 'good looking' is your session?
Considering I met my SO at the first ever session I played in, I can't complain
# Posted on November 11th 2006 by wormdiet
Re: How 'good looking' is your session?
Our session in Santa Barbara is "All Naked". Not a pretty sight.
# Posted on November 12th 2006 by Eliot
Re: How 'good looking' is your session?
Our session sometimes looks like it might be a session for gay ugly guys. Luckily we ofen have lovely ladies in attendance and no one notices all the ugly guys anymore... or at least I don't.
# Posted on November 12th 2006 by Phantom Button
Re: How 'good looking' is your session?
Well of course all the young girls who graced sessions with their absence in the '70's are now at that age when, having got the kids off, women fling themselves into voyages of intellectual discovery and personal, and/or global, exploration in all manner of utterly random directions - and sessions are well within the line of fire (especially if motherhood involved helping little Tamsin pass her Grade 2 violin...)
So, Ptarmy, the dingbat who's started bringing her egg-shaker to the session may turn out to have been the young lovely who turned down your invitation to come and fiddle with you after that Bothy Band concert...
# Posted on November 12th 2006 by nicholas
Re: How 'good looking' is your session?
we had 4 nice women and 6 hairy men the other night
# Posted on November 12th 2006 by Ripthecalico
Re: How 'good looking' is your session?
Contemplation of our session would make an orc's blood turn white.
# Posted on November 12th 2006 by nicholas
Re: How 'good looking' is your session?
Depends on how much Guiness you've drunk, doesn't it?
# Posted on November 12th 2006 by Kheelch
Re: How 'good looking' is your session?
the females at our sessions are very patient with the males, sharing technique, repertoire, expertise and encouragement with tact, judging them on their playing rather than their looks and bearing in mind that males do get to that age where they need to fling themselves into making noise on instruments they can't in fact play. so that dip-sh***te flailing madly at his out-of-tune guitar will be treated with pity, though you are praying he will soon get into a drumming circle somewhere, or a civil war reenactment cavalry, and go away.
# Posted on November 12th 2006 by ceemonster
Re: How 'good looking' is your session?
That depends if I include myself...
# Posted on November 12th 2006 by CreadurMawnOrganig
Re: How 'good looking' is your session?
Why do I always seem to play better when there's an attractive female in attendance? mmm . . fancy a bit of that . . . (: -
# Posted on November 12th 2006 by Justintime
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Baywatch.....
# Posted on November 12th 2006 by bowburner
Re: How 'good looking' is your session?
My father used to tell me that no one is ugly after 2 a.m.
# Posted on November 12th 2006 by jtrout
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What kind of a drink is an a.m.?
# Posted on November 13th 2006 by Ptarmigan
Re: How 'good looking' is your session?
actually we have a lot of attractive women at our session- maybe half? I don't know, but still a lot.
# Posted on November 13th 2006 by wordnerd129
Re: How 'good looking' is your session?
How good looking is our session?
Well, imagine a gathering with the looks and social graces of Alien, Cthulhu and the Beast of Glamis. If our orders get held up, it's because a barperson has made eye-contact and been turned to stone, and has to be revived with white noise from a high G - whistle. If that doesn't work, the unfortunate is flogged off to the Cathedral masons to become a gargoyle (but it's a student town, so there's always a replacement).
Or maybe I've been looking too long in the mirror...
# Posted on November 13th 2006 by nicholas
Re: How 'good looking' is your session?
There is a monthly session at the Plough & Stars in SF that is led by three lovely women, and attracts many more, and on occasion, I have been the only guy there. Of course, it's plenty good sounding too (at least when I'm not playing).
# Posted on November 13th 2006 by Keith Dubinsky
Re: How 'good looking' is your session?
It depends on who shows @ the Plough; some nights pretty nice, but if its Jack, Kevin, Richard and my ugly-a$$ self... well, sometimes I cry....
# Posted on November 13th 2006 by Farr
Re: How 'good looking' is your session?
Wow nicholas, the Beast of Glamis eh? - that takes me back. I worked up the road on the Brechin Castle estate for a while, but thankfully never came across that handsome dude!
" .....the so called "Beast of Glamis.":
According to tradition, this hideously deformed creature - which has been variously described as a huge, misshapen toad or a one eyed cyclops - was the rightful earl.
He was born in the 18th century, but the family were so ashamed of his shocking appearance that they constructed a concealed room for him, so that they could keep his existence a secret.
The terrible truth was revealed to each new heir to the title as they came of age. In spite of his deformities, the "beast" was incredibly strong and lived for more than 200 years, before dying in the 1920s."
http://www.legenca.freeserve.co.uk/history/clans/clans2.html
Mind you, if that guy was at our session, then maybe, at long last, I would finally stand a chance with the ladies!
# Posted on November 13th 2006 by Ptarmigan
Re: How 'good looking' is your session?
Ptarmi: You are truly amazing! Where do you find this stuff!?
# Posted on November 13th 2006 by jtrout
Re: How 'good looking' is your session?
Ha Ha jtrout, what's the matter, does that description fit you to a T? :_D
There, there, never mind, anyway, you'd still be welcome in our session!
# Posted on November 13th 2006 by Ptarmigan
Re: How 'good looking' is your session?
# Posted on November 13th 2006 by Ptarmigan
Re: How 'good looking' is your session?
I think the Beast of Glamis is supposed to have escaped once or more, so he could have got to a session. Put it this way, if he'd gatecrashed a Strathspey & Reel or Scottish Country Dancing group there'd have been consternation and vapours all round, but in the average session he'd probably pass unnoticed...
# Posted on November 13th 2006 by nicholas
Re: How 'good looking' is your session?
Last night it was three women and four men. Two of the women were married to two of the men, and the third woman had her non-musician husband in tow.
# Posted on November 13th 2006 by AlBrown
Re: How 'good looking' is your session?
Having lost Sarah and Charletta, who have both moved away, we can only call on Maggie, Mary, Rosie, Janet, Abigail, and Kerry. We need a few more wimmin. And a few more fiddlers !
# Posted on November 14th 2006 by Guernsey Pete