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werenât only singers to find their voices through the magazine. When there arenât many women doing something, itâs hard to have them as role models. Different ages, different styles of music â they demonstrate that women have a lot to say, and because mainstream music magazines werenât exploring that, it needed to be explored in some way. The more we see woman musicians, the less of a novelty they will be.
362:âWe had 250 female bands perform in clubs and coffeeshops and all kinds of places in downtown Seattle. We had really A-list artists come and speak and perform. And all levels performed, actually. It was eclectic and interesting. It was a really big deal because for me all the people I admired were in the same room,â said DeSantis.
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happened. They were dropped by their label â why did that happen? Bands broke up, why did that happen? In ROCKRGRL, what I was looking for were career arcs and career stories â how people got started, what their career was like, how it went for them, and what unusual things they did to be successful.
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billed itself as, "a real departure from the condescending and patronizing tone found in other "women in music" magazines and web sites. No beauty tips or guilt trips hereâjust shop talk with fascinating artists."
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