Monday, September 3, 2018

Philadelphia Private Party Bands: Why A Reggae Jamming Female Artist?

By Steven Moore


Not every song sung in reggae needs to be about the woes of injustice and humanity getting its act together, although those are some potent points to make through music. For some people, music is a means to relax, a positive way of running away from problems that they may have. But too many people of a certain race, color or creed can make everything sound the same no matter how different they try to be. Something more to your events can come from reggae artists as Philadelphia Private Party Bands.

Throughout history, females have had it hard, even more so if they happen to be women of color. Music has always been an outlet to allow those who have no voice, per say, to speak out or at the very least, unleash emotion in a manner that doesn t resort to destruction. But even in this sacred space, women find themselves at yet another hurdle to overcome.

The best thing about this new wave of artists is that the music they bring out onto the stage or track is awash with content that sells and does not need them to emphasize the use of their body or dependence on a male figure in order to make money. With more and more content from new artists staying away from its sexist roots, more and more artists, female ones, in particular, are finding themselves in a position where they need to push not only themselves but the norm as well.

What s ironic is that in sub genres of reggae like dancehall, despite the degradation of the female form, they have always been and continue to be a key feature of the music, s they are often what lure men to the music in the first place.

According to Huck Magazine trends in this genre of music produce stark contrasts in the content of music that artists of the different sexes produce. Women predominantly preach a message of loving oneself and being comfortable in one s own skin. Males tend to emphasize how they look with strong references to shape.

In recent years, women who are committed to the genre have made strides in breaking down the barriers that have stunted their growth as performers in the past. And in doing so, are slowly turning the tides in the skewed male to female ratio of performers. With time it should level out if things continue to progress at the rate that they currently do.

Moreover, this brand of music has found notoriety the worldover and allowed for women of different races, social class and other divisions to relate to one another as there s something that binds them all through the content of the music that they listen to.

Reggae music and females have had a troubled past, but as the music finds notoriety elsewhere it brings more than people together. A world audience allows for the voices of those who once went unheard to light and allows for rectifying wrongs without jeopardizing or placing the genre of music in a position where it loses what makes it reggae.




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