Music: Male or Female?

[Dingo Jellybean]

This isn't sexist or anything, but which gender of music do you generally listen to?

I generally listen to female artists, like Vanessa Carlton, Alanis Mor., M. Branch, Bonnie McKee, etc.

Though I do like some male artists like Howie Day and Five for Fighting. It's like a 65/35 ratio of female to male artists that I listen to, dunno...I guess they make better music that fits my taste.

[Venom65437]

Most of my favorite bands/musicians have male singers. I don't really favor males to females, just how it worked out, there are a lot of very good females musicians out there as well!

[TheAbominatrix]

Mostly male it seems. I have a good number of female singers I like as well, but they're vastly out numbered by the mens.

[Fate Fatale]

Female,I dunno why, maybe its because I can sing along in-tune. (Meh voice hasn't changed yet)

[Chris]

I only listen to female singers...

...I don't like the sound of male voices....

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[Strider]

Rock and roll is largely the domain of males, so yeah.

[Samuraid]

Most of what I listen to is instrumental...

[theundeadhero]

Mostly male it seems. I have a good number of female singers I like as well, but they're vastly out numbered by the mens.
This is so lazy, I know.

[Skogs]

More female artists with mediocre voices get record deals that male artists with mediocre voices. Hence I listen mostly to male artists. Notable exceptions:

- Gemma Hayes
- Skin
- Shirley Manson (Garbage)
- Nina Simone


And many female artists with good voices sing crap-arse songs. Christina Aguilera is a case in point.

[Ryth]

I like male music best don't know how exactly I can explain it though it's just better.

[Chris]

More female artists with mediocre voices get record deals that male artists with mdiocre voices. Hence I listen mostly to male artists. Notable exceptions:

- Gemma Hayes
- Skin
- Shirley Manson (Garbage)
- Nina Simone




I like Skin as well :D

[theundeadhero]

The Distillers rawk! It's a punk band with a female singer. Go punk!

[Casey]

I only pay attention to the good music then the gender of the artist.

[Rye]

Depends. If you look it on like, what CDs I own, it's fairly balanced as I own popish-singer CDs and Rock Male Singer CDs. Hours of music though, is way Female, cause I listen to Evanescence a lot.

I like female voices because I can sing along, but I like male voices in songs cause they often have really different sounding voices, like Serj Tankian from SoaD.

[TheAbominatrix]

This is so lazy, I know.

Eh?

Anyway, as far as The Distillers go, I like them fine, but if you want some more female punk (and better), try Naked Aggression/Meet the Virus (same band, name change because of the death of a member), The N.Y. Rel-x, The Devotchkas, All or Nothing H.C., and The Voids.

I think the majority of chick singers I like are Japanese... with the exclusions of the bands listed above and Janis Joplin.

[escobert]

Male.

[fire_of_avalon]

Mostly male, as there aren't a great many female rock singers out there I consider "good". However, in other musical categories, I do find the numbers are about equal, or in the case of celtic/folk/traditional music, I prefer females overwhelmingly. But as for what I listen too most of the time, male.

[Dingo Jellybean]

I'm surprised no one mentioned any R&B or hip-hop artists. No wait...this is a Final Fantasy forum, *slaps self*

Anyways, I generally like male artists more when it comes to rap and R&B. KCi and Jojo from the 90's were great, so were Bone Thugs N' Harmony, as well as Tupac. Outkast is pretty good, and Eminem.

There are very few R&B artists that I like, but Alicia Keys is such a great talent. It's so hard to have a strong voice and play the piano at the same time, but that's what she has. Maybe not nearly as strong as Aguilera's, but it's still a great voice. Some artists compromise their voice a bit to play the piano simultaneously like Tori Amos or Vanessa Carlton, but I think it works out better. I mean their music is better than Kelly Clarkson's or Aguilera's.

[Chris]

I'm surprised no one mentioned any R&B or hip-hop artists. No wait...this is a Final Fantasy forum, *slaps self*

Anyways, I generally like male artists more when it comes to rap and R&B. KCi and Jojo from the 90's were great, so were Bone Thugs N' Harmony, as well as Tupac. Outkast is pretty good, and Eminem.

There are very few R&B artists that I like, but Alicia Keys is such a great talent. It's so hard to have a strong voice and play the piano at the same time, but that's what she has. Maybe not nearly as strong as Aguilera's, but it's still a great voice. Some artists compromise their voice a bit to play the piano simultaneously like Tori Amos or Vanessa Carlton, but I think it works out better. I mean their music is better than Kelly Clarkson's or Aguilera's.

Excuse me :mad2:

Didn't I mention Grace Jones?
She's r'n'b/ rock/ punk/ soul/ reggae.

[kikimm]

Male. Most of the rock bands out there are male. All the female-rock groups that I've listened to have...sucked. No offense to anyone else, but I just....don't like it. I think male voices fit better, at least with the type of stuff that I listen to.


:D

[Dingo Jellybean]

Excuse me :mad2:

Didn't I mention Grace Jones?
She's r'n'b/ rock/ punk/ soul/ reggae.

Not that I know of. Mariah Carey use to be good...but she's like, a housewife now. But the main R&B artist I listen to is Alicia Keys, other than that there isn't many of them out there that appease me...well, maybe Usher.

[Chris]

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[Dingo Jellybean]

Ah, the picture didn't load up for me...but eh.

Grace Jones is okay...not really a big fan of her or anything.

[TasteyPies]

I listen to whatever as long as it doesn't suck. I guess mostly guys though.

[theundeadhero]

Eh?

Anyway, as far as The Distillers go, I like them fine, but if you want some more female punk (and better), try Naked Aggression/Meet the Virus (same band, name change because of the death of a member), The N.Y. Rel-x, The Devotchkas, All or Nothing H.C., and The Voids.

I think the majority of chick singers I like are Japanese... with the exclusions of the bands listed above and Janis Joplin.
I meant it was lazy because I just copied and pasted instead of writing something of my own. Thanx for the band tips though.

[TheAbominatrix]

I meant it was lazy because I just copied and pasted instead of writing something of my own. Thanx for the band tips though.

Ah, I got confused. xD

Anytime. Half of my very large music library is punk, so I'm pretty knowledgable on it.

[Agent Proto]

Mostly Male.

Though, there are some female artists I don't mind at all.

[jrgen]

Out of all the bands I listen to there is only one with a female band member
and she doesn't even sing, she plays the violin.
I mostly listen to metal and female band members aren't that common in this genre.
I just don't like female vocals as much as male vocals.
I've also never heard any really good song composed by a woman.

[Project G]

I'm fed up with boy bands like busted

[SomethingBig]

Female for me. I lowv my J-Pop female idols.

[Xander]

Definately pretty much equal for me, since I listen to everything depending what mood I'm in.

[Loony BoB]

My playlist...

Male: 1156
Female: 351
Instrumental/Both: 260
Michael Jackson: 7

I'll have to agree with whoever said that males are more likely to be worth listening to, though. It's not that I prefer them, it's just that they tend to be better. I enjoy the songs on my playlist that are by male or female artists equally (in general).

[Lindy]

Pretty Girls Make Graves, 1 hour, 23 minutes of.

The only band with a female vocalist that I actually listen to and enjoy.

[DMKA]

Male: 1156
Female: 351
Instrumental/Both: 260
Michael Jackson: 7
xD

I listen to probably an equal mix of male and female...I never really thought about it.

I listen to alot of Michael Jackson too.

[Cz]

I seem to listen to male artists mostly. No particular reason, it just seems that my favourite genres don't have much of a female presence.

[The Captain]

Interesting question.

After looking at the music I listen to, I found that it's generally equal on the gender of the musicians.

Take care all.

[crono_logical]

Mostly female, but it's mostly japanese too.

If I listened to western music though, I'm pretty sure it'd be male instead - many of the english singing females can't sing or have bad songs.

[Starcrest]

mostly males here cause there isn't that many female Dj's are there? *shrugs* o well, males mostly populate the Techno Dj'ing stuff so yeah

[Polaris]

Female - Coz I listen all day Evanescence....

[Rostum]

Male. (i.e. Jeff Buckley, amazing voice)

[Project G]

Just as long as it sounds good I'll listen to it

[Kirobaito]

I listen almost exclusively to males, but it's not through any intentional effort of my own. I do enjoy Allison Krauss, however, I don't enjoy singing along with the type of music produced by females. I like country music, and to me there is a distinct difference in the two genders' production of music.

[Doomgaze]

Amy Lee's voice isn't very good :p

Male, definitely. Female singers tend to be crap like Britney Spears.

[Starcrest]

that's an opinion, britney spears sux, though one i agree with. though some other ppl will disagree and it could turn into an argument, so, bcareful

[eestlinc]

what about men with voices that sound like women? Jeff Buckley? Geddy Lee? Rufus Wainwright? Neil Young?

[Starcrest]

***coughcoughmichaljacksoncoughcough***

ne way what aobut 'em?

[White Raven]

Male.

The only time I listen to a woman sing is during Pink Floyd's - Great Gig in the Sky song.

[nik0tine]

I listen to almost only male artists. I never really thought about it before, but very seldom do I ever listen to any female artists.

[Project G]

Amy Lee's voice isn't very good :p

WHAT!!!! Amy Lee's voice is unique fool :eek:

[Tokki Wartooth]

The only decent female singer I can think of is that one girl from CTTS. She can scream like MAN.

[jrgen]

WHAT!!!! Amy Lee's voice is unique fool :eek:
No it isn't.

[TheAbominatrix]

No it isn't.

Yep, it's pretty generic.