Someone once said to me that I was one of his favourite FEMALE bassist. It took me abit of of effort to refrain from asking him who was then his favourite MALE bassist.
Ever since the Suffragettes took to the streets burning bras in protest against gender discrimination, females across the world finally felt it their due right cast aside the gender labels and fight for their basic self-worth. I am most definitely not a bra-burning Suffragette but I must admit I did used to get rankled when someone points out that I was a FEMALE bassist. I mean like, do we have to point out the OBVIOUS?
But you know what, I’ve gotten past the prickly stage of being too conscious of being a female bassist and never getting full credit for the bass playing itself. Anyway in this post-modern word now, it’s always best to laugh it off and throw a sock in its face. It rocks being a female bassist in Singapore, and I’m not ashamed to say that.
So in the spirit of this post, I’ll be performing at an event held to celebrate being a woman. Details are as below and I hope to see you there!
In-Gear Party – Celebrating women and being a woman!
Bar CoCoon, Forbidden City by IndoChine ( 3A River Valley Road, Singapore, 179020)
8 March 2008
8pm-11pm
FREE ENTRY
Females and their male friends are invited
In-Gear Party – Celebrating women and being a woman, an event hosted as part of Singapore Council of Women’s Organisations (SCWO) International Women’s Day celebrations. I’ll be performing solo bass songs from “Between here And Then” and selling the album at the venue itself. I will also be playing guitar and singing on original songs with talented singer-songwriter Yani in a duo outfit called Skin.
Other artists featured are: Ginette Chittick, Neomi Ogo, PopMyCherry!, Nicole V., and Prema Sommaya.