I can't talk about pressures on female musicians but I do know this. I have been booking at coffeehouses for the last four years at least. It is dead easy to find male singer/songwriters. If that's all I wanted I could book a whole year in my sleep. But females are harder to find. And I want to feature a mix of talent and musical styles.

Mind you, I am talking locals only. It isn't that I don't want to book from away but we don't pay enough to attract anyone to travel any distance. Plus our main (Maine) interest is to feature locals and highlight local talent.

Still, I cannot find anywhere near as many females as males. Why is this? There are plenty of you females here at the Mudcat. Is it just a dearth of female talent/interest in this geographic area?