On the subject of "hotness" I think the bias is actually in the opposite direction. I think everyone appreciates a weird-looking performer much more than a 'good looking' performer.taximouse wrote:this is perhaps relevant....speaking as a female with an actual career in music...you should know that there is an astonishing amount of pressure to be perfect in every way...in addition to being attractive/hot/perpetually young & not-overly-self-promoting. it does feel like females in the biz, no matter what level, have to continually prove themselves and get very little respect for having technical knowledge ..
This is for both male and female musicians, because if musicians are too sexy there is an implication that they aren't musically very good. The odds seem against being both talented and good looking. It seems more likely they used their looks to get ahead.
Of course, in the pop world it helps to be 'beautiful' looking, but it's still the funny looking ones who are assumed to have "natural talent", anyone sexy is usually assumed to be a dimwit with the larynx of a bull seal.
This is also the case in stand-up comedy & acting. Beautiful is usually equated with shallowness.
Suggestion to any beautiful musicians out there: Get uglier if you want to imply talent and depth.
Does this guy look like the next Leonard Cohen or Aphex Twin to you?
prejudice exists for all of us.
even us beautiful people
*sniff*
