Women in Music: Where are the Girls in the Band? Envision Equality | Lisa Baker | TEDxTullahoma

Let’s get more girls to play guitar. Lisa Baker, the first female to receive a Master’s in Music with a Concentration in Jazz Guitar from Northern Illinois University, explores the history of women in music and envisions an equitable future for all. Like many genres of art, music touches a vocabulary of feeling. Raw, harsh, mellow, instructive, music tells a heartfelt story with the artist magically moving people without ever touching them. Lisa does that. a survivor of Parental Alienation, Lisa suffered confused and shamed. Living with all the outcomes of PA creates pain themed stories. Putting that to music is a gift to aid the bruised inner self. An expression felt one soul to another. Lisa Baker does that over and over again creating messages communicated through her art. Song, lyric, tune, tempo and dynamics with dynamic guitar solos, music speaks from deep inside the creator to the audience of one or many. The driver is embraced and present in her work. Baker shows both men and women what it looks and sounds like to hear a woman weld a fiery solo. Solo or group gigs from festivals to conferences to clubs all fit Baker well. By expressing her pain and helping others do the same, Lisa finds answers to live her life fully. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx