Good For A Girl Podcast Video Trailer

Join Courtney LaPlante, vocalist of Spiritbox, for her latest project - Good For A Girl. This podcast is an inside look at the realities and challenges of being a woman in the music industry, especially the metal scene - which has been male-dominated for a long time and still is today.
Through conversations with Musicians, Radio DJs, Record Executives, and more Courtney explores how their personal experiences of gender inequality influenced and shaped them as they navigated their way along difficult career paths. Because as a woman working in metal, nothing comes easy.
Each episode gives behind-the-scenes insight on how the music industry operates and what life is really like for working musicians. There’s also lots of advice for other women who are struggling to carve out their own path in traditionally male-domainated spaces. With plenty of stories and laughs along the way, Good For A Girl represents a defiant middle finger to the patriarchy.
So join Courtney as she uncovers why each one of her guests are good, for a girl.
February 10th - EP1 goes live
February 24th - EP2 goes live
March 10th - EP3 goes live
March 24th - EP4 goes live
April 7th - EP5 goes live
*All episodes get released at 9am PST / 12noon EST / 5pm GMT
Link to podcasts
pod.co/good-for-a-girl

[@zilrrac]

I hope Tatiana from Jinjer will be one of your guests, that would be amazing!

[@Trepanation21]

Courtney narrating on the mic with them bassy Jocko settings boiiii

[@domingosj_]

i'm a simple guy, i see spiritbox, i click

[@Seanyboy1111]

LOVE the title of the podcast - I hate when people say's Courtney is "good for a girl" which is such bullshit. Love reclaiming the title can't wait to listen love you guys!

[@Seanyboy1111]

@@Ticklethealgorithm I didn't know you were eaves dropping on my conversations!! idk why your upset this isn't even the top comment - if you are big on metalcore music that phrase is thrown around a lot sadly but hey you do you

[@Seanyboy1111]

@@Ticklethealgorithm clearly enough to comment on it. take care!

[@hkleider]

This never happened.

[@powerhitter033]

Can't wait for the Make Them Suffer interview!

[@Ryanh6661]

Can't wait for bookas married at first sight thing.

[@Prof.Pwnalot]

@@Ryanh6661 yeah its so crazy haha

[@jxp_shows]

Right!

[@justinpaul1046]

This is so perfect.... Courtney, I love hearing you talk into a mic. You can be screaming, singing or talking, and you have an all around beautiful voice to listen to.

[@afrantt56]

As a female drummer, the title of this podcast really hits close to home lol

[@Trepanation21]

That awkward moment when you go to search and find that someone else already has a "Good for a Girl" podcast on Spotify... :

[@jen.g.]

So in for this! Also, we need Tati from Jinjer!

[@JimboKM]

I grew up listening to screamin' Englishmen but am so much more into female vocals now, especially in metal. When I hear a new metal song I think is good, I usually think, "That's pretty good for a guy!"

[@Graffitiworkrob]

First time I heard a woman really sing in metal it just clicked for me in a way most guys other than like say Devin Townsend don’t.

[@hkleider]

So in order to show how non-sexist you are, you take the statement that according to Courtney is sexist when applied to women, but apply it to men. Lmao boomer

[@Maialeen]

@@hkleider Dudes like you are the worst. No one's denying men opportunities and some man's music taste isn't some plot against you. Just the worst fragility.

[@hkleider]

@@Maialeen Your response has no relevance to my comment, but "some man's music taste isn't some plot against you" Agreed. I wish Courtney and other women like her trying to ruin rock and metal with identity politics could understand this. Remove "some" and make "man" plural and you pretty much describe my reaction to shit like this video.

[@theiranxican7412]

Hell to the yes to Courtney's upcoming endeavors any day of the week! Thank you and looking forward to it!

[@baejus]

I dono if I'm the target market, but I'll check it out at least

[@probablyalex]

Why wouldn’t you be?

[@baejus]

Guess we'll find out!

[@vianova7422]

HELL YEAH COURTNEY! This is something the scene and industry really needs.

[@Deftones202]

Ooh!! Looking forward to the podcast!

[@fvckinemily]

So stoked for this! Your voice is honestly so soothing. I can’t wait.

[@Zero-oq1jk]

a woman needs a woman

[@auroraxxfacekilla49]

Yay I'm excited you're doing more stuff, you Frnkn rawk Courtney!! I'm definitely gonna tune in whenever you start these podcasts! Much love and blessings 🖤💜🖤💜🖤💜🖤

[@JimAltis]

Pleease upload this on youtube also! **flirty eyes**

[@rwri3669]

I feel like Yvette Young would be a great guest for this podcast.

[@itsShinju]

Where the podcast at?? I am so down to listen to this!!

[@aniavu9901]

Ive got no idea why but the videos are all private now

[@gordo970]

I would love to see Sarah JoAnne Draper from Anchor Thought and Cammie Gilbert from Oceans of slumber on the show.

[@twinny_mi]

Omg yeS get Cammie on the phone

[@horror-core]

Courtney you are one of the BEST vocalists out there today. Spiritbox is beyond amazing and I've turned so many friends onto your music. I pray I get to see you live someday. Even if we have to wear masks I'm gonna be up front and center! Love you guys so much ❤️🤘

[@reality8o]

Oh yes! Can't wait for the first episode! Such a nice comeback after having it on your Patreon only :)

[@JimboShreds]

I can't wait! Always seeking to educate myself on things from the perspectives of others so this will be really insightful :)

[@jeremyjohnson2622]

Anything Spiritbox and I'm in. Just subscribed on Google Podcast.

[@leemackay8545]

otep was my first female fronted metal band i got into, but spiritbox is so nexlevel, makes me proud to be canadian, lol much respect sister and keep going we need good music in these sometimes dark days

[@tamiirae6636]

Omg I got to listen!

[@The73rdSecret]

Cool! I wanna check it out

[@bbhdd6181]

you are an absolute legend. as a female drummer and singer this is gonna speak to me so hard, this was sooooo needed!!!

[@Imhim247]

Can't wait!

[@jamieortiz7481]

Loveee the idea of this 💕 can't wait to listen!

[@TakavaNirhii]

Dismantling the patriarchy one episode at a time \m/

[@jadeeamazing]

Yesssssss

[@nopenotme1138]

Omg! Sign me UP!

[@transforminggravity15626]

💯💯💯💯🙏 wonderful you’re the best thank you for sharing 🔥🤟🔥🤟🔥🤟🔥

[@Maleh_]

I’m so looking forward to this 🦋

[@swirle13]

What happened to the videos? I thought there were 3 or 4 but they don't show up on the channel anymore

[@circlonianmapper]

Yeah Fr I was looking for them and they’re suddenly deleted?

[@rsturba]

Totally off topic what mic is that you are using? I'm gonna be listening to this on the long drives I have to do can't wait

[@illlli6168]

You're my favorite writer/vocalist hands down there is no close second

[@SteveAyanami]

Get em!🔥

[@Andy4543]

very cool!!

[@pallettown3358]

Not usually a fan of podcasts, But I will definitely be listening to this!

[@kw9801]

Amazing idea, sign me uuuuuuup!!! 😍💪

[@nickwait5260]

Oh hell yeah! This looks like it'l be a great listen

[@CapitalMforMotivated]

Holy shit Courteney you really are killing it. Great idea can't wait to listen

[@richardseeley6311]

God I love Courtney and Booka so much that should be a fun episode

[@MarieSenda]

"You're good... for a girl", a sentence that should have never existed! Hope your podcast will make more people realize how much gender stereotypes are still very present in the music industry, and also in general. As a metalhead, I sometimes received comments from my friends, such as "you're too cute to listen to that kind of music". Some people see metal as a masculine genre, which is probably one of the reasons why it is still male-dominated, even today.

[@jordanbishop17]

I'd like to see guests from other male-dominated industries too like MMA, programming...fuckin' crab fishing or something.

[@auroraxxfacekilla49]

@@jordanbishop17 lol crab fishing, that is a "mans job" to society though, I'd like to see some female tattoo artists, construction workers, mechanics, other chicks in metal bands (which I'm sure will be in there) sht Courtney's got this. I don't think I even need to make suggestions! I'm excited

[@auroraxxfacekilla49]

Courtney is better then alot if guys I've heard. Lol.

[@jordanbishop17]

@@auroraxxfacekilla49 Courtney is killer. You've got some good suggestions, I just don't think I'd listen to more than a couple of episodes if it ends up being all metal vocalists. There's plenty of room to expand on the "Good for a Girl" idea

[@KAEFARIK]

The thing is... that the sentence doesn't exist. "Good... for a girl" is a playground slight that children use. Adults couldn't hear this and take it seriously, obviously it holds such little weight in an argument. Even when said in context of masculine activities, competitive strength based sports, or Combat, where women should in all rights ENJOY being excluded - where women SHOULDN'T want to be - anyone saying "You're good, for a girl" can be taken apart rationally. Simply that if a female can perform the function, there is a reason why she can, it's not just her unique qualities and certainly nothing to do with her female gender that makes her good at it - it's that she FUNCTIONS. She DOES it. ... Frankly it sounds like your friends are playing with you, they are surprised by the contrast they see - it's not a criticism. Metal is assertive, hell, LIFE requires MEN to be assertive and MEN have never had the option NOT to be! ... Women have always had the option at least, and many through-out the ages have encouraged young females to stay in the back ranks - to be protected. ... Not to rant I just really hope you understand that this has nothing to do with society discouraging women from achieving their dreams, and nothing at all to do with men denying women into metal based on gender.

[@kapricun]

I CANT WAIT FOR THIS ❤

[@josiahgrady2646]

Stoked! This is so sick!

[@mariant4673]

this looks great!!!

[@Frosted.7]

Suggestion, Laura Nichol from Light This City - You should have her on for one episode please you are both my favorite female metal vocalists.

[@mattanimation]

can we get the background audio on the upcoming album too :D?

[@fliplaw]

This is dope! Congrats and may this journey be epic

[@CameronBurris1]

Spiritbox is and will continue to be the best thing in metal for years to come.

[@scottnixon9236]

Good luck with this. Awesome idea. Cheers.

[@twinny_mi]

Is this going to be on Spotify?

[@kadewilliams8281]

Where the podcast at

[@moonflow5133]

Awesome! I'd love for you to invite Eva from Rolo Tomassi.

[@merrymonad5295]

Yasss, queen! :3

[@richardjones38]

I always liked female vocaled metal, but never really found any of it was to my taste until around 2000. Then all of a sudden loads of good stuff to choose from, the best of which quickly became my favourite contemporary bands. With a few exceptions, I never really liked harsh male vocals in metal. The maybe 3 years ago discovered metal with mixed clean and harsh female vocals, and that some of it is almost impossibly good. Wow. I still don’t really understand why, but somehow the right mix of clean and harsh female vocals in metal adds up to so much more than the sum of its parts (Rule of Nines and Blessed Be being perfection to me!). It’s a pity it took some heavy duty delving down KZbin rabbit holes to discover it though. The rock / metal radio station which I listen to every day has only just started playing Spiritbox now (Constance), and I’ve still never heard them play Jinjer. It’s impossible that they’re oblivious to these amazing bands growing very rapidly, so must have been reluctant to play it for some other reason, which I find disappointing. The play plenty of harsh or mixed male vocaled metal, and plenty of clean only female vocaled metal. Despite liking the station a lot in general for the last 16 years, I find myself listening quite a bit less lately because they’ve not been playing the current music I like the most. Courtney, to me what you’re doing is not ‘Good…. for a girl’, and it’s a pity (although not surprising) that others think or even say so. It’s about the best I’ve heard in any new type of music I’ve discovered for quite a few years. I can’t get enough. So gutted I didn’t get to see you in Manchester! I’ve been getting into metal podcasts lately, particularly Robb Flynn’s, so I hope yours will be long, as I like that about Robb’s (great to put on while working). Will they be uploaded to youtube? If not I’ll need to find another way to listen. Thanks.

[@aaron5222]

Radddd idea

[@ashleighsmith9804]

Yessss Courtney, be that voice of gender diversity in the metal scene!

[@Mrmayhembsc]

oooo this sounds like it'll be very interesting

[@asininereasons]

Google podcasts?

[@Anna-tg2dz]

Courtney, just love me like i do..love me like i love You...love from Germany\Poland👌💪..🥰😍

[@Some_Guy_87]

Pretty good trailer for a girl!

[@andrewtorraville8023]

fuck yeah Courtney.

[@probablyalex]

Fuck yes

[@Meechy37]

This would be so sick

[@heaththedrummer666]

Pretty good podcast, for a girl

[@theonlyme3490]

Sounds good to me...

[@CarlosPanades]

I clicked like and it bumped to 666 likes. I think this is a good sign

[@androbodomknight]

\w/

[@victorgopio3119]

Best comment: running at night shirtless... I run at night but have never done it shirt less climate gets cold even in the caribbean... hahahahaha...

[@nafiz5609]

yes mommy

[@hhds4716]

Its 100% legal to be top less in wyoming. So you can run without a shirt 👕 😁

[@jamesb0255]

This is great and I'm sure it will be an awesome podcast but, how about some new music?

[@lockandloadlikehell]

*Ohohoh* look at this aesthetic

[@isaiahaldridge2824]

So I’m guessing guys aren’t allowed on these podcasts

[@KAEFARIK]

Don't get triggered bud :) after carefully listening to what is said here - I don't hear any kind of feminism... at least not in the trailer. I think she is celebrating women in metal by drawing attention to the fact they are women. After all, to be a man - men have to continually perform the tasks OF a man - or lose that status... To be a women - being a woman is enough. ;)

[@hkleider]

@@KAEFARIK Good one. This is such bullshit.

[@Anna-tg2dz]

I love U for Your voice..what kind of music you just played-whatever😒..

[@LayMyBurdenDown]

It happens everywhere. Got that "you're really smart for a waiter" millions of times.

[@xminorthreatx]

You were born a waiter?

[@DylanChau]

“Her podcast is good for a girl.” “Hey, that’s sexist!”

[@TanneMalm]

That title is fragging. So sick of the "dude she's good for a female vocalist" etc.

[@KAEFARIK]

*fear of impending feminism increases*

[@Eric-tp4de]

Please don't invite Otep Shamaya...

[@WarriorWithin111]

[LONG UNPOPULAR OPINION WARNING] Courtney, I love Spiritbox and you've become my #1 favorite female metal vocalist over the course of last year. However, it seems like this podcast series will be based on completely false grounds, as in, it's not as if all the metalhead men in the industry are actively gatekeeping against women on purpose to keep them down. There are many famous female metal vocalists that made it on their own solely because of their incredible vocal ability (and a bit of luck, but that's a factor for everyone). You yourself are one such example. If you weren't so incredibly talented as you are, you wouldn't be here today, that's just a fact. The reason why the metal scene is "male dominated" is because the aggressive metal sound, which is associated with adrenaline and violence (not literally, but thematically), is simply not what most girls are interested in. And a large majority of those girls that are interested in metal are not able to do it because they lack the talent or the ability to do it; after all, metal is probably THE most difficult music genre to produce and perform, as I'm sure you know. It's not something that anyone--man or woman--can do, but it just so happens that men have higher affinity for it. Try naming 5 female guitarists or drummers (or even producers or audio engineers) and you'll see what I mean. In contrast to the metal scene, take a look at the mainstream radio music where women are the ones dominating the scene. Why? Because it requires zero musical talent (no knowledge of instruments necessary), zero lyrical ability (the music company writes the lyrics), and close to zero vocal ability (autotune). Also, sex sells, need I say more? Now, I'm not saying girls have no musical talent, but I am saying that mainstream pop music is much, much, MUCH easier (and more profitable) to do than metal, and therefore the bar to the mainstream scene is set that much lower than it is to the metal scene. All you gotta do is be relatively good looking and know the right people (and also be willing go down on them, most likely), which is nothing compared to years and even decades of churning your vocal cords or bleeding your fingers dry on guitar strings only to earn pennies in the end (compared to the mainstream, at least). Anyway, I could rant for much longer, but I hope you'll see what I mean. Though regardless of what I think, I do hope your podcast will take off and reach many people (especially girls) and bring them over to metal. So even if it's not exactly my cup of tea, I do wish you nothing but the best in your podcast endeavors :)

[@jamiehoward1087]

No one asked :)

[@Some_Guy_87]

Maybe you should listen to the podcast to hear another perspective, because the rant seems incredibly narrow-minded to be honest. Also, starting the post with "#1 favorite female metal vocalist" is ironically just another way of "...for a girl".

[@WarriorWithin111]

@@Some_Guy_87 How is anything I said narrow-minded? Sure, I don't know every detail of what's going on behind the scenes, but I don't think I'm off the mark when I say that there is no cabal of men actively sabotaging women from getting to the top of the metal game. And what's wrong with acknowledging the biological differences between the sexes? Both men and women have things they excel at and things they fall short at, there's absolutely nothing wrong with that nor does it make one superior to the other. So it's only natural to make a distinction between male and female vocalists, because men have deeper and stronger voices which are suitable to the aggressive metal sound, whereas women have gentler and softer voices which are more suitable for literally any other music genre where screams are not involved. I fail to see how any of that is "narrow-minded".

[@Some_Guy_87]

@@WarriorWithin111 Deconstructing your post a bit: 1. "#1 favorite female metal vocalist" -> This is is in essence saying she's good for a girl. You created an "inferior" category which makes it kind of a back-handed compliment. 2. "I'm not saying girls have no musical talent" and ranting on about how women are only dominant in stuff that doesn't require talent and where they can use sex to get on top - what is your point of this if you are not saying that? This is a mysoginistic as you can get, and I'm even saying that as someone who often is against modern ideas of feminism. 3. You are completely belittling the work of other people by demanding your standards. Even if we take the idols that don't do the actual writing in music, they still have other talents that put them on top of the world. Even if some are more actors than they are musicians, they are still good actors. Not to mention the actual writing, production and stuff that the people in the studio are doing (though your post makes it seem like you are implying these cannot be female) - creating a simple song that makes it big can be just as hard as making a complex prog metal 20 minute odyssey. It's a classical "metal bubble mentality" to not acknowledge achievements in other areas of music.

[@WarriorWithin111]

​@@Some_Guy_87 You really wanna do this? Fine. 1. What part of "men and women are biologically different" did you not understand? Where did I say that women are "inferior"? You said that, not me. Stop projecting your own thoughts to other people. All I said was that men are more suitable for the vocals in metal because they produce a much deeper and stronger voice which better fits the aggressive metal sound, but that does not mean that men have the sole exclusive rights in it. It just means that the vibes of the songs are different depending on the vocals. Take the song Constance for example -- it's a masterpiece of a song, and there is no way in hell any man could come close to portraying that feeling the way Courtney did. On the other hand, a song like Holly Roller, which is much more aggressive, was made better (in my opinion) by having Ryo's growls added to it despite Courtney absolutely killing it on that track. You cannot say one song is better than the other, both of them are amazing in their own right as they portray different vibes. 2. This was in regards to women being dominant in the mainstream scene and how the music talent bar is set way higher for the metal scene. How else do you quantify the fact that the men-to-women ratio is so enormously offset in metal music compared to mainstream? It is simply much easier to do and succeed in pop, than is in metal. I should maybe have mentioned that this applies to men in the mainstream as well. That doesn't necessarily relates to women's lack in musical talent, rather it is a reflection of how few women even listen to metal, because the aggressive sound simply does not appeal to most of them. How is that misogynistic? 3. I'm not "demanding" any standards of anyone, I just tell it like I see it. Are you aware that pretty much every single pop song in the last few decades was written and produced by a handful of music companies? That's why they call it the music "industry", because the songs are dished out in a factory line-like fashion. All the "artist" has to do is show up in the studio at a scheduled date and sing the prepared lyrics written on a piece of paper. I can't say this applies to all mainstream people, but it's definitely true for the large majority. Your claim that a 3 minute pop song (which no one will remember after a year) can take as much to make as a 20 minute prog metal song is ridiculous, I'm sorry to say. And I do very much have respect to other music genres; I don't listen exclusively metal. What I have no respect for is people who claim to "struggle" while rolling in their $millions across several mansions they own, despite being talentless hacks. Not to mention the absolute fakeness they exude by being more plastic than human, that's what I have no respect for.

[@hkleider]

"The realities and challenges of being a woman in the music industry, especially the metal scene." Prove it. Cite your data. Define what metrics you use to measure "challenge of being a woman in the music industry, especially the metal scene", as well as what values those metrics would need to have to make you consider this gender inequality resolved. This is just a publicity stunt.