Dating a jazz musician

By Jake Wallis Simons. Good news, guitar types! In their latest attempt to empirically prove what common sense already tells us, scientists have established that women find musicians sexy. As part of his experiments, he asked a group of women to choose between the composers of simpler and more complicated music and decide which they would find sexier.

I grew up in a very musical family. My mom's got the voice of an angel and my dad has played guitar in multiple bands throughout my upbringing. In fact, most of my favorite memories consist of going out to bars and concert venues with my mother and sister to watch my dad's sets. We would always get really close to the stage and cheer him on, whether he was playing at a local bar or on stage at a concert venue. The pride that radiated from my mom's face was apparent as she watched the love of her life rock out, and my little sister and I would yell his name in the crowd after every guitar solo.

Here are some of the most common false truths about musicians when it comes to dating:. Sorry, but not sorry. Sadly, the groupies are trying to weasel their way into the VIP at Gansevoort to get a glimpse at Trey Songz, not come to your show at some hole in the wall joint. I see beautiful women every single day of my life.

My husband is a musician. It was one thing to have dated musicians, photographers, and painters all through my 20s , but to actually marry a struggling artist was a completely different thing. Still, my choice wasn't a shock — musicians have always been my type. But there was something so very romantic, and cool, of course, too, about being in a relationship with a musician.