| From: | The Reverend <MDB0213@*****.TAMU.EDU> |
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| Subject: | Re: New music will be there! |
| Date: | Sun, 31 Oct 1993 02:42:26 -0600 |
by what I say)
] I think it's pretty safe
ha. ha. ha. That's what you think, boyo.
]to say that the mainstream popular music of any era is pretty much
]mass-produced, sanitized, schlock.
I'll agree.... look at Genesis these days! I personally believe that, since
intelligence/musical-knowledge/musical-appreciation are on a bell curve, that
to get a large crowd you can't necessarily be par excellente. (sp?) You might
be able to, by playing shlock that most people can dance to, but the more
sophisticated can find "deeper" things in. (Echolyn is one example: mainstream
enough for the masses, yet has enough hidden complexity for most proggers)
]I doubt 2050 will be any different, although I suspect the schlock then will
]be more musically broad and that (cross fingers) there will be more
]opportunities for good fringe music to exist and propagate.
Like I've said, read Shadow-beat. The intro alone tells quite a bit. The
fringe music is alive and VERY well, and the music has to be GOOD in order for
the person to survive! Anyone can make a recording, but the power of the $$$
(or nuYen) shows who can sell more albums. And with the computer-generated
music maker (what is it called?! Can someone w/S-beat post it?!), their will
be a plethora of fringe music, and other assorted goodies. (Mega-stars playing
in small clubs: who would've guessed?!)
Rev
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