RE: Why does mainstream seem more like , downstream these days?

[Gareth Whittock <buddhamachine@live.co.uk>]

Coincidentally, I've just finished a "free listening" session with my music students playing favourite tracks - they don't give a damn about genres. I was struck by their borderless appreciation of music.
How heartening!
 
Peace
 
G
 
> Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 11:56:37 +0100
> Subject: Re: Why does mainstream seem more like , downstream these days?
> From: perboysen@gmail.com
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>
> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Matt Stevens
> <mattstevensguitar@btinternet.com> wrote:
> > New experimental music is happening all over the world right now - kids
> > messing with tech - they don't care about definitions of the Avant Garde.
>
> I'm with Matt on this. "Genres" are obsolete. The funny part is that
> it actually was the explosive growth of genres and sub genres that led
> to today's more or less "genre-less" culture. One huge backlash of
> this development was the fall of the record labels about ten years
> ago; as markets and sub markets for selling music grew just as
> manifold as the genre pletora it became impossible to hire marketing
> staff that could effectively promote releases in a credible way (as in
> "knowing one's shit"). Also, inside each sub genere there soon weren't
> enough potential customers to support the business idea of a record
> label. Great days for DJ's though!
>
> Per
>