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On 7/22/64 11:59 AM, Petri Lahtinen wrote: > Latest love of mine was Rihanna's "Man down". > > I've always loved Meredith Monk, Nat King Cole, GG Allin, Exploited, > Dark Angel etc. > > I've never seen the reason to diverse the streams. > > There's something good in every stream. > > -Petri- I'm with you there, Petri. This is what I've come to believe. If you go to any music genre' section at a record store these days, at least 95% of it runs from just mediocre to utter crap. If you research, ask around, listen to radio or even just stumble onto something, 5% of the music out there is pretty good to fantastic. Of course, everyone has aesthetics so we may miss some of the good music out there. I just don't love bluegrass and mainstream country as an example, so I probably miss a lot of good music because I just don't put the energy into finding the 5% that is awesome in those fields, but I know it's out there. My first professional gig of my life as a drummer was with a country band. At the time I thought I hated country music but the guys I played with were such good musicians and they were so intelligent and kind that they turned my head around about that large style. I saw a Barbara Walters special where she asked Dolly Parton in her trailer (getting ready to put on her overblown, glitzy shows with a huge band) if she ever just let her hair down and played guitar with no accompaniment. Dolly said, 'sure, I always write my songs with just a guitar" and she sat down and played "Jolene" and "Coat of Many Colors" with her impossibly long fake fingernails in front of Barbara Walters. It was just stunning and beautiful. I went out and bought a Dolly Parton's greatest hits album at the end of that first summer of my professional drumming career. I still have it to this day on vinyl. That's my formula "5% in all genres of music is excellent." We just need to ferret it out. rick walker