Re: viability of new art music (reaching folks)

[Nemoguitt@aol.com]

In a message dated 7/26/01 8:24:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
zvonar@zvonar.com writes:


> Is this 
> collateral damage from the overall dumbing down of American culture, 
> or is it a case of a finite listening audience being spread thinner 
> by an increase in do-it-yourself electronic music and the 
> availability of downloadable music.


richard.....i believe it is the latter although americans are getting not 
only dumber but also fatter (i am afraid they have dropped a fat bomb on 
pittsburgh).....i find that a lot of time i.e. sitting here reading all these 
posts, i dont listen to music, i take a break and play for a bit and make 
noise and then its back to silence.....if i listen to anything, i listen to 
music that i have done in order to make the *final* cd or i listen to music 
created by folk on the list or stuff of that ilk.....the only "new" music i 
really hear is music in films or commercials.....over the past several years, 
i have bought only 2 cds at a store; the hellcaster's "escape from hollywood" 
and d.t.'s "oah", everything else i got off the "internet".....yipes, i 
almost forgot, at work i listen to wduq which is an npr station at duquesne 
university and they play jazz all the time and to tell the truth, i luvs the 
old chestnuts and i sing the words when i know them and i whistle impov 
(there ya go rick, maybe im not so nasty after all) along with all those 
crazy jazzbos (gender?) perhaps jazzbas, well them too by all means.....you 
might call some of what i play as "new art music" and i feel the best way to 
reach people is to play out.....i think that it always comes down to the 
individual, its the old "how do we make the world better?" by my striving to 
be a bit more *better*, i sure as hell am not waiting for society (radio 
stations) to do it.....:)m