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Re: Popularity/influence/etc.
>At 10:09 PM 8/26/2002, ernesto schnack wrote:
>> > With all due respect, I absolutely cannot understand this idea at
>all.
>>> Jam Bands play improvised music, and Phish is playing Madison Square
>>> Garden on New Year's Eve.
>>
>>Well Phish is an exception to everything. They play stadiums despite
>>no radio airplay or MTV. In a way, they's still not mainstream despite
>>being so huge. To me, the average non-musician likes written songs
>>with words that he can sing along to, both on the radio, and when he
>>goes to a concert. That is the impression I've gotten from the people
>>I've met and what i hear and see on the radio and mtv. Of course many
>>people listen to improvised music, but i wouldn't call it mainstream.
>>But that depends what one considers to be "mainstream." I know improv
>>doesn't automatically equal experimental, but i don't see an
>>improv-based piece going #1 anytime soon either.
>
>A lot of rappers improvise their raps. Many of them really take
>pride in that skill. I think it follows the same social-historical
>arc that jazz comes from, with the same improvisational traditions
>in a new form. The dj scratching in hip-hop is almost always
>improvised. Listening to Q-bert reminds me more of listening to
>Charlie Parker than anything else.
>
>kim
yeah, loop the rap... isnt that awful? ;-)
now if they improvize their grooves, lets open a page for that on LD
or Looppool
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