In Reply to: RE: What happened to black music posted by tomservo on July 7, 2012 at 05:51:37:
Good one. Our victory over the Soviets forced us to decrease the opportunities we have historically invested in black music education. I'll tell Louis Armstrong and Robert Johnson about that.
Now, if only we had something like the internet, where people could go and discover new music at an unprecedented rate.
As an aside - as audiophiles, we must share the blame then, 90% of what we purchase and promote is either the rehashing the same old stuff on heavier and heavier vinyl or pandering to the tone deaf by shoving insipid female vocalists down our families' throats.
;D
Pandering to MP3 and CD?
Really?
MP3 and CD...are they as bad as the AM radios we carried around as kids?
How about the AM radios people grew up listening to up until the rise of FM in the 60's? Did AM radio kill Duke Ellington in the 30's?
How about those 7" 45's we'd play in a stack?
Did the poor sound quality of 78's kill jazz and blues?
How did we overcome all those impediments to black music's success in the past?
Implicating MP3 and CD's in the 'death' of black music...I give that a 'zero' impact.
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- Yeah, all the blues, jazz, and other 'black music' pioneers were the product quality educational opportunities - Enophile 14:02:50 07/07/12 (1)
- RE: Yeah, all the blues, jazz, and other 'black music' pioneers were the product quality educational opportunities - tomservo 16:27:02 07/07/12 (0)