4 ms·
My first reaction is to agree, and wonder whether we're homogenizing our music culture the same way we're homogenizing our food culture. That said, I think all
by pjmorris 11y ago
My first reaction is to agree, and wonder whether we're homogenizing our music culture the same way we're homogenizing our food culture.
That said, I think all hope is not lost. I took guitar lessons from a local bluegrass musician, and, through him, have learned of a lot of little local jam sessions (I live in Raleigh, NC and bluegrass is one of the local music styles around here.) Through dropping in on these jams, I've heard a lot of great music, both passed down and original, that I'd never hear on the radio. Ask around, there might be something local/live/non-radio where you are.
- rhizome 11y agoThe mainstream is always a process of homogenization, but there's always an underground from which the mainstream picks and chooses its future.
- ArkyBeagle 11y agoIn the 1960s you had Countrypolitan. It's not like something similar hasn't happened before. It always comes back. Besides, WSM stands for "We Shield Millions", the motto of the New York based insurance company that started all that.
- rhizome 11y agoNot only has it happened before, it's continuously happening all the time in an infinity of directions. Pop culture is "you're soaking in it."
- ArkyBeagle 11y agoYes absolutely, sir.
- chiph 11y agoA former coworker is down in Cary and plays banjo. I had no idea it was as difficult as it seems to be. I think WKNC has some bluegrass on their schedule on Saturday mornings.
- ArkyBeagle 11y agoI will continue to blame MADD, although other distractions probably account for a loss of interest in live music. We've always homogenized music culture.