> Musical genres come about as a reaction to the excesses of dominant genres, then become a dominant genre themselves. This is sort of a tangent, but does this

> Musical genres come about as a reaction to the excesses of dominant genres, then become a dominant genre themselves. This is sort of a tangent, but does this really happen anymore? I think that you're right, but I can't really think of any genres that have come about in the last 30 years that are a response to the excess of dominant genres. Come to think of it, what you're saying may have just been a 20th century phenomenon. Or maybe as early as late 19th century.