Klarinet Archive - Posting 000804.txt from 1997/08

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: my opinion on an already discussed topic
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 23:44:09 -0400

At 09:05 PM 8/18/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Actually, I have been playing rock n roll for my children (now 6 and 8)
>since they were old enough to know how to turn on a toddler tape recorder.
>They have gone through 50's rock, Elvis, Beatles, Beach Boys (ok ...that's
>stretching it a bit), Chicago, Three Dog Night, Styxx, Jethro Tull,
>etc.....and they still love a good classical work...like Beethoven's
>Fifth!
>
>I am not sure that the genre is the problem (I personally can't stand
>rap...but who am I to say?), I feel it is the lack of ability to select a
>good tune from a bad one.
>
>RG
>
There is good and bad music in every genre, including classical (Alban
Berg, for example). Just monitor it a bit. There is some real trash out
there, stuff that makes ME blush!

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.