Klarinet Archive - Posting 000140.txt from 1998/08

From: "Kevin Fay (LCA)" <kevinfay@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Classical vs. Popular
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 12:05:04 -0400

Mark--

"Classic Rock" does not mean that those bands are "classical." It means
you're old. ;-)

kjf

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Charette [mailto:charette@-----.org]
Subject: Re: [kl] Classical vs. Popular

From: Cheddar99@-----.com>

>Yes, most "kids" don't listen to classical. but most kids don't listen to
rap,
>most don't listen to country, most don't listen to ska. "Most" don't listen
to
>anything. There are so many different forms of music today that it's pretty
>near impossible that more than 50% are going to like one form. Of course
not
>too many people like classical if you divide it into a table of (a) likes
>classical, and (b) doesn't like classical. You'd get the same results about
>any type of music. Classical music may not be one of the more pupular
style,
>but if you were to take a well done survery, you'd probably see that
classical
>will be one of the higher percentages.

Sorry - if you look at the sales charts, classical is one of the lowest
percentages of sales. Classical radio has a low percentage of listeners.
That's where I get the information from (Billboard has the sales figures)
and I can generalize about classical compared to all other forms. I could
make statements based on facts for other types (if I should care to look up
the figures) but we're talking classical here.

You and your friends are not mainstream music listeners if you listen to
classical and/or buy classical music. That's not inherently good or bad,
just as buying and listening to any form of music isn't inherently good or
bad. I'd like to _think_ that listening to classical or jazz is a sign of
higher intelligence :^) - but, then again, I listen to "Classic Rock" an
awful lot ... Does that qualify as classical music (Led Zeppelin I and II,
John Mayall, Aerosmith, Nazareth, 10 Years After, CTA (later to be known as
Chicago), Cream, Jethro Tull, ELO, ELP, King Crimson, Jefferson Airplane &
Starship, John McLaughlin & the Mahavishnu Orchestra, ...)?

Cheers,
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Mark Charette@-----.org
Webmaster, http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet
All-around good guy and devil-may-care flying fool.
"There can be no freedom without discipline." - Nadia Boulanger

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