Klarinet Archive - Posting 000091.txt from 2009/01

From: "David B. Niethamer" <dnietham@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Get of the Rap Soap Box
Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:21:42 -0500


On Jan 5, 2009, at 1:20 PM, Tim Roberts wrote:

> Statistically
> speaking, rap's appeal skews towards the younger age groups. That
> generational class distinction is part of the appeal: "it belongs
> to US,
> not to those old fogies." There's probably a good graduate level
> seminar here on the psychology of preferences in music.
>

You know you're getting old when the music of your youth becomes the
subject of somebody's doctoral dissertation!

For me, it's the Cambridge Music Handbook about the Sgt. Pepper's album.

David

David B. Niethamer
dnietham@-----.edu
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