I agree with Raver. I spent 35 years in the workplace trying to convert pop tune listeners to something different, be it in underground, jazz, classical, alternative, folk, alternative country, even goth ! To no avail , they stuck to the RADIO songs and bought anything that came from Canadian and American idol in the past few years !
Too many genres now in music. Pink Floyd, Queen, Coldplay are popular because they had significant radio airplay for years when there were not so many genres - hip hop, dance, electronica, pop.
Coldplay are much better Live like a lot of groups but I do consider their studio albums mainly mainstream. Watched a concert DVD by them and the people with me remarked that they don't sound like that on the radio ! That's because in a concert setting the groups "stretch out" or jam a bit as opposed to the three minute radio song. The Rolling Stones always disappointed me somewhat because outside of Midnight Rambler (featuring Mick Taylor on slide) they only basically duplicated their Radio Hits and still did so up to their last concert.
There were 25 people in our office and myself and Fred went outside of radio music to explore new groups and different music ! So 2 out of 25 is only a meagre 8%, so perhaps let's say 10% of music listeners will go outside the box ! I think that's a fair representation ...maybe an argument for 20% but that's as high as any logical assumption can go IMHO !
Also a lot of young people here in Nova Scotia like country music from the radio. As Raver said let people listen to what they want and let it go. It's almost impossible to turn people on to new music without getting a reply of - "That's Weird ! "
I only know a few people (mostly musicians) who I can surround myself with who appreciate all kinds of music like myself and the esteemed members of the GREAT MD !
Too many genres now in music. Pink Floyd, Queen, Coldplay are popular because they had significant radio airplay for years when there were not so many genres - hip hop, dance, electronica, pop.
Coldplay are much better Live like a lot of groups but I do consider their studio albums mainly mainstream. Watched a concert DVD by them and the people with me remarked that they don't sound like that on the radio ! That's because in a concert setting the groups "stretch out" or jam a bit as opposed to the three minute radio song. The Rolling Stones always disappointed me somewhat because outside of Midnight Rambler (featuring Mick Taylor on slide) they only basically duplicated their Radio Hits and still did so up to their last concert.
There were 25 people in our office and myself and Fred went outside of radio music to explore new groups and different music ! So 2 out of 25 is only a meagre 8%, so perhaps let's say 10% of music listeners will go outside the box ! I think that's a fair representation ...maybe an argument for 20% but that's as high as any logical assumption can go IMHO !
Also a lot of young people here in Nova Scotia like country music from the radio. As Raver said let people listen to what they want and let it go. It's almost impossible to turn people on to new music without getting a reply of - "That's Weird ! "
I only know a few people (mostly musicians) who I can surround myself with who appreciate all kinds of music like myself and the esteemed members of the GREAT MD !
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