Posts Tagged ‘pop music’
Apr.
26
2012
Some of My Best Friends are Contemporary Composers
Continuing my comments on contemporary composers begun a few blogs ago, one could certainly write a book, or indeed fill several library shelves with books on the topic. Come to think of it, some people already have. Sometime around the 1970′s composers began to notice no one wanted to hear their music. Nonetheless, symphony orchestras … Read More »
Feb.
13
2012
Is this the oldies station?
Over the weekend, I walked past a woman about my age who was chatting on her cell phone & overheard a comment that absolutely stunned me. “But why would they pick such old music? Those songs were written before they were even born!” Admittedly, I don’t know of whom she was speaking or the occasion for which … Read More »
