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<blockquote data-quote="LightPhoenix" data-source="post: 3417836" data-attributes="member: 115"><p>I should preface this with it being my experience in the US, and not anywhere else. I know the music scene is different elsewhere... for example, while prog rock declined in the US, it still goes strong in Norway.</p><p></p><p>I don't think that young kids are really taught to appreciate music, or even really anything about music. I went to one of the best <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Genesee_High_School" target="_blank">high schools</a> in the US with regards to music, and I found myself shockingly ignorant of most types of music until I went to college. Sure, I learned a bunch about classical music... but almost nothing about rock, country, rap, jazz, or even pop. That's to say nothing of how the music industry works. All of that I had to learn on my own time. That's pretty silly, considering I think you could fit a large part of modern music into a year-long course.</p><p></p><p>I think this deficiency in teaching is in part because we're just not doing it - there are isolated counter-examples (Paul Green being a big one), but they're few and far between. I think it's in part due to socio-economic pressures - we'd rather have our kids playing piano and violin than guitar and non-classical singing because it "looks better," supposedly. I think a part of it is that kids generally have different tastes - as we grow up, we tend to like things a little subtler and more complex.</p><p></p><p>Instead of condemning the RIAA for generally being a bane to the existence of music (which they are), I think perhaps we should seek to educate children about music, let them experience everything that it has to offer, and let them be a more informed consumer. That's really the only way that the RIAA will change its practices, especially since they're crapping their pants scared in the face of a rapidly changing music environment, what with mp3 players and iTunes-like stores and rampant piracy.</p><p></p><p>Oh, and random plugs for my prog rockers' albums:</p><p></p><p><em>Scenes From A Memory</em>, by Dream Theater.</p><p><em>Brave</em> and <em>Clutching At Straws</em> by Marillion.</p><p></p><p>All three are great albums all around. Also, consequently, all concept albums. Go figure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LightPhoenix, post: 3417836, member: 115"] I should preface this with it being my experience in the US, and not anywhere else. I know the music scene is different elsewhere... for example, while prog rock declined in the US, it still goes strong in Norway. I don't think that young kids are really taught to appreciate music, or even really anything about music. I went to one of the best [URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Genesee_High_School]high schools[/URL] in the US with regards to music, and I found myself shockingly ignorant of most types of music until I went to college. Sure, I learned a bunch about classical music... but almost nothing about rock, country, rap, jazz, or even pop. That's to say nothing of how the music industry works. All of that I had to learn on my own time. That's pretty silly, considering I think you could fit a large part of modern music into a year-long course. I think this deficiency in teaching is in part because we're just not doing it - there are isolated counter-examples (Paul Green being a big one), but they're few and far between. I think it's in part due to socio-economic pressures - we'd rather have our kids playing piano and violin than guitar and non-classical singing because it "looks better," supposedly. I think a part of it is that kids generally have different tastes - as we grow up, we tend to like things a little subtler and more complex. Instead of condemning the RIAA for generally being a bane to the existence of music (which they are), I think perhaps we should seek to educate children about music, let them experience everything that it has to offer, and let them be a more informed consumer. That's really the only way that the RIAA will change its practices, especially since they're crapping their pants scared in the face of a rapidly changing music environment, what with mp3 players and iTunes-like stores and rampant piracy. Oh, and random plugs for my prog rockers' albums: [i]Scenes From A Memory[/i], by Dream Theater. [i]Brave[/i] and [i]Clutching At Straws[/i] by Marillion. All three are great albums all around. Also, consequently, all concept albums. Go figure. [/QUOTE]
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