Re: Maybe why Avante-garde looping in US...

[daniel stevenson <stillllscary@yahoo.com>]

sophistication & hip hop are not cohesive...redundant & childish fit the bill

Kevin <kevin@TheNettles.com> wrote:

> At 06:47 PM 2/1/2006, you wrote:
> >Study: Why Americans Have Bad Rhythm
> >http://www.livescience.com/othernews/050207_music_beat.html
> >This is all a long winded way of saying that the study of world 
> >rhythm and how it's performed and felt: how and in which ways it is 
> >sophisticated is just too complex a phenomena to put down to a study 
> >of 75 balkan immigrants and presumably white Canadians and it's 
> >irresponsible to publish tripe like this.
>
> I'd like to see the study re-done to include white and black 
> teenagers who listen to hiphop. Like or loathe it, hiphop's vocal 
> rhythms are often very sophisticated and its popularity is very high 
> throughout the
>  youth culture.
>
> PS: I'm Canadian. ;-)
>
> Cheers,
> Kevin
> www.TheNettle.com

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