RE: OT: The Police on Tour

["Woz Mail" <abc90266@bigpond.net.au>]

Here In Australia I recently went to a concert where Muse and Tool blew
everyone away, huge crowd and Tool had the no 1 album. Muse have a few
singles floating in the top forty to. We have a brillant musician over here
called John Butler and he regurlary get's in the charts if not no 1. Thom
Yorke from Radiohea also did really well over here and there's others that 
I
cant think of.

I had a thought today that a major part of a mainstream audience not
understanding more challenging music is due to lack of education. I 
remember
learning about time in primary school and we never counted passed 4 unless
doind a 3/4 rythem. My education about time signitures only developed in my
Teens when I started listening to bands like Rush and King Crimson and that
was only really due to the fact that I played guitar and smoked dope back
then. Kids are more than capable of having a little more challenging
rudimentary music education. I reckon it would dramaticly improve the 
tastes
of the masses if they could actually recognise good music. I could rant on.

Cheers
Woz

-----Original Message-----
From: john floridis [mailto:jfloridis@aol.com]
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 9:10 AM
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Subject: Re: OT: The Police on Tour


to be fair to tom who first pondered this question, i think he meant
major label acts, top ten, top forty....arena and stadium
fillers.....the ones who end up in people magazine.....not that
that's anything to be aspiring to...

just thought of another one, though she's not known for it, if i'm
not mistaken sheryl crow can play something like a dozen
instruments....not a "player's player", but solid.  shawn colvin,
though she's dropped in popularity, is still putting out good stuff,
and you'll find most acoustic guitarists recognize her
playing....very distinctive and strong player.  nothing fancy, but
you can tell it's her.

jf



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