----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Visser" <[log in to unmask]> > Hi Steve, it would be interesting to know how old you are, I mention this as > a person whose foundation particularly comes from the 60's,70's and 80's. I > would guess that fits a lot of people on this forum > > Regards > alan > 63.6...but custodian of a half-vast shellac archive, as well as an occasionally-working blues musician. So, my "musical foundation" comes from c.1895 to probably the eighties...but specifically excludes things like music with no identifiable content (i.e. Mantovani, 101 Strings, Muzak, usw...); music which is intended to function as "art" in the contemporary sense (see under "Butter- sprites"); music which is badly played (too numerous to mention); music where "flash" is the main demonstrated quality (see above)... I don't object to modern music per se...I just find that the inevitable general tendency of music is in the direction of less competence ("Why do I need to put forth any effort to become a star?")...which, sadly, typifies the 21st century! Will expound on this at your request...but also at your risk! Steven C. Barr