On 15/08/2013, Karl Miller wrote: > ________________________________ > From: Tom Fine <tflists@BEV > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]> > > � For most young folks, music is background noise, part of a > relentless and constant buzz in their ears.� > > ***************************** I believe that is true for > recorded/broadcast music in general...and for all age groups.� > > � > > "These� talking machines� are going to ruin the artistic development > of music in this country. When I was a boy...in front of every house > in the summer evenings, you would find young people together singing > the songs of the day or old songs. Today you hear these infernal > machines going night and day. We will not have a� vocal cord� left. > The vocal cord will be eliminated by a process of evolution, as was > the tail of man when he came from the ape." - John Philip Sousa > And before that, people kept canaries. Regards -- Don Cox [log in to unmask]