[Harp-L] Opps I did it again. Pop is for the week.

["Chris Michalek" <Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>about which music sucks and which music sings.  The question was
>about
>>what most people hear and respond to, first.  Pop music by
>definition is
>>music that's popular, so it's a fairly reliable guide to what most
>>people respond to, first. 


Pop music is only popular because that what people are told to like.
It's all about marketing.  Do you think a song is popular because you
hear it on a pop station twice per hour?  Companies pay for that kind
of exposure.  You know this Richard.  Weak minds are subjected to the
same things over and over thus they believe it is what they are
supposed to like.  They believe it is popular. Marketing in the Pop
sector involves a technique called Forced Evangelism. 

Imagine this scenerio...

A person is standing outside a building staring up to the sky because
he sees a Magical Super Monkey holding the staff of Irania.  Other
people come by "hey what are you looking at"  the first person points
up and says it's the "Magical Super Monkey and its holding the staff
of Irania."  "I don't see anything" another person comes along what
are you staring at...  "it's theMagical Super Monkey holding the
staff of Irania." "Yeah, I think I see it." so this guys sticks
around.  When the crowd build to five people new bystander preceive
and event... more and more people begin to "see" the Magical Super
Monkey holding the staff of Irania.  After a few hours and a 20
people news stations will come, you'll see shadows on the news with
circle around "Breaking news we have exclusive pictures of the
Magical Super Monkey holding the staff of Irania."

People in general are followers and will believe what you tell them.
Or to put it in the words of David Ogilvy - "People are Stupid"  BAck
to the point of pop culture - most people are more or less
"brainwashed" into thinking what they like.  Why do you wear the
clothes you do? Do you dress outside of the current fashion trends or
do you follow them? Were you wear bell bottom a year after you said
you would never ever wear them again? Why do you have the things you
do?  Because other people have told you it's good to have them.  We
are all followers in one way or another but I guarantee you that one
person is pulling the string to make happen what he or she envisions.

The true gems of the earth have risen above the hoopla. They thought
differently than others.  Why do you try to play like Litte Walter?
He wouldn't try to play like you.  Same goes for Howard Levy and
Toots followers... I know for a fact that Howard encountered
incredible resistence in trying to bring jazz the the diatonic.  He
believed it could be done and nothing swayed him. He lives outside
the box in constant uncomfortableness...  Not everybody has the
strength to be different that's fine and without the weak, the strong
would have no reason to be themselves...

So I think in colors I can't help that it comes naturally. I know
that people like Jimi Hendrix, John Coltrane, Ravi Shankar, Thelonius
Monk and Miles Davis thinks the same way. I'm a follower too but I'm
in good company in being weird.

A true response is emotional and people resond to emotions because
it's a common demoniator amoung all people on the earth.  Everybody
knows what anger, sadness and happiness is.  They know it so well,
they know it when they hear it or see it.  

Really...how many people listen to Britany Spears and think - "Oh my
gosh" as they are moved to stand on their feet. Pop is mainstream -
neither truly good nor truly bad it's in the middle.  It's for the
average and mostly played by the average. It's safe and people like
it because it makes feel happy about making a decision that everybody
makes.

All I want to do is share what I see so that you all may learn IMOWFL.




Chris Michalek

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