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Guest Unregistered Posted: Sep. 17 2009, 04:07 as he has done before, like TB, Ommadawn, Hergest Ridge (and such) I wonder if there was a market for it in the present day? I know - of course - all of us maniacs in here would certainly love the album and buy it and, but what about the "normal" listeners who are used to be surrounded with simple and easy going (computer-made) music that you don't reflect on and put on your mp3 player with crappy sound? (Britney Spears, Take That and this dj-techno crap there is all over, xfactor, idols and what have you) and just that fact, that everyone everywhere is busy busy in piling goods to them self and being egoistic and all, is there a market (financial benefit) for releasing music like "the good old days"? Back to top

Scatterplot Group: Members Posts: 1981 Joined: Dec. 2007 Posted: Sep. 17 2009, 06:31 No. There isn't. -------------- We raise our voices in the night Crying to heaven And will our voices be heard Or will they break Like the wind Back to top

Herod Group: Members Posts: 85 Joined: Jan. 2004 Posted: Sep. 17 2009, 07:16 In "The good old days" many producers told Mike that TB was 'not marketable'. Today 'not marketable' bands like Sigur Ròs are published and have their public. Just like 36 years ago. Masterpieces and crap music have always been produced at the same time, ever. But I agree that there should be some 'rieducation' in the public tastes... -------------- The last 80 seconds of 'Amarok' are one of the reasons for being happy to live in this planet. Back to top

Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: Sep. 17 2009, 14:13 Thank you, Herod; you summed it up nicely (though I assume your last phrase was facetious -- reeducation is a scary word). It's a common dellusion to think that, in 1973, all music was just like Tubular Bells, Dark Side of the Moon and Larks' Tongues in Aspic. -------------- Check out http://ferniecanto.com.br for all my music, including my latest albums: Don't Stay in the City, Making Amends and Builders of Worlds. Also check my Bandcamp page: http://ferniecanto.bandcamp.com Back to top

Herod Group: Members Posts: 85 Joined: Jan. 2004 Posted: Sep. 17 2009, 16:28 Ah, ah...thank you!   As for the last phrase...well, nothing a-la-Clockwork Orange, of course, but I really think that people should learn again the meaning of the word 'listening'... open that tunnel connecting the ear to the heart... -------------- The last 80 seconds of 'Amarok' are one of the reasons for being happy to live in this planet. Back to top

Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: Sep. 17 2009, 20:00 Quote (Herod @ Sep. 17 2009, 16:28) As for the last phrase...well, nothing a-la-Clockwork Orange, of course, but I really think that people should learn again the meaning of the word 'listening'... open that tunnel connecting the ear to the heart... Many people just don't care about music as much as others, just like many people don't care about painting as much as others. I don't have much interest in paintings and sculptures, and it's not a matter of education; it's just taste, really. -------------- Check out http://ferniecanto.com.br for all my music, including my latest albums: Don't Stay in the City, Making Amends and Builders of Worlds. Also check my Bandcamp page: http://ferniecanto.bandcamp.com Back to top

Herod Group: Members Posts: 85 Joined: Jan. 2004 Posted: Sep. 18 2009, 01:49 Yes, of course, but I was referring more to a general lack of curiosity in many people who declare themselves interested in music -------------- The last 80 seconds of 'Amarok' are one of the reasons for being happy to live in this planet. Back to top

The Caveman Group: Members Posts: 2178 Joined: Jan. 2008 Posted: Sep. 18 2009, 03:49 Very much depends on What music they claim to be into.Chart music is largely a commercial excercise IMO.I'm talking about the nasty sugar coated stuff here rather than genuinely talented people making music in the pop genre.There's a sheep mentality among many young people.I see it my own children.If a band is said by the media to be popular then people think they should buy it because everyone else will be buying and therefore it's cool or trendy.It's always been that way and as long as there is an image concious music industry there always will be.  For more interesting music with a bit more substance requires either an upbringing with one or more of the parents listening to good music (my Dad)or an inquisitve nature-or a bit of both.My love of Oldfield music is a result of my Dad having played TB loads and trips to the record libary with him and then searching out the records and cds.Compared to some countries it's easy to get Oldfield stuff here but the rarer bits took some finding.From there i got into Kevin Ayres,David Bedfore and Gong finding more interesting stuff along the way. -------------- THE COMING OF THE GREAT WHITE HANDKERCHEIF IS NIGH. Back to top

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