Well, quite frankly, (at least in the US) the music doesnt get "paid attention" to unless it is made accessible to a wider audience/reading that to be whites.... just look at the evolution of rhythm and blues and hip hop for example (and the money-making aspects of those too)
Jim J. ----- Original Message ----- From: Joseph Ross Lynn IV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Lester Kenyatta Spence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 1:56 PM Subject: Re: (313) To Richie's Credit (was NY Times) > > > And of course there is the sticky question....why is it important that a > > new, widespread, white, audience gets introduced to the music in the first > > place? > > > > Because white people are just as creative potent as black ppl right? Ideas get > developed. Mutated. Creation occurs. Music is a collective experience. In > some senses, the more the merrier, as long as there is respect (and good > taste).
