And for those who *do* know, the baggage "new music" carries is huge and nasty -- there's no term worse, in fact, from a marketing/audience invitation standpoint because "new music" has caused people to run for the exits for some 90 years now.
I'm starting to hear the usage of "new music" referring mainly to new rock, pop, or alternative rock. The idea that it once referred only to nonpop/avant garde/serious/concert or whatever music is completely off the radar screen. Going to a classical concert still brings along a lot of negative associations, but new music just means something written lately. The trend is not entirely negative.
More and more people are taking pride in having eclectic tastes. Their iPods, for example, are filled with not just with music to listen to, but also a musical DNA of who they are. They want "good music" and it doesn't matter about the style. Nonpop new music has a place, albeit a small one, for this kind of listener.
This still doesn't solve the problem of naming the kind of music we write. Usually others do that for you for better or worse!
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