On 29 Jan 2006, at 7:41 PM, Carl Dershem wrote:
Darcy James Argue wrote:
Actually, the majority of indie rock fans roughly my age (let's
say 21-40) are all in favor of timbrallly, structurally,
lyrically sophisticated music that challenges them as listeners.
They don't want simplicity or sugarcoated accessibility or
stereotypically pretty sounds, and they certainly don't want the
vapid notions of "timeless beauty" or "sublime relaxation" that
the traditional classical marketing campaign tends to emphasize.
From discussions I've had mith my nieces and nephews and their
contemporaries, most of the music fans now want the same thing they
wanted 50 years ago - something they could dance to. The
percentage that actually gives a damn about the musicality of the
piece are few and far between.
For most people, music is background sound, or just a beat.
Again, this does not at all describe the demographic I was talking
about at all. (Not everyone 21-40 is an indie rock fan.) Go check out
some indie rock blogs, or the forums on indie band sites. I can
guarantee you that the people who are buying records by Clap Your
Hands Say Yeah or Vashti Bunyan or Animal Collective or Wolf Parade
or Sufjan Stevens or the Decembrists are not "looking for something
they can dance to."
- Darcy
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