Re: Have you always dreamed of become a high payed consultant?

["Howard Brazee" <address@hidden>]

On 27-Nov-2002, "James J. Gavan" <jjgavan@shaw.ca> wrote:

> The thing about 'legacy' is that it is proven and resilient and lasts. Now
> hum 10 Beatles songs for me. Now do the same for the other mob fronted by
> that Neanderthal man !

Lots of music isn't designed to be hummable.   In fact, the social need to be
able to whistle has gone down as there are fewer melodies in modern music.

My mother's era had more tunes, and much better dance music than my era.  But
even in my era, people had practice writing tunes.  Musical theatre had several
songs that were singable by just about anybody.

But artists would rather be different than to try to improve on established
media, so music has changed.   I like some music without melodies - and listen
to Music From The Hearts of Space on NPR.  But in general, I prefer melodies.  I
do so even with classical music.    That isn't to say today's music is wrong. 
Just like all other generations, I am a product of my times, listening to fogie
music instead of contemporary once I no longer was a youth.

Hum two songs from a Broadway musical not designed for children - from maybe the
last 20 years.