Wear My Dawg's Hat
Superstar
I just don't see it happening again.
The elements in the community that previously cultivated music creation and innovation are no longer in place.
Grass-roots, around-the-way, live music performing has all but disappeared.
Performing live music for audiences in: churches, living rooms, classrooms, nightclubs, school talent shows, marching bands, the housing project community room, street corners (doo wop), the family basement, the outdoor park jam in the summer, the family reunion picnic, the local radio stations' "battle of the bands" -- most of it is gone.
The music philosopher once said: How can I move the crowd? First of all, no mistakes allowed."
No other racial/ethnic group possessed this comprehensive ecosystem to develop music culture.
Music doesn't occupy the cherished place in our culture today, that it used to.
For arguments sake, the golden era for Colored/Negro/Black/African-American contemporary popular music was the 20th Century: 1900 - 2000.
The elements in the community that previously cultivated music creation and innovation are no longer in place.
Grass-roots, around-the-way, live music performing has all but disappeared.
Performing live music for audiences in: churches, living rooms, classrooms, nightclubs, school talent shows, marching bands, the housing project community room, street corners (doo wop), the family basement, the outdoor park jam in the summer, the family reunion picnic, the local radio stations' "battle of the bands" -- most of it is gone.
The music philosopher once said: How can I move the crowd? First of all, no mistakes allowed."
No other racial/ethnic group possessed this comprehensive ecosystem to develop music culture.
Music doesn't occupy the cherished place in our culture today, that it used to.
For arguments sake, the golden era for Colored/Negro/Black/African-American contemporary popular music was the 20th Century: 1900 - 2000.