I was randmonly surfing the net and stumbled across this essay on why Americans don't like jazz music. Here's the link http://www.dyske.com/index.php?view_id=778 . All I have to say is I agree with everything that is written by the author. Most of the Western world has gotten use to the MTV/VH1 way of music. What I mean when I say the MTV/VH1 way of music is that most of the shows that are shown have nothing to do with music at all. Come on they are music channels and the shows that are predominantly showing are reality tv shows and other various pop culture shows. Then to top that off, when MTV does show a music video, which is maybe 2 hours out of the day, it is so visually based that people don't even notice the music. Who should? In today's world, music is just a back drop for the music video and truthfully that is all it can be. Your senses become overwhelmed by the bombardment of visual cues and raunchy lyrics that the music has to take a back seat. Thus, leading most Americans to under-appreciate instrumental music that lacks visuals and graphic lyrics. I wonder where this will lead music.

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