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  1. Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!europa.asd.contel.com!paladin.american.edu!auvm!YORKVM1.BITNET!MMORSE
  3. Organization: York University
  4. References:  <MAILQUEUE-101.921231100257.320@rust1.dpo.uab.edu>
  5. Message-ID: <92366.171731MMORSE@YORKVM1.BITNET>
  6. Newsgroups: bit.listserv.allmusic
  7. Date:         Thu, 31 Dec 1992 17:17:31 EST
  8. Sender:       Discussions on all forms of Music <ALLMUSIC@AUVM.BITNET>
  9. From:         MMORSE@YORKVM1.BITNET
  10. Subject:      Re: school
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  13. May I ask, bluntly, if either of the teachers of "Rock, Racism, and
  14. the Mass Audience" can play a simple blues progression on the piano?
  15. What I find frustrating about these courses is that many of the instructors
  16. are deaf as a post, and teach not music, but LYRICS, treating "a song" as
  17. "words-which-are-the-meaning, plus some sort of background-which-only-
  18. requires-an-adjective-or-two"; in short, many of these Indeterminate Studies-
  19. type folks don't particularly CARE for music, nor do they understand it (not
  20. surprisingly). A symptom to watch out for: if either of these worthies directs
  21. you toward the REAL meaning (as opposed to the "apparent" meaning), you're
  22. dealing with the dreaded tribe of Vulgar Marxists; head for the exit a.s.a.p.!
  23. MWM
  24.