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- Newsgroups: rec.music.newage
- Path: sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!news.claremont.edu!fenris!irilyth
- From: grahamw@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (W. Chris Graham)
- Subject: "new age" label
- Message-ID: <1992Dec27.233918.28287@muddcs.claremont.edu>
- Originator: irilyth@fenris
- Sender: news@muddcs.claremont.edu (The News System)
- Organization: U. Calgary
- References: <Bzvr33.5MJ@agora.rain.com> <1992Dec27.094124.14493@muddcs.claremont.edu>
- Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 23:39:18 GMT
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- [I'm posting this for Chris at his request; he sent me e-mail saying that he
- had no posting access and asking me to post this for him.]
-
- All labeling of just about any worthwhile music is inherently imperfect and
- somewhat arbitrary. "New Age" artists such as Mike Oldfield are just great
- examples of this. Contemporary Instrumental? What about the vocals? And some
- of it could easily be called Rock. Some Folk. I call music "music", and would
- love record stores to be purely alphabetized from front to back. When I'm
- discussing a particular piece or album, I can get as descriptive as I want
- without making sweeping generalizations.
- W. Chris Graham
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