[atlantaprog] shallow analysis

At 10:59 PM 08/13/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>Trying to analyze why they have their opinions is kinda like taking
>depth pressure measurements in a kiddie pool....
>
>Both are shallow, and you can pretty much judge them from the surface
>cause inside its all the same...
>
>Alex F/Brain21

I don't think so.  If you ask people what they like about songs or bands,
they'll tell you things like, "I really like the singers' voice," or "I
like the attitude," or "I like how they remind me of this other band," or
"I like what it makes me feel like," or "I like the dreamy quality...",
things like this.  Why should this be dismissed as shallow and completely
worthless??  We like bands and songs for the exact SAME reasons, we just
like different bands!  All people are a mix of shallow and deep.  It's not
smart to act like elitists and isolate ourselves by making blanket
statements about the shallowness of the "common folk" if we ever want
people to buy our product and see us play.  What's wrong with being in
touch and being a little empathetic?  It's a potential marketing tool.  In
fact, why does "prog rock" have to be just for the "special people" anyway?
 There are now elements of it in commercial and pop music all over the
place.  It's like people who have season tickets to the symphony and only
listen to NPR and then shun the lowly average music fan for daring to
listen to the radio and like it.  Since the term "prog" has like 40 working
definitions, it should be a little more inclusive.  People born after a
certain date like 1974 can be fans of it too.  If we're going to reach
people with our stuff (product), I don't think we have any more right to
think for them and pre-decide what they like and don't like than
Clearchannel does.

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