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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
to me, the fragmentation of music and music fans into so many subgenres is really jus t a triumph of the CLIQUE. Insular fans stop suporting an act once it gets biger than their town or their state. It in my opinion, is much more detrimental to have music fans be so fragmented.
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Something lost, something gained. I kind of miss the broad social community that came with the rise of the mega-artists. The fact that everyone had solid opinions on their work and that they became almost a part of the social landscape. But the cost of that was, as SC says, a genuine lack of choice. Such artists tend to accomodate mass taste and in so doing smooth off edges that might alienate. I'd exclude the Beatles from that description but, as we know, they're a bit of an exception.
Anyway, I much prefer what we have now: a situation where, with a little initiative, you can almost perfectly tailor your music to suit your tastes.