I,ve been exposed to music from day one through radio and live musicians in the family. early record player music of the 20's Classical, Mexican, Spanish Sarsuelas. Piano roll music. By radio, early jass, popular, classical, japanese, chinese, Black Gospel, LA ca. music, hill billy, 30's to now, you name it. All it takes is interest and time. I had both I hate boxing or x fighting, like your wife. I have no interest there. I also disliked beer and violin music at first,but not now. mando
On Nov 17, 2008, at 1:28 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 11/17/08 1:51:29 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > >> I think all one needs is constant interested exposure to any thing to >> appreciate it. >> I had music appreciation in grammar school thru high school from 5th >> grade to 9th >> grade and have no problem with any type of music. >> > I think listers could report experiences that corroborate this, and > that > contradict it. What first begins with a compelled chore can ripen. > I have a > friend > who has an unimaginably (for me) huge amount of poetry and just > about all of > Shakespeare securely in his memory. He claims the acquisition began > when, in > grade school, his class was required to memorize four lines of > poetry every > night, to be recited in class the next day. At first it was just a > chore. Now > he > luxuriates with pleasure in well-turned lines and phrases and > single apt > words. (In fact he's written two books on Shakespeare.) > > On the other hand, I'm sure my wife, no matter how long subjected to > watching, say, X-fighting (where they are allowed to kick, knee, > and punch the > guy > while he's lying on the canvas) -- she would never come to > "appreciate" it. > > I remember my first sip of beer. I hated it. > >> I think what you say may apply a bit more to genres and sub-genres >> than to >> specific works. I "appreciate" -- in the sense of "see how/why the > techniques >> work" -- some genres that left me cold when I first encountered >> them. But >> still there are much-respected specific works that I only grow more > irritated >> by when forced to see them again -- e.g. Beckett's GODOT. Meantime >> I still >> can't "appreciate" in any sense a Rothko. I don't "appreciate/ >> understand" > his >> works, nor do I appreciate/like them, and I can't believe I ever >> will. And >> please believe I first went to them with happy anticipation. Same >> with > Pollock -- >> for me. >> >> I gotta say, Mando, if "I have no problem with" any type of music >> is your >> idea of a selling phrase, you'll never make it in advertising. > > > ************** > > Get the Moviefone Toolbar. Showtimes, theaters, movie news & > more!(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212774565x1200812037/ > aol?redir > =http://toolbar.aol. > com/moviefone/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000001)
