New music, Old music

[Jackie]

I listen almost exclusively to either classical (Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, etc) or late 60's/early 70's rock.

I don't generally have music seeking behavior, though. I can easily go for a month without listening to anything.

I do pick up stuff from the environment, so if my wife listens to something, I tend to learn it.

So you lost the roll of Winchester on M*A*S*H?


Just being silly.  Truth is throughout human history, older music always influences new music and the meshing and mixing produces newer styles. 

I think one of the biggest examples of how core musicians don't buy into popular tribalism, are things like the San Francisco Symphony doing a concert with Metallica, and others like Snoop Dog doing a duet with Willie Nelson.

What I do hate about human tribalism, especially with music, is that all the "Ford vs Chevy" music fans "us vs them" fans don't understand that most of the time, the artists they are so tribal over, if they went to their homes, and checked out their music libraries, regardless of genera, would find out most artists who end up at the top that everyone knows, has a far more diverse library than the fans know.