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Hi
I used the 4 chords analogy because we were shown many years ago that if you knew how to play the principal 4 chords on the guitar you could play (strum?) just about anything. I can play(?) just about any tune I know on the piano with three bass chords and one finger on the treble. But I am equally sure I would never be asked to give a recital!
Writing music these days is all about making money and if it suits the listeners it usually does. The worst thing about modern music is the glazed look on the faces of people with ipod earphones walking down the street, driving a car or just sitting in the bus beside you. They are oblivious to their surrounds.
In any case everyone has their own choice. In prefer the old classics
Oh! and I need to clarify what I mean by pagan rythym. That is the sound of the heavy beat of percussion instruments meant to stir up and hypnotise the warriors as the prepared for battle.
A little off topic now. I was listening to a country FM program on Sunday, not by choice, it just happened to be what the tuner found, They played an old recording of Paul Robeson singing Old Man River, The politically correct version that leaves off the first verse.
Barry
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