William D McCrum wrote:
If I were a young teenager seeing these reactionary put-downs it'd probably push me further away from concert music, or at least towards avant-garde. The whole tone is, 'to hell with youth: they are idiots'. Many are disciplined musicians who know what they're talking about. This isn't going to ensure classic film-scoring survives, is it?



William, I have to assume you're replying to my post since yours directly follows mine. That's the only way I know, you see, because nothing in your post relates to mine, and cetainly not the paragraph quoted above. I wish I could reply to you sensibly, but I just can't make a connection between anything you've said and what I originally wrote...and you know, I don't think I really want to try. If someone else can make the connection and explain it all to me, I'd be happy to read it.