Incredible as it may sound, I fear the children of the future will forget the role of music in their lives. I honestly can’t remember the last time I talked to a young person who was really interested in a particular band, composer or artist. People seem to spend their free time doing anything but listening to a CD (tape, record, you name it), and the way media promote certain music styles and performers, …showed first 75 words of 545 total…

…showed last 75 words of 545 total…money for the artist, and an inescapable ritual in the life of a teenager. You buy a CD, you listen to a CD, you dance to a CD, and you forget the CD. Ten years later, your kids have no idea what music was like in your time – but hey, maybe that will be the least of the problems when they approach their parents with the question, “Mommy, Daddy, what is this thing called music?”