The study (or the part that was online) didn't mention how they controlled for the standardized test scores. Kids are bombing standardized tests like crazy. It could be that the tests are getting harder, or students are taking more of them, or we are testing kids who were never tested before (like special ed students). Any of these could cause the scores to go down w/ out meaning that more students know less about science. It could also be that science teachers are trained as well as they once were.
Also, are movies any less realistic than they used to be? Old Buck Rogers? The Day the Earth Stood Still?
Looks like a bunch of old fogies whining about those darned kids and their darned rock and roll music.
"The community aspect of creating music is disappearing."
I disagree. While the Internet (and particularly social networking sites) has made it easy to only find music at home and only listen to music by yourself, it has also made it easier for musicians and fans to find each other. I'm in an unsigned band organizing a tour around the east coast right now. All of our shows are happening at small venues that we would not have been able to find without the Internet. Music communities for unsigned artists are not just neighborhoods or cities anymore. Our few fans outside of our actual group of friends that we have found us on MySpace and we communicate directly with them regularly. That's community.
I think what he meant to say was "The Internet is killing the current music industry."
I'm pretty sure that Elton John knows exactly what MySpace is doing to music and it scares the poop out of him.
He (and many other popular musicians) have a vested interest in making sure that there remains only a small number of musicians who make up most music sales. They don't want to expand creativity, they want to keep making money for themselves and their small number of record labels.
The more bands we have access to (thank you MySpace, at least you aren't all bad) the fewer of us will continue to listen to only a few musicians. Whether the small bands are good or not, they'll still draw our money away from Sir Elton and his buddies and spread it around more. No more monopoly. New model for popular music that makes it harder for some people to become horrifyingly wealthy.
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The study (or the part that was online) didn't mention how they controlled for the standardized test scores. Kids are bombing standardized tests like crazy. It could be that the tests are getting harder, or students are taking more of them, or we are testing kids who were never tested before (like special ed students). Any of these could cause the scores to go down w/ out meaning that more students know less about science. It could also be that science teachers are trained as well as they once were. Also, are movies any less realistic than they used to be? Old Buck Rogers? The Day the Earth Stood Still? Looks like a bunch of old fogies whining about those darned kids and their darned rock and roll music.
"The community aspect of creating music is disappearing." I disagree. While the Internet (and particularly social networking sites) has made it easy to only find music at home and only listen to music by yourself, it has also made it easier for musicians and fans to find each other. I'm in an unsigned band organizing a tour around the east coast right now. All of our shows are happening at small venues that we would not have been able to find without the Internet. Music communities for unsigned artists are not just neighborhoods or cities anymore. Our few fans outside of our actual group of friends that we have found us on MySpace and we communicate directly with them regularly. That's community.
I think what he meant to say was "The Internet is killing the current music industry." I'm pretty sure that Elton John knows exactly what MySpace is doing to music and it scares the poop out of him. He (and many other popular musicians) have a vested interest in making sure that there remains only a small number of musicians who make up most music sales. They don't want to expand creativity, they want to keep making money for themselves and their small number of record labels. The more bands we have access to (thank you MySpace, at least you aren't all bad) the fewer of us will continue to listen to only a few musicians. Whether the small bands are good or not, they'll still draw our money away from Sir Elton and his buddies and spread it around more. No more monopoly. New model for popular music that makes it harder for some people to become horrifyingly wealthy.