Dan Piponi on Nostr: Trying to find something good to say about the US before it completely goes down the ...

Trying to find something good to say about the US before it completely goes down the Swanee.

I find the history of music in the US to be utterly astounding. It's easy to take it for granted but countries don't create entirely new genres (and I'm really not talking subtle variations on micro subgenres here) again and again and again, and export those genres around the world so they can be further adapted. It's utterly incredible. Blues, Gospel, Jazz, Rock 'n' Roll, Hip-Hop. (I'm not even listing things like Grunge which to me are just variations. I'm talking families and genera here, not subspecies.)

I'll be honest, I don't like many of these genres. But I can respect something I don't like, and I can easily see the influences of all of these genres throughout the music I do like. And while I used to hate hip-hop, I had a bit of a conversion experience a few years back...