I frequently hear our present period described as uncertain, confused, chaotic.
This is not a happy time for this kind of music in this country.
I pick up the New York Times or Time and it's talking about the latest rock group, which I'm sure is exciting to some people, but it neglects a huge area of music.
It is easy to write unthinking music.
As interesting as that music can occasionally be, I don't think it really replaces the other.
If we look at music history closely, it is not difficult to isolate certain elements of great potency which were to nourish the art of music for decades, if not centuries.