Music is the Medium
"There's only two kinds of music, good and bad." I'm not sure who said that, but it's been attributed to many. I rather like the story that Duke Ellington's father imparted it to a young, gifted, son. Duke certainly got the message because he made so much of the former kind of music. Most of us have our favorite genres. A quick look at someone's playlist or Pandora radio stations will reveal much about the person. For those who have stacks of tape cassettes, or boxes of vinyl records even more knowledge and experience shows through. Case in Point: I went to a popular breakfast place the other day only to be greeted by the voice of Blind Willie McTell. A record was playing...a real record making circles under a needle arm. Felt like I'd walked into a Texas roadhouse. I think it even made the food taste better. I may have been the only one in that room who knew the voice, or even cared, but the music was the medium in that moment. I'v