|Date: Sun, 16 Oct 1994 02:10:09 -0500 (CDT)
|From: Robert Arthur Breitkreuz <umbreitk@cc.UManitoba.CA>
|the reason you may not hear from many women with regards to idm could be a
|result of the demographics of internet users. [...]
This is probably true.
|other than that i have noticed that many women (including my girlfriend)
|seem to like thing that are instantaneously catchy - ie) a good chorous or
|a catchy sample. [...]
Many *people* like that; it's why pop titles sell many
many times what IDM titles sell. I'd also speculate that
it's related to what music people have already heard &
know-- music is not appreciated in a cultural vacuum.
If you grew up listening to Classic sHits radio or AOR or
your local "alternative" station, you don't necessarily
have the background you need to hear IDM as good music.
I had to learn to listen to IDM. The first time I played
an Orb album I didn't like it. I couldn't jump directly
to Sun Ra from Benny Goodman, either.
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