Are books dead, and can authors survive?

[David Morris]

Pickin' a few nits here on your theory/history re. rock & jazz:

Dominant forms of popular musical mass entertainment change with the
generations.  Dominant audiences change (are born and die) parallel
with genres.

Jazz didn't get "serious" in response to rock displacing its audience.
 It was following its own path, and that path led it to its own
obscurity.  Serious listeners and pop music don't usually cross paths.

On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm reminded of the critics of popular culture who thought that rock 'n' roll would kill jazz by replacing it as the dominant form in musical mass entertainment. In fact, rock 'n' roll made jazz better by allowing it to take its place as a serious art form as opposed to mere dance music for the masses.