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New course examines America's music rut
B\ Darla |ac kxon
Emerald Supplements Editor
(Irctic s of Atncrii on popular
music sav lod.i\ s re I eases lac k
creativity and imagination
Ihey say music heard on the
radio is stagnant, tarring and
repetitive
I)r Paid 1 riedlander is one of
I hose i ntic s I riedlander a
roc k music historian and a pro
lessor at the t 'niversitv he
lieves Ills new course called
World Popular Music makes
\meric a s music rut all the
more obvious
The c nurse open to .ill slu
dents and rec|iiiring no milsu al
bac kground, will examine pop
ular music heard all ac ross the
globe, from the Soviet t'nion to
Atm a to the ( anbbean Pried
lander feeds that music being
made on other parts of the
globe "is the most e\c iting mu
sii c oining out today
"Western popular music is
stagnating, even though the
world offers a wide varietv of
music worth listening to
I riedlander said lisa red lei
tion of our c cilture that u e're
not experimenting with new
styles
"It you live for 10 years till
dec the Keegan years and the
conformity that comes yvith it
it suppresses experimentation
The music y\ ill retlec t that he
added
Another reason Americ an
music is in a rut has to do yycth
the music industry I riedlandei
s.iid
Ihe industry itxell has be
come less risk taking, and they
sign artists ay ho don't offer
much suhslani e he said
I 'riedlandei vy ho also te.ic h
es tyyo courses in roc k history
said the1 World Popular Music
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ihout teat lung the new t nurse
ind lie plans to offer it again in
the spring lie feels the sublet I
matter is important bet ause it
illovvs listeners to realize the
iv elines nl iiuisit thev t an e\
plore
As tar .is the fate ot Amern an
popular m us it goes 1 i led
lander said he is guardedlv op
11inistit that the situation will
improve
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