Modern music's success

[saxamaphone]

I have enjoyed reading everyone's comments. I got a few questions after my posting so here are my answers:

Rick and Roll: I am in Ellicott City (the eastern most point of it)

Yesspaz: Your are right, my name is a reference to a Simpson's episode where Homer picks up Lisa's saxaphone and sings "Sax-a-ma-phone, sax-a-ma-phone" to the melody of Beethoven's Ninth. I also play the saxaphone so it works well for me. That scene in the Simpsons just got stuck in my head for some reason.

Elric68: I am "mister new member", lol.

Rick and Roll, I agree with your point about how the compexity of the music can be too large of an investment for many people. For many people, the music is just in the background, and they do not want to have to focus on it. They are drawn to simple lyrics and melodies and repetitive rhythms for that reason. I don't think prog music has much to offer them.

Thanks for the welcome!

Josh