On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 16:53:13 GMT, wrote:


Another factor is that with classical music you have a limited supply of
"product," whereas pop music has a new batch of people fresh out their
garage or prefab groups created by record companies to constantly put out
new product, that is trying to copy the older product, etc., etc.

Not true, Mike. There are vast amounts of neglected music from the
last 100 years or so waiting to be discovered, plus plenty of young
composers ready to start composing tomorrow if there's a market and
money. As someone said once about atonalism, "There's still much more
to be said in the key of C."