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The truth about why modern music is so awful.
Here's the link (I think):https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/opinion/what-these-grammy-songs-tell-us-about-the-loudness-wars.h... 
The truth about why modern music is so awful.
NY Times will let you have about 4 free articles per month, FWIW. 
The Tragic Decline of Music Literacy (and Quality)
In the last decade I had one former student graduate from San Francisco Conservatory with a degree in guitar performance (he's now working on a doctorate in composition at UT-Austin) and presently two more are doing wonderful things studying at Be... 
It was 50 years ago today....
Harold, I doubt  a single one of the musicians you mentioned respectfully would agree that prog rock would have happened without the Beatles.  Anyway, the fact is that it didn't.  Revolver was released in summer of '66, featuring tracks with class... 
The truth about why modern music is so awful.
Schubert, I agree.  I also think it's been true since long before there was rock music.  Many generations before, in fact.  At least since Paganini. 
It was 50 years ago today....
bdp24, I suggest you listen to Let it Be Naked and see if it doesn't nudge you in the other direction.  I find it to be 180 degrees from the Phil Spector version.Schubert, what you said about George Martin writing the Beatles' songs is simply not ... 
Best song for immediate impact when presenting or testing?
"The Way I Walk"   Robert Gordon "Sweet Dreams"   Patsy Cline"Save the Last Dance for Me"   Aaron Neville"Here in the Dark"   Taj Mahal featuring Eric Clapton 
What area or country do you live in ?
me, 2:  Austin,  (central) TX 
Movies employing music in a great way.
Pulp Fiction+1 for The Third Man 
How long should Pre amp (12au7) tubes last in Rogue Preamp?
I haven't tried the Gold Lions yet, but I put a pair of NOS Tung-Sol tubes in the preamp section of my Rogue integrated amp and was surprised at how much better it sounded.  I'm sure my JJ's were still fine after a few years but it seemed like a c... 
Favorite band or artist of all time?
Sorry, I can't take seriously a song with the lyric  "...and my soul has been psychedelicized."  That always cracked me up (or had me shaking my head in disbelief). 
Favorite band or artist of all time?
There are no such lyrics on Smile or Smiley Smile with the exception of Surf's Up which has a brief reference.  It's not a song about surfing.  This stuff is more...I don't know, avant-garde?  Not your Surfin' USA/I Get Around Beach Boys. 
I Would LOVE to see.
Jimi Hendrix, absolutely.   
Favorite band or artist of all time?
Beethoven.But I do love me some Beatles. 
Suggested Recording of Korngold Violin Concerto?
I'll check it out.  I believe the Perlman recording is also Previn/LSO?  My thanks to you and to newbee.