Musical tastes are circumscribed (dictated) by what gets played on the airwaves. Who are making those decisions? Mostly older, wealthy white males. What gets selected, recorded and pressed onto vinyl (so to speak) determines what will be played on the air. Who are making those decisions? Mostly older, wealthy white males .
Of course there are exceptions ... but the exceptions prove the rule: That the music business is profit-motivated. So many artists and performers have been overlooked all these years, because they didn't fit the mold or the demographic that the music business executives wanted to push onto the public.
Don't tell me "Americans don't want to write music." Music is being written all the time, you're just not listening because all you care about is making money.
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