[Cozy]

I'm sorry your experiences haven't been the best, Michael. I know that I gave up actively trying to get others to be interested in what I listen to a long time ago. As Rick mentioned, people are into other things in their lives and music is not taken so seriously.

However, I have found in my experiences that when you take an interest in OTHER PEOPLE'S musical interests, you'll find that many younger adults (say 18-35) have musical interests outside of the obvious, often with very eclectic tastes in genres like electronica, metal, rock, and even jazz. Even if I can't agree with them on a musical level, I respect the fact their musical independence.

It's a nice thing to be able to share something you have a passion about. So I can understand your frustration when you might feel a little "alone" in the world in regards to your musical taste. Take the Interzone show for instance. I play a lot of music on that show that is outside the current range of a lot of listeners. I expect most people on Aural Moon to at least be receptive when it falls out of their range (and to my knowledge, they almost always are), but I harbor no expectations that all that once the piece is over they would feel inspired enough to buy the album, listen to that style, or even care enough to write down the name of the artist. But I know I'm reaching a few people on that level somewhere, and that's good enough for me.

It's true that music is more corporatized than ever, but it's always been corporatized, especially rock music.