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"We can certainly talk about film music. There is plenty of it to classify it as its own genre. It's easy to discount it because, after all, it's just in the background. But is it? On hearing a certain repeated two note theme, who of us…"

"Well Dave, that's a new genre in its first steps (in history) still unfolding and getting momentum all the time. Give it time! If we were to start something similar for it what do you think would be a appropriate beginning for serious music? My…"

"That's great and it's made a difference, but why not suspend or ban the people who repeatedly create the problems rather than retroactively quash them? I've had to lock posts before now because Roger sidetracked with his vague new age…"

"Good concept, but as ever thin on soundtrack composers :)"

"Just for fun, but I also think it's good towards knowing each other better at a glance if you would do the same, I underline my best loved composers and by extension the ones I believe have influenced and continue to influence me."

"Scientometrics   Quite interesting statistical analysis on differences and similarities of 18-20th century composers. The paper is quite large and unless you have done some statistical study, maybe too hard to follow, but worth having a…"

"Roger and all, please stick to Bob's original topic. This thread is disintegrating into the type of interpersonal chest-bumping/teasing contests which used to be common and allowed to fester, but which Julie and I now discourage. I see other…"

"Roger: "I'm not back."Also Roger: "we are uni-connected star minds under the will of a tuning program that neuters us with these stuffy old rules and keeps us from a true awakening and YOU have to prove I'm wrong rather than…"

"You are making the initial assertion so you have the onus of proof."

"Bobert, (just havin' fun) you take this all way too seriously. Relax and have fun with it. By form I mean waltz, scherzo, concerto or ballade. The twist, the boogaloo or the froog. The form that gives the music an intended purpose. Social…"

"Roger, If someone punches me, I will bleed. THAT is reality. Mumbo-jumbo? Up to the individual. Guess what, Roger, as the starter of this discussion, I do get to make certain decisions about it. You need to come down off your cloud. I keep asking…"

"So you do not believe the theory? How about 99 monkeys? lol  You see, in my world, the statement 'is not' is simply a matter of ignorance and unbelief. And, you are free to exist there. Can you prove that it 'is not' ?…"

"Mr. Porter, I was responding to John D's post and 'actually trying to keep with the topic'. Reality is not as cut and dry as most of you chose to believe it is. You seem to have been neutered by all those rules you learned in…"

"Roger, Three of the most nonsensical posts of the type I have come to expect from you. Please put some non-mystical and coherent sentences together. Yes I asked for specific points, not general woo-woo mumbo-jumbo. And if you go down the conspiracy…"

"It's not."

"Bob, is the development and 'evolution' of music based on  a greater understanding of potential, or more so just a matter of application. Maybe 'music' hasn't changed , but form and function have. Both form and function…"