[78-L] Very western sounding Japanese dance band^

Julian Vein julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk
Sun Mar 18 12:33:20 PDT 2012


On 18/03/12 18:46, Kristjan Saag wrote:
> The concept "non-US and non-Western Europeanrecordings" itself is a
> misconception.
> The World outside the US and Western Europe doesn't consider itself
> "non-US" or "non-Western European." It sees itself as India or Egypt or
> Korea or whatever. Each of these countries could well produce a
> compilation of their own jazz or dance recordings, but hardly anyone
> would be interested in co-producing a "non-US" jazz or dance music
> compilation.
>
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Non-smoker, non-drinker, non-driver, non-believer....

      Julian Vein


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