Originally Posted by MarioD
This is called free form jazz or free jazz. It is where jazz musicians break virtually every rule:
I think a lot of the "easy to digest" pop/rock/rap songs are because a lot of people have not been exposed to other forms of music.
You may be onto something.
Could it be that I'm a "rule follower" in music because if the rules are broken I don't understand the result?
And could it be that I don't understand broken rules because I was never exposed to them in my musical formative years?

Make no mistake, just because I don't understand free form or other types of music doesn't necessarily mean I don't admire those rule breakers for their talent.
As a matter of fact, for decades I've often lamented the fact that others could understand "broken rule music" while I couldn't, even though Yes and ELP were amoung my favorite bands. I suppose that on the rule-breaking spectrum, Yes and ELP are probably light weights.

And I wonder how "edge" plays into all this smile

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