[Trombone-l] WBEZ-CHICAGO PLANS TO PHASE OUT MUSIC

[George Carr]

> When I listen to hip hop, I'm not offended by the rapping...or the
> questionable content of some of the raps.  I'm usually offended by a
> singer who heard one Stevie Wonder recording and dug his use of melisma
> as an ornament to the melody and decided, "That's really cool.....I'll
> do that all of the time."

A nice recent article about melisma in pop music ...
http://www.newyorker.com/critics/music/?060403crmu_music

George