I guess I was asking whether a particular genre of music is defined by the artists that create or perform the music or by the listeners. I was thinking of rock, because in the recent issue of Vibe (don't ask), Lenny Kravitz was scolding someone for referring to him as the black rock guy. He gave him the speech that rock was created by blacks, etc.

My thoughts are that rock & roll hasn't been black for a long time, whether it's defined by the listeners or the artists. I don't mean to imply that NO black folks are artists or fans, but the large majority are not. yet, rock music was created by black folks.

So how do we define rock? Someone else (forget who, my apologies) suggested that you define musical genres by the instruments. I thought that was an interesting take also.

Peace,

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