>...in a heartbeat.
>
>Music (and other art) is probably just background music for
>them... a soundtrack to whatever else they are doing.
>
>What "killed" R&B is what kills every other trend that makes
>it to the mainstream... the fickleness of the everyday
>consumer. They don't care that much, as it's not that deep to
>them.
>
>
>On the bright side, as some other posters pointed out R&B
>isn't really dead, it's just the good stuff is back in the
>underground.
>
>Kinda like rock... I'm a rock dude, and we're quietly in a
>golden era of indie rock bands, and I doubt most of them are
>on the radio or cable TV.

Can you give me a few names of who to check for? I wouldn’t even know where to start with rock right now.