On Genre

Morality Rock is now available at 39 online music outlets, including iTunes, Napster, Emusic, Rhapsody, and Yahoo! Music, to mention only a few. You can also purchase CD's (great stocking stuffers!) at CD Baby and Amazon.com.

However, you won't find Morality Rock in many record stores. Why? I've been told again and again that it has nothing to do with politics (yeah, right). Instead, the most common response I hear from record dealers is "We don't deal in that genre".

This has me thinking about genre, and wondering where Morality Rock fits within the great sitemap that is All the Music in the The World. In terms of musical style, Morality Rock includes classic rock, jazz-influenced dance/techno, accoustic folk, and reggae. OK, OK, so I admit that's hard to label. But if this recording has to be classified, I suppose it would fall best under the category Sublinal Backwards Art. Is anyone else a participant in this genre? If so, I'd love to hear from any SBA's that are out there. Maybe we can collaborate, or launch a World SBA Tour. My dream is that someday, right along with Rock, Jazz, Rap, and Easy Listening, there will be an SBA section in my local record store.