Hi,
We've become such a strong top ten society, that people don't even know that there are many different things out there ... and all you have to do to be able to see them, is travel a little and see the world, maybe hear something different, maybe see a film from somewhere else, or read a book from someone from somewhere else!
It is indeed sad to see some of this, but in some ways, the whole business, even for folks here, is not about the music ... itself ... or the instrument itself ... it's always about the hit, and the most'est and the greatest, and the best'est ... not something that is highly individualistic and has a special touch and sound ... that only a handful of folks can appreciate.
Sadly ... that's the way of the arts ... there are just as many Carmens that Bapu doesn't give a merde about, too! And I can't blame him. Some of them were down right seedy and ugly mothas!