From: kldi@tum.de   
      
   Hi Dan,   
      
   I share your position. I consider SD music to manifest a category on its own.    
      
   I honestly have no idea where the old posters went. I hope they are peeking in   
   this group every once in a while and hopefully they recognize that there are   
   other "old posters" (like us) to bring back some life.    
      
   Cheers,   
   Klaus   
       
      
   kamaki...@gmail.com schrieb am Mittwoch, 23. März 2022 um 22:12:55 UTC+1:   
   > I think labels like Yacht Rock don't do anything for music in general, let   
   alone Steely Dan. The whole 'Yacht Rock' thing for me, portrays a style of   
   music that portrays soft, easy listening music which is almost like musical   
   mashed potato, but not    
   necessarily bad.    
   >    
   > Steely Dan have a number of genres to their name (rock, reggae, soul, blues,   
   jazz, funk, folk, etc.) so it would be wrong to use a one size fits all label.   
   I change the metadata on all of my Steely Dan tracks to a 'Steely Dan' genre   
   because I know what    
   to expect from the material. The other band I really enjoy, who incidentally   
   are opening for Steely Dan in the next tour, is Snarky Puppy, a band who also   
   are difficult to pigeon hole into a single genre, which is one of the reasons   
   I like them so much    
   and they have introduced me to artists/bands and even genres that I wouldn't   
   have heard otherwise.    
   >    
   > As for enticing new listeners to Steely Dan, I've met so many people who   
   have heard covers or songs with Steely Dan samples in, who wanted to hear the   
   source material. Certain 'reaction' channels on YouTube also help to introduce   
   people to Steely Dan (   
   namely Jamel aka Jamal) - whose love for music in general is infectious (his   
   reaction of FM and New Frontier are priceless).    
   >    
   > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX3Oc-amUl8    
   >    
   > The biggest challenge I've found when encouraging people to listen to Steely   
   Dan, is their understanding or their interpretation of the lyrics. The most   
   annoying was a outburst that Steely Dan sampled Kanye's Champion track :(    
   >    
   > Klaus, do you know what happened to some of the posters from the old days   
   (Timr and Diane?)    
   >    
   >    
   > Dan   
      
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