Music for the Masses

I have a friend on my floor (16th floor of the University Center) who came all the way from Pakistan to come here. I had a very in depth discussion with her about the cultural differences between here and her home land.

I do not need to explain to you some of the differences, obviously the gender bias is an issue but also there is one thing that many people overlook.... that is music.

My friend showed some of the music that is popular in Pakistan; it was like nothing I've ever heard before. What amazed me was how the singer sounded; I thought he was a 15 year old when really he was around 30. She liked R&B a lot so I asked her to show me some Pakistani R&B..... it was quite an experience. This is not to say that I did not like it; I thought it was very different and very tasteful. She knew about people like Usher and R. Kelly and such but said that she did not like them as much as she did her home land R&B.

What I'm trying to get at is there is such a cultural difference in music, you can come here and listen to Death Metal and then you can go to Pakistan and Death Metal will just be getting to them. It can be vice versa as well, in Pakistan there is a new genre of music called "Electro Emo" which is basically Emotional rock mixed with techno beats; it was intriguing. Music is pretty amazing and unique if you ask me,