50albums_poc?

[vass]

We already have a sister community for films, 12films_poc. How about one for music? I know that my musical knowledge is a bit more whitebread than I'd like, and I'd like to expand my range.

Is anyone else interested? Maybe starting next year?

Comments

[gingicat]

I'd probably be more likely to post - with small children, I'm much more likely to listen to music than to read. *sigh*

(On the reading front, I was really disappointed to find out that children's book Jamaica Louise James was written by a White person. At least she seems to be actually familiar with NYC, where the story is set, and by the kind of family that would live in Washington Heights. [The story doesn't say, but it *feels* like Washington Heights.])

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

I would definitely be interested! I think that's a great idea.

[mongrelheart.livejournal.com]

That's a wonderful idea, I'd definitely be interested.

[chipmunk-planet.livejournal.com]

I would so be in on that. :D

[fukingprole.livejournal.com]

That would be pretty awesome, actually!

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

Count me in, too.

[agonistes]

I'd definitely be interested in this.

The concept does raise a few questions for me, though, that may not necessarily apply in the same way to books and films. (For example: would the definitions be as blanket as this community? Would Yo Yo Ma's album of Bach's cello suites "count", or should both composer and artist be people of color? What about Bela Fleck's recent album and accompanying documentary that returns the banjo to its African roots, with collaboration from African musicians?) I do see how this is pretty nitpicky for a post gauging interest, though, so I'll just leave it there. :)

[sibilance7.livejournal.com]

I'd love that. For the past year, I haven't bought any new music by white men, which turned out to be not such a great idea. I intended it to be an experiment to expand my music collection after I noticed that it was heavy on white male rock, but it's ended up being a more negative thing than a positive thing in the sense that I just say no to most new music I hear instead of saying yes because I'm just not exposed to much music by POC. The experiment has accomplished one good thing - opening my eyes even more to how difficult it is to locate music from POC. I think having a community that focuses on music by POC would be a great thing to help others find music that is different from what's normally played on the radio or otherwise marketed heavily. And it would be great for me personally because I've realized that the flaw of my experiment is that I had no system in place to actually bring different types of music into my collection, which was the entire point.

[papertigers.livejournal.com]

agreed, especially about how hard it is to experience/locate music in various genres by POC. I've been trying to enhance my collection based on memories of music from my high school/college days, which are almost entirely musicians of color, and I'm always open to recommendations.

[egretplume.livejournal.com]

I would join.

[metaphrenic.livejournal.com]

I'm for it in principle. but I'm a bit baffled by people saying they're finding it difficult to locate music by artists of colour. what about the vast hip-hop, rap and rnb industries? or readily-accessible-via-the-internet east and subcontinental asian pop music? you might think you don't like these genres, but isn't the whole point to expand your appreciation and knowledge?