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Favorite Quotes: (Partial List)

1. “Violence is the Last Refuge of the Incompetent”
   

2. “The Merciful Shall Obtain Mercy” (Christ)
   

3. “Blessed are those who mourn                                                for they shall be comforted” (Christ)
   

4. “Today, and for many decades now Fame has been determining Significance; rather than Significance determining Fame.” (Composer Richard Byron Strunk)
   

5. “There is nothing wrong with having treats such as a Snickers Bar or Cotton Candy; but a diet made up solely on this for Breakfast, Lunch and Supper is self-evidently unhealthy and lacks in substantive nutrition for the health of the body; likewise a diet made up solely/ or mostly of various popular Song & Dance Band genre is also self-evidently unhealthy and lacks in substantive nutrition for the health of the mind , heart and spirit.” (Composer Richard Byron Strunk)
   

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7. [As a supplement to better understand the quote above here are some links to 2 useful and accurate writings regarding the state of Music in todays world. Please read caution below first.]
   

As a quick primer to the work below you might read my own essay on these matters that predates that website and its lengthly dissertation by many years but in essence both are covering the same ground although mine does not nearly cover this subject to the depth and breath as this mans website.

Words of Concern on Western Musical Culture

in America at The End of The 20th Century

by Composer Richard Byron Strunk

Below is a website devoted to a deep, lengthly and comprehensive dissertation on the subject of the “dumbing down” current and pervasive through out the mass media and societies within the West.  I highly recommend this, but with the caution stated below. Remember sometimes ignorance is bliss.

Against Muzak*

*Caution: This is a harsh and accurate analysis and assessment on all of todays Entertainment and mass media and in particular on music; not for the faint of heart. If you do not want your delusions, dreams or world view punctured do not read this. A MUST READ for all Composers and REAL Artists who are actually trained and educated within their craft.

Ricks Future Goals: Keep Truckin’ On