Tin Pan Alley

after learning about Tin Pan Alley in class i felt the proximity to each other in composing music for the same audience seemed stale to me. the idea that we live in a world today where every genre and sub genre is at our finger tips and all we have to do is search for it. With regards to the men who played with in ear shot of at least a dozen players at a time, one would think to make creative music one must be secluded and find his own inspiration not from hearing a melody from his neighbor and changing a few chords to make a buck. the very idea having to listen to one style of popular music and not have the luxury of a more diverse listening selection that we often take for granted.