Does British Music Still Matter?

I believe British music does still matter within today’s society. This is because I believe that there is a market for British groups. This is because if some artists are unable to “crack” America, they may be able to become successful within the British music market because of their the vast apparent differences in which groups/artists are aired and publicised. However, in relation to myself, I feel tit does not matter whether a certain group or artist comes from Britain or not. This is because I can honestly say I have a large range of music which I enjoy. This can range 60s-00s current music. I do not have any specific artist I listen to more than another either. I tend to listen to music which I enjoy and think has a good beat or is easy on the ear. I feel that not only my peers have had a large influence on my music but I do feel it has a lot to do with my family. This is because while my brother and myself were growing up my mother was constantly listening to music, primarily Motown classics and 70s tunes, which we listen to a lot in this current day and age. In addition to this I am also enjoying songs from my childhood, such as Disney classic songs. I feel this is probably to do with the peers which I socialise with at present. As we are the same age, we obviously grew up in the same era and therefore we are reminiscing on songs and films we used to watch and listen to when we were younger. In addition to this, as I said previously, enjoying 60s, 70, 80s, 90s and 00s music I have become drawn to a local club which plays this music rather that current dance music. However, in addition to this classics I have been subject to music which I listened to when I was in my early teenage years and so I have also found myself reminiscing to music of this era. At the moment, one of my favourite tracks from the Motown era has to be “Ain’t no mountain high enough” by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell. It has been apparent that music can be influenced by your peers because as I am currently enjoying this type of music I have seemed to influence my peers into enjoying the same type of music. However, I can say that I have also been influenced by my peers as they are into upbeat R&B artists such as Chris brown and Ne-Yo which are also in my recently played playlist on my i-pod.