New Age Music
New Age music is a sound that I enjoy. I did not know anything about this music's history, genre or culture but enough to know I like it. It was music I heard in stores or on the radio. The calm sounds of flute, guitar, piano, chimes and whimsical notes are what caught my interest. These sounds are what interested me to find out who the artists are. I would ask the store clerks or call up the radio stations. It was then that New Age music found its way into my music library.
History
The history of New Age music is amazing. New Age music is said to have started in the 1960's and 1970's when it was a source of conflicting trends in popular music (Coffey). In the late 1960's the term "space music" consequential from the electronics of a new musical form, was first named to artists such as Pink Floyd and Yes (Coffey). At that time New Age music came to a halt due to the discontent of musicians and new technology. …
