I wish I could write like John Galt does ! My view on contemporary Nepali music is probably more extreme than John's. Some two years ago, I had expressed my frustrations with the following words. "...I personally have not found a single song that penetrates my heart with its music and word- among the hits and releases of the past decade that I have access to. I am talking about a perfect song- a flawless piece without a single millisecond of boring moment, with words that penetrate you, elevate you to a higher plane. That kind of song...." A Great Review on Nepali Music November 30, 2004 - http://www.sajha.com/sajha/html/openthreadall.cfm?forum=2&ThreadID=18097 Though my thrust for quality, okay my taste of, music remains unquenched, I am at peace with the quantity coming out. I am sure everybody is aware of how competitive is time and they are doing the best they know. And as long as something like taxpayer's money doe not go to nurture untalented musicians or I am forced to buy albums that are not to my taste, I can complain only this much. That said, the question that remains is- is there anything we can do- individually, collectively or whatever ways there are-, besides letting the market take care of everything, to make talents work harder to produce better music ? One that comes to my mind after reading John's posting is the posting itself. I mean, this kind of critic must reach to all unaware aspirant and struggling musicians. More reviews and critic must help our music, shouldn't it ? Regardless, another question is when can we expect to see the quantity catching up with the quality ? I share Loote's optimism. I think this kind of things happen is waves, rather than in a straight curve. And it is somehow related to our collective consciousness. In other words, I believe in musical revolution. Since I think it is related to our collective consciousness, I also think musical revolutions might be linked to socio-political revolutions. And this makes me even more optimistic about next musical revolution in Nepal, re kya. Okay, I stop my ramblings here. Once again, a very nice read, John. Enjoyed immensely. Nepe