[Schilkeman]

In German we often use the terms “E-Musik” (E is short for “ernst” so this stands for “serious music”) and “U-Musik” (U is short for “Unterhaltung” so this stands for “Entertainment music”)

In music school we learn there are three kinds of music, Art, Pop, and Folk. In life, I’ve learned there are two kinds, Interesting and Boring. Of course, what we find interesting correlates directly with how much we know about something, so as I’ve gotten older, and as my ears have gotten better (even if some of the finer points of theory recede from my memory) it’s become mostly all Art all the time.