I've pondered this before, and don't really know that I have an answer. Is it OK to dumb down the art in order to try to make it accessible to people? I mean, some folks think what I do is artsy fartsy, but others probably think I'm bastardizing the true art of jazz or classical music by trying to inject elements of it into what I do.

Is weather channel music educating people? It's certainly more harmonicly interesting than Lady Gaga, but true purest jazz guys loath it. The general public probably doesn't give it a thought at all; so is it serving any purpose as far as raising the musical awareness?