I thought part of the problem with getting attention for avant-garde music is how to talk about it. Even well-meaning writers often described it in terms that sounded like a dubious pleasure - 'How does one saxophone sound like a 10-car collision?' or something like that - signaling to all but the most adventurous readers that this music is going to be hard, noisy, and probably not fun. I'm not sure that more user-friendly writing about adventurous music would turn the tide, but it would help.
I thought part of the problem with getting attention for avant-garde music is how to talk about it. Even well-meaning writers often described it in terms that sounded like a dubious pleasure - 'How does one saxophone sound like a 10-car collision?' or something like that - signaling to all but the most adventurous readers that this music is going to be hard, noisy, and probably not fun. I'm not sure that more user-friendly writing about adventurous music would turn the tide, but it would help.