Music these days is divided into genres. Top-selling recordings are measured by how they do compared to others in their class, so there's a top ten pop list, a top ten country, a top ten classical. Even the iPod lets you sort your music library by genre.
But often tunes cross over from one area to another. Last week's Music Room touched on that famous crossover classical piece, Pachelbel's Canon in D. Not only did it become movie soundtrack music, it wormed its way into pop hits, and even electric guitar solos.
Do you ever get inspiration from a tune and move it into an entirely new music type? Cross on over to discuss how a piece can change its genre label.