Originally Posted by Wheels_of_Fire

The question I posed was purely on a humanist level. It is a simple inquiry into the cause and effect of quality music production.

If you look at a map of planet Earth, the British Isles are not physically that large in comparison to many other countries. The same issue goes for total population.

So my question was in the direction of 'what factors encourage the production of so much good music which emanates from this group of island nations ?'