Demographics & Trans-Siberian Orchestra

I was listening to an interview on my way to work this morning on a local rock station.  The interview was with Paul O’Neil; composer, lyricist, and producer for Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

During part of the interview he said, “One day my partner and I were looking at our average demographic and it was 12 year olds.  And I said, ‘Are you sure this is right?’ And he said, ‘Yeah, beause for every 85 year old lady listening to our stuff, we have a 5 year old kid who knows all of our music.’  And he was totally right on.  Because if you go to the shows, and that’s the great thing about our music; you’ll see some teenager with his nose and ears pierced sitting next to his grandma, both rocking at our show.”

And I thought, what a great picture of what The Church could be.