21.   It is virtually impossible to describe how music actually sounds without resorting to technical jargon that would befuddle most nonmusicians, even avid concertgoers.

22.   Music sounds better on FM, and music is what people want to hear, industry insiders insisted.

23.   Music sounds good.

24.   Much of its benefit, though, can be achieved even without a decoder, and so the music sounds better on existing machines.

25.   Music sounded the same in all modes.

26.   Perhaps this is why music so dense with diverse agendas can sound so clear.

27.   Played lightly, in deference to the ornate hall and the nonjazz crowd, the music sounded pleasantly cool and slender.

28.   So the idea was, could we find somebody whose music sounded that contemporary and that real?

29.   So what does Japanese pop music sound like?

30.   Strong and sure, the music sounds as if it comes at once from the distant past and from today.