Good post. The question that comes to my mind is not one of do people want this to happen, but one of can it be stopped from happening? Or even should it be stopped? No, categorically, if this scene is to continue.
Those of us with kids inevitably find our musical tastes rubbing off on at least one of them, admittedly they still like the other teenage music but i wonder when they reach 20 odd what their musical preferences will be? OK, maybe older than 20. I'd put money on it with my 13 year old lad and some of his mates, it will be Soul.
Stevie posted up on another thread about the number of youngsters who had contacted him as a result of his Soul Function package, my lad was one of them. If it was'nt for this medium he would not have been so influenced, it was the first time he had seen the dancing and it won him!
With newer mediums such as DVD, Digital Radio etc it is now so easy to reach and influence young people and as soul gets taken along with these mediums then it will inevitably draw new devotees. I think an inevitable side effect of this will be evolution of the music played. IMO