> let the academics and the media try to define, the music
> producers, true
> listeners, and DJs should simply say that about all music
>
> there is only good and bad
i'm sorry, but i've heard this comment, or comments like it, too many times
in the past week, and i have to respond. to be blunt, i think it's fucking
idiotic. why do people seem so afraid of analyzing, categorizing, and
differentiating music? "defining" music, eg genres, formal criteria, etc.,
does NOT have to be a negative thing. indeed, there's a reason this is the
"acid-jazz" list, not the "good music" (or "bad music," depending on your
perspective) list.
if there were only good and bad music, there wouldn't be much use talking
about it, would there?
not trying to be a dick here... i just think this anxiety is a bit off the
mark. "definition" (which i would include as a part of any broader analysis)
something we all do, not just "academics and the media."
cheers
philip
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