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| From | "Jason Dunn" <jasonhalogen@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Are professional music critics losing their clout? |
| Date | Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:44:57 -0400 |
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Gabriel is right on. In addition, I've found that "music critics",
especially in Boston, have taken on what I call the "Pitchfork mentality",
where your review becomes more about your own sense of sarcasm and wit than
it ever was about the music your readers are ostensibly relying on you to
explain and share with them. It's sad. I've read countless reviews where I
learned nothing about the music, but learned plenty about the critic's own
lifestyle or opinions in general.
I've written a few articles for the Noise, including record reviews, and
although I've admittedly steered myself clear of music that I didn't like
(because lord knows we get enough flak in Boston), I've always tried to
paint a vivid picture of what I'm hearing, even if I tried to be funny as
well. Just for the record.
On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 4:16 PM, <gabrielfuentes@fibertel.com.ar> wrote:
> I think we need to distinguish between music reviews and music critics. I
> am all in favor of music reviews. Especially if they talk about the music
> and what it sounds like and what may or may not be similar. A music critic
> is someone that provides an essay on how jason falkner felt during the
> recording and how it is all derived from Hungarian folks songs.
>
> Maybe it is too fine a line but my guess is that most of what Mike,
> Stewart, pitchfork, mojo, or Big Takeover are music reviews.
>
> I do music reviews. We all do music reviews on this list.
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> Asunto: Re: Are professional music critics losing their clout?
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