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A Second Post about Second Posts « Tape Noise Diary — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:00:09 +0000

[...] that we’re on the subject, my second post is one of the things -one of the many things- that I thrived to on this blog. When I read the thing [...]

By: jaycruz

jaycruz — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:42:36 +0000

Thanks for commenting. You added great points to the topic.

By: tercero

tercero — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:26:56 +0000

The music critic in this day and age, a day infused with techonology and rapid changes to perception of consciousness as you well noted has a definite role in how we appreciate music. The question one needs to first oneself is not whether a music critic should exist but rather how has music changed (which you did ask) and moreover how the music critic has changed.
With such music readily available to our ears and such extensive mediums of expression (the internet) it is evident that the ancient ways of music critics has expired; it has EVOLVED.
Just like the evolution of music, the music critic has also evolved. The question now becomes whether or not contemporary critics have evolved at a sufficient pace concurrent to the music. and as a personal anecdote I think not…
The contemporary music critic must resist from inputting his personal perception and merely expose the essence of the music being examined. In this regard, the music critic ceases the be one of the elites as those mention but rather an alert audience member willing to impart his or her wisdom on music.
Since music has evolved in such drastic terms compared to last centurys standards the audeince member must then too have evolved. It is the “critics” job to list these neccesary adaptations and inform the listener what he or she should note and embrace…the most neccesary part of music critics now in days is not whether music was good or bad, but rather if it was capable of striking the chords of the heart i.e. how your mind perceives the emotions attributed to said peice.
People are fickle, opinions differ. Even the way we perceive is unique. Music has an interesting capability of uniting and individualizing. People need to be aware of this. And thus, the music critic is born: he is a tool just like youtube in exposing essence.
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