quoted 13 lines I don't want to name names, but>>I don't want to name names, but
>>I think a lot of the people on here (especially radio show
>>types) are afraid to say anything negative about a record
>>because they know the producers and are either their
>>friend (and don't want to hurt a friend) or don't want to stop
>>getting free promos from the label. This sort of partisan
>>musical criticism is only detrimental, dishonest and damaging.
>
>I totally disagree with you on this one. Just because "radio
>show types" are more connected and/or in tune with the
>artists/labels doesnt mean that what is being said is tainted
>and accusations of such activity is far more detrimental,
>dishonest and damaging to this list.
To add to this...
I'm not a "radio show type," but I'm fortunate enough to live in New York.
I have forced a handful of producers to begrudgingly become acquaintances of
mine and to not totally ignore me if we happen to make eye contact. Even
though not everything that all of these people makes is "my thing," I often
don't say anything bad about it because I don't think any of it is worth
being called bad.
The people I know who make music make it according to their own terms--and
knowing them may make me more willing to accept this. If I can't approach
and appreciate their music on it's own terms, then I cannot call it bad. A
soundbite that's stuck with me from college is "Say yes until you absolutely
have to say no" (attribute that to Gayatri Spivak, if you need a
name-dropping footnote here). So far, I have not absolutely had to say no
to anything I've heard.
Lumping the 20' to 2000 series, Schlammpeitziger, and Alder and Elius
together stretches genre boundaries--terms of appreciation--too much for me
to take too seriously any sweeping judgement of all of them. I'm afraid
that saying that they are all bad says much more about the person saying
that than anything about which it could be said.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org
For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org