You know, I listen to a lot of different music. Comes with being an old
fart -- the first record I bought was "Rubber Soul" by the Beatles -- in 1966,
in MONO. So I've been passionate about all sorts of different music for
35 years. Scary, innit?
Musical tastes are subjective, up to a point. What has always mattered
to me in music is that I'm able to make an emotional connection to it --
it somehow reflects an artistic intent to provoke a reaction in the listener.
The great thing about music is that above all it's pleasurable to listen to,
while at the same time encompasses every human emotion -- fear, anger, pain,
joy, despair, humor. You can make music about feeling bad that makes people
feel good.
But it's always important to try and meet an artist half way. What anything
worthwile does is teach you a new way to hear music. If you're not open to
the lesson, you're going to miss out. Whenever someone says on IDM that
something SUX0R, I wonder if they've really given it a chance.
The point being, people can caterwaul all they want on IDM about this and
that, but that's really not what music is about. It's about shutting up
and listening. I for one would not be unhappy if I never read another
negative review on IDM, so long as people really tried to write articulately
in reaction to what they're hearing.
There really is no such thing as IDM -- it's a mailing list, and doesn't
make any sound unless you hook it up to a speech synthesizer... what the
mailing list can be (and is sometimes) is what Germans call an
InteresseGemeinschaft -- a gathering of common interests. That seems to
really get lost in the flame wars and "I TINK IT SUX0R' reviews.
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