Pablo Massa writes:

>A question: what's the place of critics in the chain?

I think their first impact is on listeners (concert goers/music buyers).
But that can well lead to a subsequent impact on music creators and
performers.  So, critics must be hovering over the "chain"; they sure
are influential.  But I don't think of them as "buzzards".

Don Satz
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