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Denis Fodor wrote:
>In music a consensus is reached within a group of cognoscenti of what
>is to be regarded as good. Such a group would ideally contain not only
>experienced musicians having a high degree of musical knowledge, but also,
>say, impressarios and record company executives who are widely seen to
>have a feel for what'll sell. Such a consensus may then be considered
>a paradigm (with which the isolated individual is free, of course, to
>disagree).
As one of those isolated individuals, I disagree with every aspect of the
process detailed by Denis. It makes no sense at all, and also does not
reflect real life. It is rather funny, the notion of experienced musicians
and record company executives getting together to determine what is good
music. Beyond that, there's nothing in this scenario worth a damn.
Maybe Denis is just spoofing us by writing as if he is a major elitist.
Whatever, in music, I'll always side with the subjective and
individualistic point of view.
Don Satz
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