[HN Gopher] What's Next for Music Criticism?
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What's Next for Music Criticism?
Author : tintinnabula
Score : 10 points
Date : 2024-04-12 04:35 UTC (2 days ago)
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| f5ve wrote:
| This is an accurate and well-written portrait of _Pitchfork_
| bookended by musings on the current state of music criticism as a
| business.
| commonreader wrote:
| "There's a looming risk of repeating what the writer Alex Balk
| called his Third Law of The Internet: 'If you think The Internet
| is terrible now, just wait a while.'"
| paulpauper wrote:
| When music is free or asymptotically free due to streaming, are
| reviews even necessary?
| jjj123 wrote:
| I love reading reviews, even for albums I've already listened
| to. They provide an additional perspective and often are full
| of history, influences and other additional information that
| you won't get from the album itself.
| noizejoy wrote:
| It's so interesting, how differently us humans are wired.
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| I've always preferred to experience art without additional
| verbiage - even by the original creator. I have this
| sentiment for the visual arts as well as for music.
| chasing wrote:
| Cultural context, interest in artist backstories, discussion of
| sonic details, etc. The same reason someone reads about
| anything?
| pmcp wrote:
| For me reviews act as curation. If something is 7+ on one of my
| favorite review sites, i'm going to listen to it. A very useful
| service in a time when the music stream is seemingly endless
| and as you say, almost free.
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