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It's not so much a bait-and-switch; the subtitle says none of them are about music. But you're right, it's a show-off list that tells more about his influences

It's not so much a bait-and-switch; the subtitle says none of them are about music. But you're right, it's a show-off list that tells more about his influences as a critic and writer than anything that "Changed How I Hear Music" — and it's not even flaunting anything very impressive. But I suppose it's hard to write an article every few days without running out of true things to say.

haswell 4y ago
> it's a show-off list that tells more about his influences as a critic and writer What distinguishes a list of one’s influences as a “show-off list” vs. just a regular list? The phenomenon of music - human’s ability to conceive of it, perform it, of others to enjoy it, and for groups to share experience around it - is a phenomenon that touches on many other aspects of human existence. It raises fascinating questions about the nature of human cognition, culture, subjective experience, etc. That an author draws inspiration in how he understands music from a wide variety of subjects seems pretty reasonable. To the intellectually curious, it might help one evolve their own understanding of / relationship with music. > it's not even flaunting anything very impressive Nor does it claim to do so. Nor does it need to do so. If you wrote a blog post in which you shared the materials that influenced your understanding of Python, Scheme and C# with a goal of helping other people interested in these subjects in their own journey to understanding, must those resources be “impressive”? Is “informative” or “interesting” not enough?