> You're saying my opinion has no place 'in music'? Man, this is basic Popper stuff. If you'd said "I don't like autotune", I'd have probably agreed with you.

> You're saying my opinion has no place 'in music'? Man, this is basic Popper stuff. If you'd said "I don't like autotune", I'd have probably agreed with you. If you're saying that what others are doing aren't "real" because you don't like it, that's a whole different kettle of fish. > I never claimed to be the arbiter of what art is. You picked the word "real". Words mean things, and "real" does not mean "to my preference". It is a an assertion of legitimacy, it is that assertion to which all of my comments in this thread are directed, and it's something that neither you nor I get to take away from somebody. > Lastly, you seem really angry. I'm really sorry if anything I've said has upset you. I wouldn't say that I'm angry, I've been on the internet a long time and random posts have to be really special to do that, but I do write sharply when I care about something. If one believes genuinely in the openness and democracy of art--and I do--I don't think there's a properly strident reaction to the implications you laid down that wouldn't be a little bit testy.