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Well, okay, but here's my personal experience. When I created a Mastodon account, I decided to use it to post mini-reviews of accordion-related music from YouTu

Well, okay, but here's my personal experience. When I created a Mastodon account, I decided to use it to post mini-reviews of accordion-related music from YouTube. (Because I play accordion and I'm interested in hearing unfamiliar kinds of music.) I look around on YouTube for recordings I like. There are lots of recordings I don't like for whatever reason. I don't post them. Why bother? So, nowadays, I'm not sure why anyone should spend time reviewing music they don't like. At all. What's the point? The slush pile is vast. Make the best collection you can of stuff you like. If other people find it good then maybe they'll start to trust your judgement. Admittedly, I have a tiny audience, a newspaper is a little different, and sometimes people like to read a good takedown. But it seems unnecessary?

galaxyLogic 4y ago
> But it seems unnecessary? If something is extremely popular but you perceive something wrong about it of course that's a good reason to write about it. At the same time many critics seem to just try to put artists down because that makes it seem the critic is above the artist because he can see the wrongness in the artist. Critics are wannabe artists.
- skybrian 4y ago
  I don't see any upside in trying to tell people that some music they love is crap. It's different for other media, like an article about how a book or TV show or movie is historically inaccurate is sometimes fun.
  - pbhjpbhj 4y ago
    Why is it different for music, to the situation with movies, say? Music can have a narrative that is counter factual too.
    - skybrian 4y ago
      Can you name a song with lyrics that you'd consider to be misinformation rather than poetry or fiction? Seems like it would be pretty rare.
  - galaxyLogic 4y ago
    > I don't see any upside in trying to tell people that some music they love is crap. I guess it's just the wrongheaded logic of criticism: The critic must prove they are doing their job. They are "critics", right? Therefore they must criticize. :-)

galaxyLogic 4y ago

> But it seems unnecessary? If something is extremely popular but you perceive something wrong about it of course that's a good reason to write about it. At the same time many critics seem to just try to put artists down because that makes it seem the critic is above the artist because he can see the wrongness in the artist. Critics are wannabe artists.

skybrian 4y ago
I don't see any upside in trying to tell people that some music they love is crap. It's different for other media, like an article about how a book or TV show or movie is historically inaccurate is sometimes fun.
- pbhjpbhj 4y ago
  Why is it different for music, to the situation with movies, say? Music can have a narrative that is counter factual too.
  - skybrian 4y ago
    Can you name a song with lyrics that you'd consider to be misinformation rather than poetry or fiction? Seems like it would be pretty rare.
- galaxyLogic 4y ago
  > I don't see any upside in trying to tell people that some music they love is crap. I guess it's just the wrongheaded logic of criticism: The critic must prove they are doing their job. They are "critics", right? Therefore they must criticize. :-)