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Not sure what you're trying to say. I'm not arguing from authority. I'm just a guy giving my opinion. That's what comment sections are for.
by sd9 7mo ago
Not sure what you're trying to say. I'm not arguing from authority. I'm just a guy giving my opinion. That's what comment sections are for.
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- singleshot_ 7mo ago[flagged]
- sd9 7mo agoI'm familiar with the subject matter. I'm not familiar with the author. I love classical music. I've been singing in a choir since I was 7, playing the piano since the same age, and compose music myself (https://youtu.be/7Tex-OUk6ZM https://youtu.be/7Tex-OUk6ZM). I’m actually on my way to church right now to sing some Howells. I use Spotify every day I use AI every day I have enough familiarity with the subject to have an opinion and express it. I'm sorry that I haven't read the author's book.
- ctxc 7mo agoYou're not wrong. If comment sections were restricted to people who knew the subject matter AND the author, it would be empty indeed.
- scrollop 7mo agoSnobbish and elitist defined.
- santoshalper 7mo agoI love classical music, and I am convinced that 90% of the reason people think they don't is because of people like the Charles Petzold. Deriving your self worth from being an enjoyer of art that someone else created is the high pretention.
- paradox460 7mo agoI've learned, sometimes through hard periods of self reflection, that attempting qualitative evaluation of others choice in music is a fools errand. To put it bluntly, and quote Duke Ellington, by way of Peter Schickele, if if it sounds good, it is good