'Music Critic' Isn't a Real Job
By DonutShoes on March 24, 2024 8:11 am
This week I made a 160bpm Jungle? IDM? Something? I bought the new Amigo sampler
( https://www.potenzadsp.com/amigo/ ) and wanted to test it out, so I threw a break in there, and then I generated some midi to trigger it using ORCA.
Title is based on a conversation I had with my kid today. Thinking critically about music is both cool and good, and it's an important part about furthering music as an artform. Sharing critical thoughts and opinions about music is also good, but its usefulness doesn't extend beyond a forum of your peers, as a conversation and a sharing and melding of ideas. When a critic moves away from that forum and delivers their ideas as an individual to an audience, said audience will start to regard the critic as an authority, from whom their opinions are adopted.
Here's an activity that I heartily recommend: Invite some friends over, get a case of beer (or, if you're sober, an interesting soda or some mocktails), make a party dish of some kind (my go-to is bean dip), and then the activity of the evening is everyone round-robins their most niche favorite bands/songs all night. (Spotify Jam lets you and your friends make a playlist together) I guarantee you'll have some excellent conversations.
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