Musical Snobbery

[Ian Cashman]

liquideyes said:

The only difference with some of the arguably more-pretentious genres, such as prog and techno, is that people are likely to be less tolerant of mediocrity! Maybe...?

 

or its just easier to defend as being misunderstood, rather than just pure old lame

 

 

(off topic but my fave techno record ever that im my eyes will never be bettered in its field is jeff mills first purpose maker record 'reverting' axis records-013... minimal funky and pure fooking genius)

[LiquidEyes]

Yeah I suppose this is the crux of the matter really!

 

At the end of the day you can't prove one style of music to be "better" than another, which is the essence of snobbery.

 

I am grateful that not all artists are anal about being totally original. Some of my favourite tunes are pretty derivative, but still bloody good!

 

Like that trance tune at the end of Luke Neville's set on Saturday. Pretty generic on paper, but kick-arse music all the same!

[Ian Cashman]

liquideyes said:

Like that trance tune at the end of Luke Neville's set on Saturday. Pretty generic on paper, but kick-arse music all the same!

 

[censored] hell...good job that man!!! forgotten about that!!!

gonna go hunt to find out what it is now....hehe... i need that tune!!!

[Mr_Happy]

i also find it a great pitty when tunes that rnt the best of engineared tunes but have a great thought behind em seem to flop cuz thier not 'professional' enuf. surely creativety is more important than who can operate cubase the best

 

note - that dont meen i'll tollerate music thats shockingly produced as theres no excuse for productions that havent been tidyed up before pressing

[jon_m]

LiamStyles said:

I have to say mate that i have beem trying for a couple of weeks now to put into words how i feel about all this, as you call it, "music snobbery". I have struggled everytime trying to post a reaction to it, based on my life experiences within all things musical.

 

You most certainly have succeeded where i failed.

yeah!! too rite mate nails and head and hitting and all that!!