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On 05/05/2003 at 09:53 r l reidr l reid wrote: >Eliezer Kaplan wrote: >> Roger Reid yclept: >> > Why is "genre classification" silly? >> >> Because it forces listeners to 'pgeonhole' music based on their >> expectations. > >"Forces"? Hardly. Gives a hint as to whether it's your kind of thing, >maybe. It's cool if Koby Israelite doesn;t fit any genre. But genre >classification is hardly silly. Means I don't have to dig through >hip hop to find modern Hungarian classical. Does it? How so, if there were _no_ such genres? You'd then go by artist name, or composer, or some similar scheme. >I'm a listener - and nobody has ever "forced" me to "pidgeonhole" music. >I've got all the free will I need for it. The evidence is more and more coming in that "free will" is indeed nothing but an illusion... ;-) However, let's not get side tracked into starting a scientific and philosophical discussion. Richard "Renaissance Man" ---------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------+ Hosted by Shamash: The Jewish Network http://shamash.org A service of Hebrew College, which offers online courses and an online MA in Jewish Studies, http://hebrewcollege.edu/online/ * * FREE JEWISH LEARNING * * Shamash invites you to join MyJewishLearning.com, a comprehensive, objective, authoritative and interactive learning resource in all areas of Judaism. Free membership via http://www.myjewishlearning.com/shamash ---------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------=
