In a message dated 4/06/00 5:04:07 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > And I wrote: > >>I know the thing to do is judge the music on it's own merits, but I'm > >>being honest: it's hard not to be influenced by all the stuff external to > >>the track: the artist, the label, the artwork, etc. All this stuff sets up > >>expectations before the music kicks in. > > And A_Zed replied: > >That's a pity because you are probably limiting yourself to great music due > >to extraneous preconceptions. > > I’m human and subject to the shades of influence thrown at me (most of it > intentionally thrown my way: labels and artists go to lots of effort to > create an environment around the actual music, through graphic design, track > names, etc). Come on, don’t be holier than thou and claim you can divorce > yourself entirely from all but the music, even if that should be the aim. > Who hasn’t bought a record on the basis of who the artist was and on what > label only to find a few listens later that the ep was actually pretty > ordinary?
Actually I was referring to your comment: > "Kind of goes to show how much opinions (well, mine at least) are swayed by > knowledge of who the artist is, because I'm sure if I knew 'November' was by > Pooley I wouldn't have liked it so much. Why would it be so that if you liked that track initially, and you found out it was by someone whom you would not rate it would change your view of it? Cheers, A_Zed
