> And I don't know any (dance) music writer who is not involved in some other > aspect of the business - DJ/producer, publicist (which I have a problem > with, actually), or whatever.
Ahem! Although to be honest, I did spend four years writiing about music while promoting a club. Hell, i often wrote about my own events on multiple occasions. > > Also the role of the critic is changing with new technologies - even with > forums such as this list. As many people would read reviews on this list as > some music mags. Anyone can post a review on Amazon! > I myself regard them as a form of entertainment. I always read reviews after > I have listened to something. That's fun. > > I know many, perhaps rightfully, have a problem with the way that mags back > trends but that dialectic has existed long before mags, there will always be > flux in pop culture whether there is a traditional media or not. > Is the 80s revival so very different to the classical revival in the > Renaissance in terms of dialectic? And yes I doubt that Botticelli thought > he was painting 'Renaissance art' but that's how we view it in retrospect, > yet the art works exist on their own. Tags are everywhere. >
