Since we seem to have drifted a fair distance from string tensions, you've omitted what I find to be the most irritating genre designation:
World - I challenge any musicologist or casual fan to demonstrate a piece of music that didn't originate on our world. Eugene > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Mark Wheeler > Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 9:51 PM > To: David Tayler > Cc: lute-cs.dartmouth.edu > Subject: [LUTE] Re: HIP, was string tension of all things > > Dear David, > > If you are so worried about the feeling of "modern(ist) performers" then > you must dislike many "genre" names. > > Soul - does that imply all other music is soulless? > Hard rock - anything under that level of rock just softies...? > True metal - all other metal is false metal? > Nu Metal - all other "new metal" is in fact "old metal"? > Gospel - does that mean that it is the only way to portray a certain > religious creed musically ? > New Age - does that make everything before it old age music? > Romantic - everything else is cold hearted? > Chill Out - The only way to relax? > Cross-over - all other music is purist? > emo - all other music is devoid of emotion > indie - does that mean all other artists are unquestioning zombies > > I think all the users of these terms gain quite a bit of bite by using > them. > > But the one advantage you have is that the concept of HIP is absolutely > unknown to 99.999999% of the world in contrast to most of the above terms, > so not worth losing sleep about..... > > All the best > Mark > > On Mar 28, 2010, at 12:59 AM, David Tayler wrote: > > > I think the thing I dislike the most is the automatic implication of > > modern performers as uninformed. > > Historical performance has less of a bite in that regard. > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
