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		How music critics rate Meg White (left) and Jack White of The White Stripes could mean nothing to a fan, or everything to someone waffling about whether to see the rockers in concert or pick up their latest CD.
		A dedicated music fan who programs tunes at his salon with an ear to turning customers on to interesting new artists, Schminke responded with enthusiasm when asked recently to weigh in on whether critics are still relevant.
		The cheekily self-appointed "gods of music" are not a threat to traditional pop music critics, but instead represent an altogether new source of information and opinion for music fans.
	www.jsonline.com /onwisconsin/music/mar04/212147.asp (1594 words)

	Sony Walkman - Music to whose ears?
		It fulfilled the nursery-rhyme, ‘he shall have music wherever he goes’ and became so ubiquitous in a short period of time, with 340 million worldwide sales, that its brandname became generic and was admitted to the Oxford English Dictionary.
		The social pleasure of sharing music was terminated when people clamped plugs in their ears and tuned into a selfish sound.
		Music that tinkles from the lugholes of passengers either side of you on the Clapham omnibus is not something that will be cherished.
	www.scena.org /columns/lebrecht/040726-NL-walkman.html (1079 words)

	Careers in Music. "Dictionary" of Music Careers". Complete descriptions of numerous music career opportunities.
		Music law as it is practiced today involves a heavy emphasis on copyright and contract relationships between creative people and users of music in popular and standard areas.
		One may be a general classroom music teacher in an elementary school, a high school orchestra director, or perform a combination of musical duties at a variety of grade levels.
		Music therapists are most likely to be located in settings that normally employ other members of the helping professions such as physicians, clinical psychologists, social workers, and rehabilitation specialists.
	www.menc.org /information/infoserv/Dictionary.html (2636 words)

	All Music Guide - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		All Music Guide also claims to have the world's largest digital archive of music, including approximately six million songs fully digitized, as well as the world's largest cover art library with over half a million cover image scans.
		All Music Guide data is also used by the Windows Media Player and Musicmatch Jukebox to identify and organize music collections.
		The All Music Guide database was made available in 2004 as part of the AMG LASSO comprehensive media recognition service.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/All_Music_Guide (300 words)

	EDITORIAL The Art of Critics and Criticism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Where once critics were revolutionary they are now increasingly conservative in their tastes, and it is this very conservatism – in matters of music as well as style - which diminishes the influence of a profession little admired.
		Most London based critics (and New York ones, for that matter) are in their fifties, or older, with only the Guardian seemingly encouraging a younger generation of music critics.
		This calls for a critical re-examination on behalf of critics themselves, of the arts organisations which allow them to practice their profession, and of the readers and musicians who are the consumers of what we write.
	www.musicweb-international.com /SandH/2001/Nov01/editorial.htm (1154 words)

	NewMusicBox
		The critic's task is not to be the mouthpiece for any of the people responsible for the purveying of art—not the performers, not the composers, not the administrators, not the press agents.
		Richard Taruskin, in his magisterial new Oxford History of Western Music, traces a version of this dichotomy to its 18th-century roots, distinguishing between the "critic as public spokesman" and the "critic as public adviser." The terminology is poorly chosen, I think.
		That difference, and the resulting difference in the kinds of judgments that critics arrive at, is analogous to a distinction that Taruskin draws elsewhere in the book between two approaches to art, which he labels the "poietic" and the "esthesic" (from the Greek poiein, to make, and aisthein, to perceive).
	www.newmusicbox.org /page.nmbx?id=70vw01 (1932 words)

	Popular Music After 9/11: Puttling Politics Into Verse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Symptomatic of America's deeply embedded cult of the hero and cowboy tinged image of rugged individualism, the critic's search for salvation in one man is counter to the spirit of artistic expression within a greater framework and community of musicians.
		Musically insignificant, the importance of "Let's Roll" lies in the fact that it is one of the first original songs with popular radio support that directly addressed 9/11.
		Critics jumped the gun and for all we know the most universal response to 9/11 within popular music has yet to be recorded.
	www.frictionmagazine.com /song/news/911music_print.html (3412 words)

	Schenkerian Analysis: Valuable Asset for Music Critics
		If critics agree that Schenker's theory of musical analysis can adequately be used to sum up the "rules" of tonal music, and thus the foundation of music, then Schenkerian Analysis can also be useful in the analysis of non-tonal music and musics in general.
		It lends music criticism a means for being objective in the evaluation of music.
		Critical judgments can be made according to how the composer works within the rules of music, works around the rules or refuses to use the rules at all and for what purpose or effect.
	www.humanities.mcmaster.ca /~mus701/sandra/valuable.htm (738 words)

	Bad Subjects: Autobiography in Music Criticism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		There is a sense in which music critics cannot help but speak their past when they pass judgment on music, for their judgment is itself a product of that past.
		When music critics fail to acknowledge the particularity of their passion for the signifier, they magnify their own authority at their readers expense.
		In the context of music criticism, it is a function not only of a writer's experience — the schools she attended, the shows he had the privilege to attend, the scene in which she was able to participate — but of the publications for which she or he writes.
	bad.eserver.org /issues/1999/44/bertsch.html (3389 words)

	ArtsJournal: Critical Conversation
		The language of art music in the Middle Ages was that of monophony, whether a single voice or unison singing, in either sacred chant or secular song.
		But the perception is not so much in the music as in the limited imagination of music critics and those watching the music scene.
		The problem for classical music is how, aided by revolutions brought on by such things the invention of the transistor and the emergence of jet travel, that egalitarianism has shaken the foundations of many of its mainstay institutions.
	www.artsjournal.com /cc (2899 words)

	Classical Critics Survey, Question 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		I studied many aspects of music for many years, including a long and serious flirtation with training as a classical singer; but I don't know that I'd call myself a "musician," certainly not in the sense that my husband, Greg Sandow, is. As a result, he and I are very different critics.
		If music is an essential part of the humanities, civilized, intelligent discourse--with standards centered on meaning, interpretation, performance history, and finding what's most alive in music--is more important than any discussion confined to mere accuracy or being impressed by technical bravura.
		Critics, however, never write about it (and sometimes even make excuses for bad conductors, saying, for instance, that the performance sounded horrible but there must not have been enough rehearsal time).
	www.rockcritics.com /features/classicalcritics2.html (1368 words)

	Music Critics Association of North America (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The important thing, I believe, is that the Music Critics Association of North America is on a forward track, and for that I must extend my gratitude to the board and to more members of the organization than I could possibly list.
		The National Critics Conference began as a healthy confluence of ideas championed by Michael Barnes, a member of MCANA and three of the other critics organizations, and Johanna Keller, an MCANA board member who was a Getty fellow when she came up with the notion that a meeting of diverse critics might be valuable.
		For those writing features on musical competitions, Conlon helpfully voiced the notion that he was ambivalent "about the idea of artists competing against each other'' and that the capacity to play under intense stress may not be the best measure of pianistic achievement.
	www.mcana.org /pages/914893/index.htm (3036 words)

	jazsax.com
		The Verve Music Group is saddened to announce the passing of Shirley Horn, the legendary pianist and vocalist.
		Jazz covers a broad spectrum of diverse musical styles and searching for a particular type of jazz that you enjoy is often hit-or-miss.
		Verve Music Group has created this "Jazz History" section as a tool to help you learn about the various jazz styles and their historical significance.
	www.jazsax.com /music (478 words)

	Coolfer: Music Critics To File For Unemployment? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		MusicStrands, a music recommendation firm, just received a $1.25 million investment in its first round of investment financing.
		“People listen to music by grouping and playing songs in ways that make sense to them,” explains the company at its website, “without necessarily being able to explain the rationale behind the grouping.” They break it down into playlists that are cognitive (selected ahead of time) and spontaneous (chosen in real time).
		By that I mean it will suggest songs not based on popularity (small music collections lead to songs being grouped more out of necessity than with larger collections).
	www.coolfer.com /blog/archives/2005/10/music_critics_t.html (199 words)

	Music Dictionaries and Encyclopedias at the Music Bookshop at harmonicity.com
		When The Oxford Dictionary of Music first appeared, it was hailed as "without question the most comprehensive, detailed, reliable one-volume reference work on music now available in the English language" (Music and Musicians).
		Written to appeal to general readers as well as musicians and musicologists, The Oxford Dictionary of Music is an indispensable addition to the reference shelf of the concert goer, the opera buff, the record buyer, or anyone involved in music, whether amateur or professional.
		This is a unique and highly readable reference that belongs on the desks of music critics and music lovers everywhere.
	www.harmonicity.com /shop/books/dictionaries.htm (554 words)

	Music Critics Vs. Movie Critics - Forums powered by UBB.threads™ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Browsing through the pages at MetaCritic, it's pretty apparent that film critics are MUCH more critical of their subjects than music critics.
		Of course, it could be true that the majority of film critics are simply smarter than music critics, and more adept at forming and rendering opinions.
		Music critics might also be more open to giving great reviews because that means the label is going to send them more cds and that means more stuff they can secretly unload at the local used record store.
	www.velvetrope.com /ubbthreads/showflat.php?Board=UBB1&Number=523193 (1118 words)

	absolute music on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It is not associated with extramusical ideas or with a pictorial or narrative scheme of emotions, nor does it attempt to reproduce sounds in nature.
		Hence it is always instrumental, although not all instrumental music is absolute.
		Essential skills for promoting a lifelong love of music and music making: developing the fundamental skill: healthful, injury-preventive technique: Part 2 of 4.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/a1/absolmus.asp (325 words)

	Who's afraid of classical concerts?
		Declining modelling jobs, Benedetti is keen to proselytise classical music among her own age group.
		But when her CDs are counted a year from now, DG will find that Nicola has sold overwhelmingly to middle-aged men in country towns and to grannies looking for an educative birthday gift – just as every other teenaged wonder has done over the past two decades.
		Their ennui will not be relieved for long by an electronic gizmo which gives them an illusion of mechanical control, nor for that matter by a kid soloist who has yet to grow a musical personality.
	www.scena.org /columns/lebrecht/050210-NL-concerts.html (956 words)

	COMMENTARY / Modernist music masters flail their batons at evil music critics
		And Levine, who this year began as music director of the Boston Symphony with a veritable orgy of knotty modernist scores, is now a high-profile champion.
		Wuorinen's music and that of other similarly oriented composers has yet to make a dent in the culture at large, or in the consciousness of music lovers.
		The founding myth of modernism, dating back to the "Music of the Future" propounded by Liszt and his followers and later codified by Schoenberg, was that this was music too "advanced" for any but a handful of contemporary listeners.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/03/30/DDGSSBVQ641.DTL&type=printable (743 words)

	Music critic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A music critic is someone who reviews music, songs and albums, and writes about them.
		A music critic may also write entire books analyzing music styles and discussing music history.
		The following is an incomplete list of influential music critics and writers:
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Music_critic (68 words)

	critics.ca (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, a Colorado congressman and nationally known critic of illegal immigration, dropped in as a guest speaker today at an Omaha South High School government class.
		It should now be painfully obvious that the top leadership of The New York Times sanctioned, and participated in, a scandalous--if not legally liable--cover-up in a federal criminal investigation into how the name of a C...
		Critics of inflation targeting caution that the policy could make the Fed too rigid in pushing up interest rates, even at the cost of making
	www.critics.ca (293 words)

	eye - Music Critics Poll: Welcome, insect masters! - 01.21.99
		For the second year in a row, Canadian music critics have given thumbs up to dark, tense and sprawling British music, though Massive Attack's Mezzanine (which topped the best album category with 20 votes) wasn't saddled with nearly as many pesky Dark Side of the Moon comparisons as last year's champ, Radiohead's OK Computer.
		In terms of music trends, 1998 was a hard year to summarize, save for the swing craze, which did little to inspire the critics.
		Critics also adored Billy Bragg and Wilco's Mermaid Avenue, Elliott Smith, Neutral Milk Hotel, Mark Hollis, Sloan and Pulp, but hated Smashing Pumpkins' Adore and felt indifferent toward R.E.M.'s Up and Alanis Morissette's Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (the latter didn't dent our Top 30).
	www.eye.net /eye/issue/issue_01.21.99/music/mcp-welcome.html (419 words)

	Kansas State Collegian: Column: Music critics who hate music 08/29/03 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		I believe most music critics actually hate music, for two reasons.
		The most likely female rock star to succeed this year seems to be the lead singer for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Karen O. Karen O screams a lot, which, in the eyes of most rock critics, apparently makes her the reincarnation of Steven King's Carrie.
		I sympathize with people who think music critics are snide and unjust.
	www.kstatecollegian.com /stories/082903/art_webber.shtml (542 words)

	Newspaper Rock Critics Face the Music on Ageism
		Steve Morse, senior pop music critic for The Boston Globe, agrees there's a concerted effort by newspapers to appeal to "at-risk" readers, an umbrella term for young people weaned on TV and the Internet.
		While most music critics want to roll with the trends and hang on to their beat indefinitely, and others get reassigned against their will, some aim to quit while they're ahead.
		Back in his days of covering music full-time, he recalls, "I'd go to pop concerts and then go on and on about lip-synching, but it doesn't matter to a young audience," he says.
	www.editorandpublisher.com /eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000484696 (1584 words)

	eye - The 7th Annual Cross Canada Music Critics Poll - 01.22.98
		Many critics have quipped that OK Computer is Dark Side of the Moon for the late '90s.
		The critics responded to it because, like most of the albums on the chart, it was very good and, like few of the albums on the chart, it feels like it says something important about love, death and refills.
		Critics were asked to name their favorite Spice Girl (or Boy, in keeping with the politically correct, post-Lilith Fair spirit of things) and we were surprised by the results.
	www.eye.net /eye/issue/issue_01.22.98/music/coverpoll.html (1468 words)

	PlaybillArts: News: Survey Looks at Demographics, Tastes, and Ethics of Classical-Music Critics
		A survey about classical-music critics released in May by the National Arts Journalism Program found that a majority of the critics are white males in their early fifties.
		The survey, which was co-sponsored by the Music Critics Association of North America, took place between May and August of 2004, and 181 North American critics participated in it.
		The survey found that more than 90 percent of critics feel that “it is [their] job to educate the public about classical music and why it matters.” The topics they most enjoy writing about are orchestral music, standard repertoire opera, and chamber music; their least-favorite topics are pops and outdoor concerts, crossover music, and jazz.
	www.playbillarts.com /news/article/2281.html (470 words)

	Crap Art: Album-A-Day
		Musical styles are all over the place, the main focus was experimenting with the programs and learning what was possible, and not in actual musical creation." His songs all come in one RAR file, so if you click, get ready to decompress!
		We recorded the music first and then laid the vocals(?) using lyrics created on various random lyric generators on top of that.
		We had never done anyhting musical together because we were too lazy and scared to try, so this was the perfect excuse (yes, restrictions can help you be creative!).
	crapart.spacebar.org /aad (15757 words)

	Salon.com Arts & Entertainment \| Invisible man (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Also applauding the sales tally for the new record were the nation's music critics, who, for the most part, have been wildly enthusiastic about the rapper's work.
		And with a love as true as theirs, it's doubtful critics will show Eminem any less affection even after he was charged Tuesday with carrying a concealed weapon and assault with a deadly weapon.
		So afraid are music's defenders to give an inch in their battle with the Bill Bennett moralists of the world that they're now championing an artist who raps nearly nonstop on his new slanderous CD about sluts, guts, cocaine and getting "more pussy than them dyke bitches total."
	www.salon.com /ent/music/feature/2000/06/07/eminem/index.html (857 words)

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