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From: "J. T." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>no - you like it. i wouldnt say its definitely not generic!
because it is to
>me...call me picky, whatever...
generic to me implies that the music has no character, that it
could be being played by anybody. check any boyband knockoffs of
nsync and backstreet boys or any of the pearl jam knockoffs for
what id classify as "generic".
>because it's jazzy. i dont think its that hard to figure out. i'm
not saying
>it has to be in 5/8 time or anything.
jazzy /= jazz. even still, i dont see it as jazzy at all really.
>i do like the basslines..but i wouldnt call this stuff funky
>exactly..obviously this stuff is not straight up jazz...like...duh :P
im just saying, holding it up to jazz records to compare it just
doesnt make sense. obviously its not going to hold up. but thats
because it wasnt the intention for the record to be a jazz record.
>man you deserved to be slapped with a fish for that...come on!!
gimme a
>freakin break. jazz stopped having to be all trumpets and odd time
>signatures 40 years ago. does nitpicking over genre name really
have any
>point?
youre comparing apples and oranges. im not going to compare
pharoah sanders to kenny g because thyere not even the same thing,
though they might both be called "jazz" by different people. im
not arguing genre names, im arguing the essence of the performance.
>i didnt make it to movement...i would've dug it live i'm sure,
but live
>music is easier to like. i dig some music i'd otherwise be way
more critical
>of when i see it live.
im usually similarly critical, whether its live or recorded.
>true, but...its just taste i guess, the elements i pick up on in
amp seem
>wishywashy and artificial like msg to me. whatever. im not trying
to get
>personal, it justa int my thing..at all....is that OK?? thank you!!
thats fine, but calling something thats distinctive "generic" and
comparing a non-jazz record to jazz records just dont make proper
musical criticism to me. i hate autechre, but im not going to call
them generic or compare them to jazz even though im sure they were
influenced by it........
tom
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