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| quote: | Originally posted by SMC
If there's anyone who's obsessed with the production techniques it's people like you. If you're aim is to judge the music you should be able to pretend you don't know anything about his production techniques or who he is. Then you could simply say you don't like his music, but that's not satisfiying, is it? You gotta convince everybody else there's something wrong it, and with BT you have all the perfect things to whine about. And seriously, why shouldn't someone be allowed to admire an artist for his technique (especially since you bash the artist because of it)? You tell others to judge the music while you rant about everything else that isn't the music. That's hypocritical to say the least. |
1st: TBU was marketed as math music. If BT thought nobody should care, then the details about its execution wouldn't even be known. So I'd say he's quite obsessed with over-production.
2nd: I'm actually not quite sure what you mean by "artist". Do you use it as a synonym for musician? If so, we're right back to judging the wrong person for the wrong things. If not, and it means something in addition to (in this case) musician, then I guess it's fine to judge him by his technique, as long as you don't let that taint your opinion of the music itself (which is often the case, I've noticed. It's a bit of a halo effect).
3rd: I am judging the music. I think it sucks, but then I go a bit further: I add "here's why" and go into why his pretentiousness/geekiness inhibits his artistic side (if he possesses one). That's just me, I like finding reasons why things are the way I perceive. By the way, if I were judging his programming and production skills, I'd say he's excellent.
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