Re: why use labels

[Ari Davidow <ari...>]

At 11:58 AM 5/3/2001 -0700, you wrote: 
>
> What it all really comes down to is this. Why use labels at all to describe
> music? Hasn't there been enough damage done to musicians who were pigeonholed
> into a particular genre by some record label or music critic? ALL music can
> be traced back to other origins. ALL music is influenced by other music in
> one way or another. Let's stop tying to "define" what is "Jewish Music".
> We're Jews and we play music. Much of this music was influenced by other Jews
> who played or wrote music or by t'filot, etc..DONE!



Because it's part of describing who we are and what we do. That matters not
just to others, but to ourselves.

ari


Ari Davidow
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