Re: An Israelite Odyssey - Review of Koby Israelite's "Dance of

[r l reid <ro...>]

Eliezer Kaplan wrote:
> Roger Reid yclept:
> > Why is "genre classification" silly?
> 
> Because it forces listeners to 'pgeonhole' music based on their
> expectations.

"Forces"?  Hardly.  Gives a hint as to whether it's your kind of thing,
maybe.  It's cool if Koby Israelite doesn;t fit any genre.  But genre
classification is hardly silly.  Means I don't have to dig through
hip hop to find modern Hungarian classical.

I'm a listener - and nobody has ever "forced" me to "pidgeonhole" music.
I've got all the free will I need for it.

Not a victim,
roger


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