Traditional critics speak about the rising tide of bloggers writing about the arts…
Tag: 07.13.08
The Critics In Free-For-All
“It appears that consumers no longer feel the need to obtain their opinions from on high: the authority of the critic, derived from their paid position on a newspaper, is diminished. Opinion has been democratised. The old media have, predictably, been outraged. After all, their jobs are on the line.”
Music Inside The Brain
“Cognitive and neuroscience research on music has been exploding these days, driven by techno logical breakthroughs in brain imaging and a newly widespread openness toward music as a legitimate field of scientific study. It’s hard to miss the reverberations.”