tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post115965985429424899..comments2024-03-25T16:51:04.370-05:00Comments on <a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/">Ionarts</a>: Reviewing the CriticsCharles T. Downeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1159995388799240572006-10-04T15:56:00.000-05:002006-10-04T15:56:00.000-05:00"music appreciation is Subjective"-- if it were *o..."music appreciation is Subjective"<BR/><BR/>-- if it were *only* subjective, critics would not exist. There are objective standards (set by the very best) and most people don't meet them (nor are they always expected to)... and there are subjective elements, intangible elements that go beyond those. I don't know the psyche of performers, but I am not sure if confusing the two is terribly helpful.jflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03017753357752263113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1159974039893694492006-10-04T10:00:00.000-05:002006-10-04T10:00:00.000-05:00Wow, what a hulla-baloo!I think everyone, audience...Wow, what a hulla-baloo!<BR/><BR/>I think everyone, audience and artist alike, needs to remember that music appreciation is Subjective. This is the same quality of our line of work that makes the directors choose one soprano over another for the job in the first place, when both of them are excellent: they simply like one better. Sometimes the dice fall in our favor, and very often they don't.ACBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06869696013809730116noreply@blogger.com