Do you think that music can be divided into good and bad?

Blarobbarg · 11-03-2011, 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by blastingas10

Your critieria for good music should simply be, "do I like it?" you don't need any reason to like a certain music, the fact that you like it is enough and there's no need for explanation.

This. I really don't see what the argument here is. If you like it, then for you, it's good music. I listen to a ton of stuff that almost everyone else around me thinks is crap. Does that mean it is? No. I hear other people's music and think it sucks. Does that mean it's bad? Bad for me, maybe. But that's just subjective.

~~Odyshape~~ · 11-03-2011, 03:41 PM

It can definitely be divided between good and bad but those good and bad is too broad and clearly based on subjective parameters. I find the more detailed in your analysis of music (like keeping it within a particular genre) the closer you can get to objectivity although you can never really reach a point of objectivity.

VEGANGELICA · 11-03-2011, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by lucifer_sam

You should read this, then. It's very insightful for the academically-oriented music listener.

Excellent! Thanks for the recommendation. It turns out my public library has the book and I was heading there today, so I should be able to get it.

More about the book:

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This is your brain on music : the science of a human obsession by Daniel J. Levitin:

Whether you listen to Bach or Bono, music has a significant role in your life--even if you never realized it. Why does music evoke such powerful moods?
The answers are at last becoming clear, thanks to revolutionary neuroscience and the emerging field of evolutionary psychology.

Both a cutting-edge study and a tribute to the beauty of music itself, this book unravels a host of mysteries that affect everything from pop culture to our understanding of human nature, including:

Are our musical preferences shaped in utero?
Is there a cutoff point for acquiring new tastes in music?
What do PET scans and MRIs reveal about the brain's response to music?
Is musical pleasure different from other kinds of pleasure?

Neuroscientist and former recording engineer Levitin explores music across cultures, brain disorders and developmental levels to unlock deep secrets about how nature and nurture forge a uniquely human obsession.

--From publisher description.

Windy · 11-03-2011, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Necromancer

Do I think music can be divided into good and bad?

Good and bad is better suited to work together on an individual basis verses trying to divide or separate the two for any conventional purpose.

Yes, there is no need to diviede music into good and bad, you can do whatever you like whatsoever.

individual basis verse? what do you mean? show me an example?

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~~Odyshape~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 526	It can definitely be divided between good and bad but those good and bad is too broad and clearly based on subjective parameters. I find the more detailed in your analysis of music (like keeping it within a particular genre) the closer you can get to objectivity although you can never really reach a point of objectivity. Last edited by Odyshape; 11-05-2011 at 03:20 PM.