Corpsey
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I am guilty of employing my fair share of cliches in music reviews so this isn't no muthafuckin' witch-hunt but I'm curious as to which analogies/descriptions/general phrases you think pop up far too often in music journalism? This should be (notionally) interesting as people on dissensus are almost overwhelmingly either a) music journalists or b) people who read the work of music journalists semi-obsessively.
It's also an interesting topic because it brings up the issue of whether the language used to describe music is defined BY the music, or on the contrary if it defines the music (at least for those that read writing about it)? Certain genres of music end up attracting certain phrases/metaphors and you'll see these phrases popping up again and again.
Since getting into both production and writing/reading about music, I have found it increasingly hard to listen to music without either visualising it (as existing on a grid e.g.) or - words fail me - putting it into linguistic terms. To the point where now I wonder if other people just HEAR music, and if I used to just HEAR music too.
Also this brings up the question of what writing about music should seek to do, especially in this internet age, where everything is accessible to 'the consumer' within a few mouse clicks, journalists description be damned. Is the act of describing music redundant, now?
It's also an interesting topic because it brings up the issue of whether the language used to describe music is defined BY the music, or on the contrary if it defines the music (at least for those that read writing about it)? Certain genres of music end up attracting certain phrases/metaphors and you'll see these phrases popping up again and again.
Since getting into both production and writing/reading about music, I have found it increasingly hard to listen to music without either visualising it (as existing on a grid e.g.) or - words fail me - putting it into linguistic terms. To the point where now I wonder if other people just HEAR music, and if I used to just HEAR music too.
Also this brings up the question of what writing about music should seek to do, especially in this internet age, where everything is accessible to 'the consumer' within a few mouse clicks, journalists description be damned. Is the act of describing music redundant, now?
