Cultural consumption: fight for our rights and oust laziness
I can’t help it: Gareth Malone’s series of ‘music for the masses by numbers’ programmes drives me nuts.
What do you think: is it still driven by the desire to educate and widen people’s musical experiences, or by the desire to make good televsion ?
My article about it has been published to Bachtrack this morning: read it here, and join the debate!
What does cultural criticism mean for us in our consumption of art and music, and is it making us lazy ? Are we active in making up our minds and experiencing it for ourselves, or are we governed by the critic’s pen ?
Food for thought in a guest post on Pandora’s Looking-Glass: click here to read.