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Cultural consumption: fight for our rights and oust laziness

Gareth Malone: for the people or for television ?

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!