Reviews - Classical vs Pop
Greg Sandow brings an interesting viewpoint to the division between classical
and pop music - the review. In his blog
for 26 June, he compares two reviews, one for pop music and one for classical
music. He presents the idea that pop reviews are more interesting (at least
that's how I read his post). In writing classes they say "write to your audience" and I suppose
a classical reviewer is looking at their audience as being the older, probably
more educated (at least in terms of classical music education) and more affluent,
where as a pop reviewer is trying to reach the masses. And typically that's
what he crowds are. Occasionally you'll get concerts "in the park"
where popular classical tunes are played and fireworks are let lose which bring
out the families. But generally, classical concerts are filled with an aging
crowd, a crowd that is not necessarily replenishing itself - and part of this
is due to the perception…