Re: classifications--on the third hand

["Dennis W. Leas" <dennis@mdbs.com>]

I think music classifications can be useful when they serve to describe the
music.  Such descriptions help us talk about the music, select stuff, etc.
Too many times, however, the classification is used to define the music and
musician.  As if to say, "This music is X and nothing else."  and "All 
music
must be X or not-X (can't be both!)"  According to this narrow view, once a
rocker always a rocker, for example.

Contrary to this, most musicians I know enjoy a wider variety of music than
non-players.  So in reality, playing music broadens your viewpoint, not
narrows it.

Dennis Leas
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dennis@mdbs.com