Sep 21
This essay looks at whether book learning or trade learning is better for a critic. Actually, it turns out that neither of the two is what makes a critic great. When I was an undergraduate at uni, from 1999 until 2002, editing and professional writing was fairly well at its peak in terms of tertiary offerings. …
Permanent link to this article: http://biodagar.com/2011/09/studies-in-criticism-books-versus-experienc/
Dec 03
One of the reasons why I began writing my music journalism course was because I became totally and utterly fed up with the poor standard of music journalism one tends to find around the place. But it transpires that lack of critique isn’t limited to music. As I found through Lisa Dempster‘s tweets today (3 …
Permanent link to this article: http://biodagar.com/2009/12/where-is-the-criticism/
Jul 22
In the past few months, as I have been engaged in far more editing of other music journalists, than I have been in my own journalism (something which a big part of me rues slightly), I’ve realised just how poorly skilled are most of those who aspire to the task. This is a brief blog …
Permanent link to this article: http://biodagar.com/2009/07/aspiring-music-journalists-think-criticism-beware-adjectives/
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