Actually, criticism isn’t all a matter if opinion. Anyone can be a critic in a commentor section but when you’re the one conducting the review, offering the promotion, considering your music outlet a respectable one, then it’s about an educated opinion and some expertise.
No one was saying it matters what guitars were used, but it does matter that you know what comparable music is out there, what music was offered in the past, why this music should be considered special or important, etc. So someone hearing something very derivative but not knowing the pre-existing music it was derived from may think that the music they’re hearing is original…when it’s not. We can all agree it’s not necessarily about technical jargon but it does take a lot of knowledge and skill to offer a proper critique and not just your opinion. All in all, your opinion is greatly influenced by what you’ve already been exposed to and how much you know about what available to you.
It’s not pretentious to say “people with valuable knowledge as a critic are those with experience in the field”…although experience is certainly not all that matters, it’s definitely an important part. People that are experts in a field are experts in a field.
Actually, criticism isn’t all a matter if opinion. Anyone can be a critic in a commentor section but when you’re the one conducting the review, offering the promotion, considering your music outlet a respectable one, then it’s about an educated opinion and some expertise.
No one was saying it matters what guitars were used, but it does matter that you know what comparable music is out there, what music was offered in the past, why this music should be considered special or important, etc. So someone hearing something very derivative but not knowing the pre-existing music it was derived from may think that the music they’re hearing is original…when it’s not. We can all agree it’s not necessarily about technical jargon but it does take a lot of knowledge and skill to offer a proper critique and not just your opinion. All in all, your opinion is greatly influenced by what you’ve already been exposed to and how much you know about what available to you.
It’s not pretentious to say “people with valuable knowledge as a critic are those with experience in the field”…although experience is certainly not all that matters, it’s definitely an important part. People that are experts in a field are experts in a field.