Is Popular Music Art?
“Art, in its broadest meaning, is the expression of creativity or imagination, or both” (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art). I think this can definitely be applied to popular music.
I think that the definition of art is a way of expressing yourself by creating something that stimulates one or more of the five senses which creates an emotional reaction. Anyone can create their own ‘art’ by making their feelings, emotions, thoughts, imaginations or opinions into something people can experience.
I think that because popular music can be defined as whatever type music each individual likes, all different types of music can be called ‘art’. Whichever way someone decides to express them self is dependant on their individual taste. If someone makes music that they believe will inspire or get a reaction from someone, it must be allowed to be defined as ‘art’. If someone believes that a song or piece of music is art, it doesn’t matter if someone disagrees because it can be up to each individual to have their own opinion.
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I would have expected to see at least a mention of Adorno's charge of mass production in this post, and perhaps even some discussion of Gendron's excellent response to this claim. Without these theoretical underpinnings we end up with a reasonable, if somewhat esoteric notion of popular music's position in the canon of art.
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