|Responses to Lebrecht:|
On an Overgrown Path
I am mystified, once again, why a print critic would level charges of amateurism against bloggers. Lebrecht criticizes one blogger for holding a job as a real estate agent, but Lebrecht's qualifications to write about music are, strictly speaking, no better. Marc Bridle did a pretty good job of assessing Lebrecht's background in the interview with him a few years ago. What is the difference between someone who works in real estate and someone who got his start in broadcasting and news? Lebrecht backed into writing about music and does so with no academic expertise, but he has strong opinions and that is why people, myself included, read him.