Listening With Context

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Following up from the poll (poor old Incubus)

Do you carry in your head an idea of the "average listener" as any kind of reference point? Did you ever? (whether you defined yrself for or against her/him)

aka - who ARE these "masses", anyway?

Comments

[martinskidmore.livejournal.com]

Why are men more average than women? Statistically, the latter are in the majority.

I can't see how the casual or average fans harm music - without them, not much music would get made, distributed and shown. Don't you see Beyonce as being as much an 'average' taste as the guitar bands you dislike?