This brings me to the aspect of the article that I find most offensive, the implication that music is like a science of emotional manipulation through sound, and that it’s as simple as applying a “formula” to achieve commercial and artistic success. Not only is it belittling to musicians and listeners everywhere, it also implies a very narrow view of musical craft.

This is the article that should have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, instead of a new music online journal where all the people reading it know all of this stuff already.

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    Seems like I remember rolling my eyes at the original WSJ article a few weeks ago. It nebulously recounts a study by...

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