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So, a funny thing happened to me recently. I was watching the recent Polyphonic video about the death of genre, and suddenly, Noah called me out. By name! He challenged me to explain the academic perspective on genre, and I can't just say no to that sort of thing, so here I am stepping up and doing it. Musical genre's a really complicated thing, but it's also really important to how we understand and relate to the music we love, so let's dig in and try to figure it all out!

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Karel P Kerezman

I was wondering if that was going to spark something, and I'm delighted to see the results.

Brian Miller

I think we still do have genres, it's just that people's tastes may have become eclectic, due to the availability of more channels for music. For me, when someone asks what I'm listening to, I reply, "something you won't like." Because truthfully I listen to things on the edge of the definition of music, and I view Krell patches as pop music.

Mikaela

Saw Polyphonic's video. Really looking forward to see your video about it.