Rants

  • Genres Part 2 (featuring Incognito)

    I recently wrote about musical genres and sub-genres, and then shared the story with friends on my mailing list.  You can imagine how exited I was when I got a direct response from Jean-Paul Maunick (aka Bluey) of Incognito! It’s always exciting when you get to communicate with your inspirations, and I’ve had the…

  • On the Contempt for Genres and Sub-Genres

    Many musicians, especially independent musicians, hate genres and their associated sub genres.  We argue that we don’t want to be locked into categories; we are unclassifiable in our art.   We defy categorization. When we meet people and they ask us what kind of music we make, we tell them we can’t be labeled with…