Music Criticism

Since this is essentially a music blog, I was interested in reading the article, Ted Gioia is wrong about 21st Century Music Criticism. I tend to agree with the author, we've democratized music and we don't need stinking critics telling us that we have the music wrong.  I am a huge supporter in the fact you can find merit in almost any piece; but I rarely want to talk about the styles or pieces that I don't like.  I guess when you are paid to be critical, you must, and why not dig into the technical parts.  Hey I don't get paid for this, so enjoy just what I want to say.