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"The 'major label' defense seems more than a bit disingenuous to me"

Really? Hard to believe.

This whole objectification discussion certainly has its place in society as a whole, but it's hard for me to take it seriously in an enterprise as dependent on its "show business" aspects as music (even classical music) is. But for those who are seriously offended by the "objectification" of musical performers, the answer is obvious: don't look at them! Meanwhile, those of us in the real world will continue to feel free to comment on the visual aspects of the music biz too. And, BTW, I can't listen to Misha Maisky's recordings - I keep thinking about his hairy chest and it distracts me from my concentration on the music! ;-)

One last thing: I think your mention of Dudamel doesn't further your argument, since DG markets him as a kind of matinee idol, just as Sony did with Esa-Pekka Salonen before The Dude (at least in LA). And as I've posted before, DG's marketing of Yundi Li (oops! I mean Yundi!) is every bit as obvious in its of promotion of sex appeal (including full color "pictorials" in the CD booklets) as their marketing of any of their female artists.

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