Post your critical methodology to your blog, and write a paragraph or two about your process of developing this:

When I listen and (probably) see a piece of sound art or music I normally tend to analyse it through a couple of aspects relating its root. First I’d normally go to genre, what’s its style and the cultural context around it. What kind of elements make it distinctive of this specific genre? Is it recognisable by its sonic composition? Or is there a message on it like specific lyrics or instruments? These kind of elements would help to identify a piece of music within a genre and that would straight away give us a path to follow and more information about it.

Some other aspects to critically analyse could be the nature of the artist, his cultural background and why is he or she composing this piece. The quality of the recording or performance is another important aspect when analysing sound, the equipment used, equalisation and rhythm. If we’re talking about sound sculptures or installations we also could speak about the materials involved, its dynamism or the sonics related to it. It’s important to take into account the subjective a personal point of view, your individual taste is always important in terms of critics.