부산지역 음악 생산자와 소비자의 인식 조사를 통한 음악비평 활성화 방안 = A Study on the Activation of Music Criticism through the Survey with Music Producers and Consumers in Busan

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The purpose of this study was to explore for a plan for activation of music criticism through a survey of readers’ recognition of music criticism in Busan. To this end, surveys were conducted with readers that were divided into music producers and music consumers. Music producers are people like composers, performers, and performance organizers, that directly create a variety of musical phenomena and provide the audience the subjects for musical criticism. Music consumers are people like audiences visiting the concert hall, music or radio listeners, or amateur musicians who like to play or create their own music, that enjoy music through performances, music sources, and records. The survey questions were about recognition of knowledge and experiences of music criticism, the role and values of music criticism, expertise of music critics, and subject of music criticism. 93 music producers that work in the area of Busan and 131 music consumers that live in Busan answered the surveys.
According to the survey, both the music producers and consumers had high expectations about the role of music criticism, but they did not think music criticism was activated. Also, if music criticism is activated, they expect it to contribute to the development of music culture. They thought that in order to do this, a number of professional music critics would have to be trained, and general school music education, amateur club and university education must be conducted simultaneously. They also thought that it requires objective and reliable criticism, not just criticism filled with pleasant words, and the acceptance of this by the musicians is also important. Due to the development of internet, readers often received music criticism through electronic newspapers and personal blogs rather than paper. To this end, the increase of paper pages like daily newspapers and magazines is also necessary, but many people also thought that the number of music critics and approaches using the internet environment were necessary.
We hope that the role and the values of music criticism will continue to be promoted, and that music criticism will be expanded in various ways so that everyone can communicate through musical material, and additionally, that the music culture of Busan can further develop.