i changed my mind.

i think the difference is that the most popular classical and jazz (until the smooth jazz era) was by really good composers and performers; not so in electronic music, not for a long time at least. even if you try bringing up the great talents of the genre in conversation with your so-called like-minded peers, nowadays you get either laughed at or ignored; same for their current reputation with the most popular and trusted critics in the new media and dieing old media. what does that say? to me, if the most talented music isn't embraced even among people who like the genre, it's a disqualifier for the comparison to jazz and classical. that said, critics (including blogging wannabes) and the media can gate-keep and write these musicians out of recorded history for a while but not forever, not so long as i'm breathing.