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Re: my first bad review
My favorite review is from a live gig. I was in playing in a bar band in
the
southeast and a fairly drunk local boy came up to the stage a yelled;
"Hey man, some ya'all are goooood!"
we never did find out which of us he was referring to.
k
Greg House wrote:
> --- matt davignon <mattdavignon@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Well, when you something to be reviewed, you're asking for an opinion
>from
> > an unbiased pair of ears.
>
> I don't think you ever get an "unbiased" pair of ears, just ears with
>biases
> which may be different from your own. But yeah, you are definitely
>exposing
> yourself for ridicule.
>
> > My advice would be to consider his points, determine which of them have
> > merit, then figure out which of those could be improved, and which ones
> > can't be fixed without comprimising what's unique about your music.
>
> I've heard Scott's music now (thanks!) and I can definitely say that I
>think the
> reviewer was seriously offbase. While the recording isn't without
>faults, the
> reviewer didn't even get onto the most serious of them, choosing to slam
>stuff
> that's subjective (artistic choice) instead. Given what I've heard, I'd
>say the
> review isn't really all that interesting, since this guy seems prone to
>slam on
> something just because he doesn't like it. And he seesm overly harsh and
> unconstructive too. I heard nothing on this recording that even remotely
> qualifies as "mindless guitar wank".
>
> > Also consider that music that requires a technical understanding of the
> > process (for example, knowing what "looping" is) is often a hard sell
>to
> > non-musicians.
> I don't think an understanding of looping is necessary for this
>recording.
> Perhaps an appreciation for ambient type music would help, but how it
>was created
> really isn't the point here.
>
> Greg
>
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