On Mon, 6 Dec 1999, Kent williams wrote:
quoted 9 lines But that fact doesn't stop crybaby musicians from whining "oh
> > But that fact doesn't stop crybaby musicians from whining "oh
> > yeah, why don't *you* do something better!" when they get a crappy
> > review.
>
> I promise I'll never do that to you Greg. I do hope though that
> you understand the time and effort people put into even the lamest
> cack, and how producers really do try and make the best music they
> can, and how annoying being criticized by people who don't know
> what they're talking about can be.
Oh, I can understand all of that. And with a few exceptions, I have never
given a record an overtly negative review of the "this totally sucks!"
variety. As you note later in your post...
quoted 1 line "Not my cup of tea" is more informative than "this track sucks."
> "Not my cup of tea" is more informative than "this track sucks."
Of the material I'm sent directly, I generally won't review a disc at all
if I don't like it (whether it's 'cause I don't like the style, or just
'cause I think it's sucky), and if possible, I'll pass it to a DJ/reviewer
friend who I think would get more out of it.
And as for stuff that I'm assigned to review for the mags I write for - if
I don't like it personally, I make every attempt to find *something* in
the music that I could see appealing to a listener.
Of course, this Thumper approach to reviewing ("if you can't say something
nice, don't say anything at all") has it's drawbacks as I've been accused
of being an asskisser since I rarely make negative comments in my reviews.
If I gave everything an absolutely *glowing* review, this might be a fair
accusation. But I don't think my philosophy of accentuating the positive
whereever possible is a bad one at all.
Greg
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