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yes, some valid pts. it's funny all the things said in the (bad) review are things that my brother has told me at one time or another. i guess you take the good w/ the bad and it's the risk you take when you put your stuff out. to answer your question: at the present time i'm not charging for my album, and certainly the reviewer got the copy for free. i had read somewhere that major labels have to give out between 300-500 copies of all albums released, i'm nowhere near that (for me i've sent out/given out between 80-90 copies). i guess it was an experiment to see what would happen if i threw some of my "stuff" out there. been a fun experiment. back in (art) grad school the saying went: generally a bad review was better than a good review, if someone has that strong of a reaction to your stuff, maybe it's good in someway....oh well..... thanks for the kind words of solice....s--- >It's like my mom used to say, "If you don't have anything nice to say >about someone, wait until they leave the room." > >On the other hand, at least you have something to work with. What I >find is worse is when you put some music out there and you get NO >response. That always feels the worst to me. With good honest >(although sometimes bad) critisism you can go back and look at what >you've done and try to figure out how the reviewer came to that >conclusion. My wife often will be critical of my music, then I hear her >having the same opinions about a Boards of Canada track that I love and >I think, "Oh, OK. She just doesn't dig *that* sort of thing." Other >times she's got real nuts and bolts complaints that are SPOT ON. It's >often hard to realize these imprefections when you're so close to the >project. After I correct them I think, "How could I have missed that?" >Sometimes it's annoying, when it's something I'm awear of and know I've >got to fix during mixdown, or rerecord a track, but it's better to have >it all the time than none of the time. My favorite crit from my wife >is, "Isn't the guitar a bit loud in the mix?" HA! (it always is!) > >Here's my review policy: If it's free: it's GOOD. Anyone trying to do >their thing is a *good* thing. Open mic nights are great examples of >where anyone can go to hone their craft. I've heard that Beck can still >be caught playing at an open mic night at a bowling alley somewhere >every now and then. > >However if you're charging, it's open season. Were you charging for >your CD? If so, I think the reviewer has a right and a duty to say what >he feels. That's their job, no? A good reviewer will pass on a review >if it's a genera that they don't like, but that's not the case here, so >as bad as the review is, I'd take it as constructive and keep on going. > >Mark Sottilaro > >ArsOcarina@aol.com wrote: > >> Ouch! >> >> Speaking as one who has been on the receiving end of >> similar reviews -- you have my sympathy. Don't take it >> too hard. I am not familiar with your music. But it's >> difficult to imagine that if the guy thought it was really >> THAT bad why he'd waste the labor over words and >> bandwidth? Seems kinda mean-spirited (IMOHO). >> >> tEd ® kiLLiAn >> >> http://www.mp3s.com/tedkillian > > http://www.pfmentum.com/flux.htm > > http://www.mp3.com/Ophelia_Pancake --