Re: my first bad review/ALBUM inquery

["Steve Lawson" <steve@steve-lawson.co.uk>]

From: "Dave Trenkel" <improv@peak.org>
> As far as reviews go, good or bad, you have to remember that most
> reviewers are pretty much deluged with new music. I was a music
> director at a college radio for about 5 years, and the amount of
> music we had to review every week was really daunting. I had to
> listen to between 20 and 50 discs a week. Just imagine that for a
> second. I know musicians who own fewer than 50 records total! It's
> just an overwhelming amount of music, and I got severely burned out
> on dealing with it.

...I know a few musicians who own less than 50 CDs... don't trust any of
them... :o)

you just wish that reviewers in this situation would either delegate, or 
not
do anything... I guess I'd rather have no review...

> >I was recently dismissed in a review (albeit a review of the headline
act,
> >not really of me) as doing 'frippertronics on a bass', with the 
>following
> >comment along the lines of 'oh well, I guess it pays the bills'...
>
> Oh man, that's hilarious. Yeah Steve, we all know you're doing this
> Frippertronics on the bass thing for the cash, while you secretly
> dream of starting a N'Sync cover band!

Exactly, now that I've made my first billion (just trying to see if my bid
for Trump Tower has been accepted), I might start to follow my true 'no
compromise' musical calling and form a really cutting edge 
singer/songwriter
outfit with Sarah McLaghlan and the guy from Hootie... :o)

Steve
www.steve-lawson.co.uk