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steve- thanks for the support. the review didn't bother me so much. i thought it was funny. the thing i thought was funny was characterizing 1/2 my album (album is 38 tracks running at 79 min) as "spatial noises". granted i don't think i'm the greatest loopist who's ever lived, and i'm still new at it, w/ minimal amt of tools, but how something that's off-mainstream, could be characterized as such. and granted, the sound isn't going to be "eminem/et al quality", using again my min. amt of tools. but i tried, and i think it sounds good for home studio/lo-fi feel. oh, last clarification: i didn't pay for that review. but the review i have at http://www.indiemusicreview.com/scotthansen, i did have to pay for. and i really debated on that, but figured i was paying for space on their web site. so that justified it for me. i could probably write an article on independant sites/zines that actually support "independant music", ie: music w/ no label support....it was mostly an experiment for me....but i've seen the uphill battle that most face...and boy it can be hard and taxing and time consuming.... scott http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/452/hsacnostetn.htmla > >>>Is it any good? >Well, spatial noises as far as art is concerned is a matter of mood - >at the moment it's okay, but if I were in a shitty mood, I'd say this >were just aural jerking off, and advise the guy to sell hot dogs or >cut lawns for a living.<<< > >I HATE reviews like this - review-guy, we don't give two shits about your >mood, OK? I don't know you, don't have any reference point for evaluating >how your moods correlate with what is and isn't artistic. Your job is to >help describe the music. If there are any obvious errors, then feel free >to >highlight them, if there is an overall lack of coherence, describe it. But >don't bitch about someone else's hard work because it might not match your >mood sometimes!!!!!!We don't need your advice over career choices or >anything else. Do your job!!! > >I really need to put up a dos and don'ts of reviewing on my site - there >are >so many lame writers out there dismissing what we do because they think >they >are charles shaar murray... > >It's infuriating - reviews can be so enlightening. Even bad reviews can be >helpful if they are objective and constructive. But stuff like this is >nonsense. Thanks for posting it, Scott, I'll remember never to send that >guy >a CD of mine... Knowing how connected people can be with their music, it's >almost scary that there are writers like this out there coming out with >stuff like that. I've got students who'd be destroyed if someone wrote >like >that about them... > >I had a really thowaway mention in a Schizoid review recently from some >guy >who said that I just did frippertronics with a bass, and hey, it's a way >to >make a living, I guess - it's just lazy writing. If it had been an actual >review of my gig, I might have written to him, but as a two line mention >in >someone else's review, I'm not really in a position to complain... > >It makes me all the more appreciative for the clarity and wisdom of so >many >of the reviews that originate on this list itself. > >grrrrr > >Steve >www.steve-lawson.co.uk --