WHAT DO YOU WANT?
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 7:01 pmWhat do you want in a song critique?
1) I want to know what you liked
2) what you didn't like
3) if you heard any obvious errors and at what time during the tune specifically.
4) if you think a part of a tune doesn't go with another
5) what s/b louder
6) what s/b more quiet
7) things that one could add to make the tune better
things that could make it worse
9) anything that falls under constructive criticism
10) anything that doesn't fall under constructive criticism
11) I wanna know anything you want to say..
When I do a song critique, I say what I think. I don't pull punches. I give the straight "dope on the pope".
In the past, I have really blasted a few but that's what I really thought. I don't give a sh*t review when I don't like the musician. I say what I think because I think it's important and very useful to ask the musicians around you.
I may not like you or your group or your music, but you can rest assured that I gave you exactly what I thought when I listened to the piece in question.
I think the biggest slight is when someone critiques your music and thinks something but doesn't bother to tell you because they think it won't be well-received or whatever the reasoning.
If they ask for it, you owe them by telling them exactly what you thought.
Sometimes it comes off in a mean way but when you say exactly what you think, you really are helping out other musicians in a way that they cannot help themselves.
Furthermore, music is subjective, meaning that people like what they like.
Not everyone is going to like the same thing, so if you get someone that told you something you didn't like, don't take it as a personal attack on your musical character. That's just stupid.
***I have no idea why that emoticon is on #8***
1) I want to know what you liked
2) what you didn't like
3) if you heard any obvious errors and at what time during the tune specifically.
4) if you think a part of a tune doesn't go with another
5) what s/b louder
6) what s/b more quiet
7) things that one could add to make the tune better
things that could make it worse
9) anything that falls under constructive criticism
10) anything that doesn't fall under constructive criticism
11) I wanna know anything you want to say..
When I do a song critique, I say what I think. I don't pull punches. I give the straight "dope on the pope".
In the past, I have really blasted a few but that's what I really thought. I don't give a sh*t review when I don't like the musician. I say what I think because I think it's important and very useful to ask the musicians around you.
I may not like you or your group or your music, but you can rest assured that I gave you exactly what I thought when I listened to the piece in question.
I think the biggest slight is when someone critiques your music and thinks something but doesn't bother to tell you because they think it won't be well-received or whatever the reasoning.
If they ask for it, you owe them by telling them exactly what you thought.
Sometimes it comes off in a mean way but when you say exactly what you think, you really are helping out other musicians in a way that they cannot help themselves.
Furthermore, music is subjective, meaning that people like what they like.
Not everyone is going to like the same thing, so if you get someone that told you something you didn't like, don't take it as a personal attack on your musical character. That's just stupid.
***I have no idea why that emoticon is on #8***
