www.progressive-sounds.com
www.progressivehouse.com
www.residentadvisor.net
www.365mag.com
www.dancefrontdoor.co.uk
www.ivibes.nu
www.trancecritic.com
www.beatfactor.net
NONE OF THEM CAN BE TRUSTED.
They don't want to say anything bad about anyone, especially if they have their noses up certain producers and DJ's asses.
Discuss!
Musical taste is subjective and people will have their bias.
Listen to the music, use reviews as a guide, not fact.
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Yeah but the reviews are AALLWWAAYYSS to the artists favor - AALLWWAAYYSS.
And a record that really should be a 3 out of 10 is given a 9 out of 10.
Look at Holden's "The Idiots Are Winning" or Jimmy Van M's Balance CD - UTTER TRASH - yet the reviewers ALWAYS grade them as if Christ himself made the music.
It's just fucking ridiculous.
Maybe when we can start calling a turd a turd we can get around to having higher expectations and producers will start making some better music.
Afterall, that is why I never became involved in producing myself, because I know that I don't have it in me and I am "humble" enough to accept that.
It's also the reason that, even though I own 2000 records, I won't refer to myself as a DJ - until I tweak the things that are still bugging me and get out there and make people dance and make some money.
And before you attack me, I think the former is far more important than the latter (making people dance).
Last edited by twochordcool; 2006-11-25 at 05:06 PM.
i've done a small bit of record reviewing in the past, and i'll say that most of my reviews were positive because i only picked records i liked. why should i go out of my way and bring light to a tune that i thought sucked.
if you're talking about reviews on record store sites, then yes they are all gonna be positive because they wanna sell records.
No, not record stores, but the people and websites that I listed, that have no incentive whatsoever to be lenient or kind in their reviews, other than to not hurt people's feelings.
I don't rely on reviews anyway, but 99% of the time after reading the reviews and getting around to listen to the reviewed music I'm left scratching my head and actually kinda pissed off.
Movie critics would be out of a job if they were "nice" about movies and people went and afterwards thought, "what the FUCK was that guy smoking?"
I mean, HOW CAN you call that Holden record a 9? It's atrocious. Can we PLEASE stop with this blatant stupidity?
if you aren't positive, you don't get the free discs.
see also: attitude of reporters at the white house press conference.
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And THAT piece of shit got EXACTLY what he deserved.
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She just said what I have been trying to say to you for a while now....Maybe you will listen to her
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fixed. heh.
twochord,
NEWSFLASH: ur not the authority on music. just cause u think its a 3/10 doesnt mean it is. If u dont agree with their tastes DONT read those mags DUH. Plus who needs mags to tell u if something is good. use ur own ears, stop bitching, and get laid.
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That's a good, and obvious point. People are going to review things, because they want that positive review out there. Unless you're vengeful, why go to something you're not going to enjoy? The point is to sell the record.
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