On Fri, 07 Jan 2005 14:58:44 -0330, David Dalton
wrote:
>On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 22:47:56 -0330, "[Cassman]"
> wrote:
>
>>Dave... on a serious note, what qualifies you to be a music critic? This is
>>not to bash what you are doing, but I honestly want to know what
>>qualifications you have to decide in a public forum who is a good musician
>>or not... Again, this is not a bashing post, just an inquiry from a
>>professional musician and educator.
>
>I've heard a lot of good groups, including many of the best celtic
>acts in the world, and have a good ear, but of course any
>reviews I post are just my opinion and you could (and I
>think should) post reviews as well yourself of acts that you
>like, it is a way of promoting them to show your appreciation
>to them. And there are record company people on some
>newsgroups, especially people that have been on computers
>ten years or more. (I also booked bands and did sound
>on Friday nights for four years at UBC grad centre.)
Also, you don't have to be qualified to write a music review
for a newsgroup, you just have to be (hopefully) a music
lover. Similarly, a great many of the public write reviews
for amazon.com yearly without music industry qualifications.
Anyone on a music related or general newsgroup should
feel free to review their favourite artists or even to
unfavourably review artists they feel are overrated.
And many do, why don't you?
David
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