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CScheiner:

--- Quote from: Jeans ---Well... First of all, you seriously should have figured out a different name, dude. I'm not just talking about legal disputes, but don't you think it's kind of weird to first nick Jephs music blog name, and then use the community he laid the foundation for to help you get off the ground? It strikes me as slightly odd, at least. But hey, if Jeph's cool with it then I've no say in the matter
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To be perfectly honest I did not even notice the tab that said Music Blog until today. Somehow, I was oblivious. I was actually worried for taking it from the comic but now I realized that there is a blog like this lol. I will arrange to change it.


--- Quote from: Jeans ---There is a reason Scott F. Fitzgerald and Hemingway are so well liked! They convey good writing with a really basic vocabulary, which I think is what everyone should strive towards, especially in reviews or articles.
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Well said! That would be an excellent reference point.




--- Quote from: Melodic ---Don't describe the music.
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--- Quote from: Dimmukane ---Be the music, and tell us how you feel.
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Another two well said things that I have not kept in mind. I did choose these albums out of interest along with personal respect.




--- Quote from: Trashole ---Also, I have a slight objection to the format in which you've developed for your blog. Artist/ album review is just that, a review of the artist or album as a whole. When you leave your review sectioned up, in the manner you have, you take away from the final product. Dissect and analyze in your notes, organize your information, then create your "masterpiece" and post it.
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--- Quote from: Ptommydski ---The writing is fine, just try a different format. Try to write about how the songs make you feel rather than just describing exactly what they sound like. Try to pick up on any themes in the lyrics and attach them to a wider concept. Maybe involve a tiny bit of history so we appreciate the context. Broaden the scope of your reviews in general, basically.

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I will take your approach on this, and at least redo the albums again and from there build up my writing style so it is complimentary of what I feel while remaining subtle in its overall format.



In this case I decided I would take on a new website name. http://thegoodvibrations.blogspot.com/

I would like some originality to this as well and I still intend to write about albums and artists, but I will incorporate the QC readers thoughts in mind, as you QC members seem to be very intelligent in the music field.

De_El:
I think you need to get a sense of who your intended audience is.  Unless you're trying disseminate information to the masses, there's not a whole lot of reason to review Spiderland, because 1. it's not current and 2. a lot of the people who are mildly well informed about alternative and underground music scenes already know it.  If it was just a writing exercise, that'd make sense, but there's so much hype and information already out there about Spiderland, your time would have been better spent reviewing something else.

Also: are you going to review records as they are released, or as you discover them?

CScheiner:

--- Quote from: De_El on 13 Oct 2008, 19:00 ---I think you need to get a sense of who your intended audience is.  Unless you're trying disseminate information to the masses, there's not a whole lot of reason to review Spiderland, because 1. it's not current and 2. a lot of the people who are mildly well informed about alternative and underground music scenes already know it.  If it was just a writing exercise, that'd make sense, but there's so much hype and information already out there about Spiderland, your time would have been better spent reviewing something else.

Also: are you going to review records as they are released, or as you discover them?

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I am going to be doing both. My intentions are to mix up the genres but review new and old, the former being more common.

DarkAvenger:
The writing is good, but I too think that the ratings for each track is quite boring. In fact they don't seen to have much purpose as they don't seem to affect the final scores much.

Also glad to see you've picked a different name, stealing Jeph's just isn't cool.

Inlander:
Actually if you do a Google search for "Yelling About Music" you'll find that there are several different blogs/music groups/what-have-yous with that name, quite apart from the two that Jeph has created.

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