<![CDATA[ChipMusic.org - getting stuff reviewed]]> 2011-11-10T13:00:45Z PunBB https://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/5390/getting-stuff-reviewed/ <![CDATA[Re: getting stuff reviewed]]> DKSTR wrote:

We need a guy wearing a mexican wrestling mask who writes ruthless reviews.

Starpilot has one of those...

]]> https://chipmusic.org/roboctopus 2011-11-10T13:00:45Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/81701/#p81701 <![CDATA[Re: getting stuff reviewed]]> Here's my review for every ZZZV album:

"Fucking incredible."

Feel free to quote me.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Crystal+Labs 2011-11-10T06:38:35Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/81690/#p81690 <![CDATA[Re: getting stuff reviewed]]> We need a guy wearing a mexican wrestling mask who writes ruthless reviews.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/DKSTR 2011-11-10T06:27:28Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/81689/#p81689 <![CDATA[Re: getting stuff reviewed]]> What im trying to say, there has been like 25 good critics EVER. Who wants that in the chip scene? Unless youre lester bangs, gtfo.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/herr_prof 2011-11-09T23:07:39Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/81675/#p81675 <![CDATA[Re: getting stuff reviewed]]> Or an artist that doesnt need the approval of others in order to create art big_smile

]]> https://chipmusic.org/herr_prof 2011-11-09T23:06:48Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/81674/#p81674 <![CDATA[Re: getting stuff reviewed]]> I just want to say that demarko does a really good job of this, and I wish we had more people writing stuff like this about chip releases:

http://tuned.demarko.org/post/102338265 … ace-rocket

I wouldn't mind doing reviews of chip-dance music (that's all I'm really qualified to speak about) but in a small scene no one wants to be the guy that bashed that one release everyone likes. There's a reason artists are not reviewers. You need reviewers that aren't trying to get people to like them in the scene.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Decktonic 2011-11-09T22:12:26Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/81671/#p81671 <![CDATA[Re: getting stuff reviewed]]> So who's willing to be the bad guy and give bad reviews when they're called for?  Put another way:  Who wants to waste their time talking about something they don't like?  Not me.  That's got to be one of the biggest reason every chip review/description you read is just glowing and sycophantic.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/egr 2011-11-09T20:47:42Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/81667/#p81667 <![CDATA[Re: getting stuff reviewed]]> Xuriik wrote:
roboctopus wrote:

I think this is true to a degree, but at the same time, so many releases are put out with such poor descriptions I often can't tell if I even *want* to stream it.  Telling me that something might melt my face off or that something is diverse doesn't actually tell me anything about a release.  I mean, even the best chip netlabels are guilty of this.  If you go to Pause right now, you'll see:

"Giant Claw - Tunnel Mind.  If you liked Midnight Murder and Erasers Fantasy then this is right up your alley!"

Ok.  Cool.  What if I didn't even listen to those? 

Maybe the chip scene doesn't even need full Pitchfork-length reviews.  One weekly article with a few sentences about several releases (actually describing the music) and commenting on the level of quality might be nice.

I agree. Something like this review, it won't kill you to read it, and you're actually helping draw someone's attention.

Ahahahaha.  No, that's the kind of album description I wish people would shy away from.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/roboctopus 2011-11-09T20:22:56Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/81664/#p81664 <![CDATA[Re: getting stuff reviewed]]> roboctopus wrote:
herr_prof wrote:

I think in an era of tldr and the ability to simply stream a record, reviews aren't really relevant, i mean look at how many people hate on pitchfork? But if the right writer came along, who knows?

I think this is true to a degree, but at the same time, so many releases are put out with such poor descriptions I often can't tell if I even *want* to stream it.  Telling me that something might melt my face off or that something is diverse doesn't actually tell me anything about a release.  I mean, even the best chip netlabels are guilty of this.  If you go to Pause right now, you'll see:

"Giant Claw - Tunnel Mind.  If you liked Midnight Murder and Erasers Fantasy then this is right up your alley!"

Ok.  Cool.  What if I didn't even listen to those? 

Maybe the chip scene doesn't even need full Pitchfork-length reviews.  One weekly article with a few sentences about several releases (actually describing the music) and commenting on the level of quality might be nice.

I agree. Something like this review, it won't kill you to read it, and you're actually helping draw someone's attention.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Xuriik 2011-11-09T20:00:29Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/81661/#p81661 <![CDATA[Re: getting stuff reviewed]]> herr_prof wrote:

I think in an era of tldr and the ability to simply stream a record, reviews aren't really relevant, i mean look at how many people hate on pitchfork? But if the right writer came along, who knows?

I think this is true to a degree, but at the same time, so many releases are put out with such poor descriptions I often can't tell if I even *want* to stream it.  Telling me that something might melt my face off or that something is diverse doesn't actually tell me anything about a release.  I mean, even the best chip netlabels are guilty of this.  If you go to Pause right now, you'll see:

"Giant Claw - Tunnel Mind.  If you liked Midnight Murder and Erasers Fantasy then this is right up your alley!"

Ok.  Cool.  What if I didn't even listen to those? 

Maybe the chip scene doesn't even need full Pitchfork-length reviews.  One weekly article with a few sentences about several releases (actually describing the music) and commenting on the level of quality might be nice.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/roboctopus 2011-11-09T15:12:09Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/81650/#p81650 <![CDATA[Re: getting stuff reviewed]]> More stuff like "Chip Bass Monthly" would be good.  Doesn't have to be genre/style specific like that but the format is good.

Example link:  http://generationbass.com/2011/10/28/ch … onthly-10/

]]> https://chipmusic.org/egr 2011-11-09T13:54:31Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/81639/#p81639 <![CDATA[Re: getting stuff reviewed]]> tldr

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Lazerbeat 2011-11-09T13:48:54Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/81638/#p81638 <![CDATA[Re: getting stuff reviewed]]> I think in an era of tldr and the ability to simply stream a record, reviews aren't really relevant, i mean look at how many people hate on pitchfork? But if the right writer came along, who knows?

]]> https://chipmusic.org/herr_prof 2011-11-09T13:17:12Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/81634/#p81634 <![CDATA[Re: getting stuff reviewed]]> I would be a reader. That is absolutelly something that the scene misses: reviews. It's hard to have the will to listen an album because the composer of it announced it as "my second lsdj effort". But if one writes a review commenting it, there would be more general interest, I think.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/PULSELOOPER 2011-11-09T13:13:09Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/81633/#p81633 <![CDATA[Re: getting stuff reviewed]]> Another job successfully foisted off on someone else!

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Lazerbeat 2011-11-09T12:50:27Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/81631/#p81631