A-f**king-men!
Jim, next time I see you, I am buying you a beer.
Understanding your instrument part 2
Jae Smith
Root and The Fifths
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Root and The Fifths
www.rootandthefifths.com
www.facebook.com/rootandthefifths
www.twitter.com/rootfifths
www.pabands.com
Metalrules, please don't ever assume that I don't want to learn about songwriting. I just don't want to learn from you. I've seen your website.
As a longtime user of the Internet, I've found there are myriad sites that will critique songs for free, or for a fee. They all have one thing in common: Amateur, usually beginner, songwriters send in their lyrics, seeking validation. They have poured their heart onto a page, and they want sites such as yours to tell them what a great job they did. Not a problem until they find that YOU are also seeking validation. You delight in deconstructing their songs, and pointing out the "mistakes." Shame on you. Several factors work in your favor, not the least of which is you have a technical background, and can thoroughly B.S. the writer into thinking you know what you're talking about. Nobody EVER benefitted in any way from any of this.
For one thing, you don't seem to judge based on commercial viabilty, but that's really all anyone is credentialed to critique, and even that is extremely subjective. If a song isn't a work for hire, then it's simply too intensely personal to be judged by anyone other than it's creator. I can point out flaws in ANY song, believe you me, all day long, but as in people, "flaws" are part of the whole experience of the song.
If anyone wants a true, undeniable critique of a song, don't post a lyric on a website. Make a record, put your soul on display, take the chance that nobody will like it, or even worse, nobody will care, and then see what happens. Beyond that, nobody gives a rat's sewer-stained ass what one guy thinks.--->JMS
As a longtime user of the Internet, I've found there are myriad sites that will critique songs for free, or for a fee. They all have one thing in common: Amateur, usually beginner, songwriters send in their lyrics, seeking validation. They have poured their heart onto a page, and they want sites such as yours to tell them what a great job they did. Not a problem until they find that YOU are also seeking validation. You delight in deconstructing their songs, and pointing out the "mistakes." Shame on you. Several factors work in your favor, not the least of which is you have a technical background, and can thoroughly B.S. the writer into thinking you know what you're talking about. Nobody EVER benefitted in any way from any of this.
For one thing, you don't seem to judge based on commercial viabilty, but that's really all anyone is credentialed to critique, and even that is extremely subjective. If a song isn't a work for hire, then it's simply too intensely personal to be judged by anyone other than it's creator. I can point out flaws in ANY song, believe you me, all day long, but as in people, "flaws" are part of the whole experience of the song.
If anyone wants a true, undeniable critique of a song, don't post a lyric on a website. Make a record, put your soul on display, take the chance that nobody will like it, or even worse, nobody will care, and then see what happens. Beyond that, nobody gives a rat's sewer-stained ass what one guy thinks.--->JMS
