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Jason (the Techno Luddite!) 2009/11/27 Tristan Watkins <[email protected]> > > I gave up on music shop reviews about five years ago. That said, Rub-a-dub's > tweets are very useful, and necessarily brief. > > On 27/11/2009 17:00, kent williams wrote: >> >> As a frequent, repeat customer of Boomkat, I feel compelled to rise to >> their defense. >> >> I write music reviews for a local free paper, and have written in the >> past for a variety of publications. What one realizes very quickly in >> writing reviews, is that it is difficult to do at all, let alone well. >> Especially when it comes to electronic music, where you don't often >> have lyrics to provide some sort of 'meaning' to critique. And the >> more you do it (and I've written hundreds over the past 10 years) the >> less you actually have to say. >> >> Boomkat's reviews are actually well written, and are much, much better >> than any other download store site on the internet. They are >> consistently helpful to me -- they provide context to each release >> which sends me off to research other related music. They are also >> sometimes humorous without succumbing to the jokey Britishisms that >> grate the ear when you read a lot of UK music publications. >> >> They are definitely oriented towards trying to shift units. They >> definitely reflect the personal prejudices of the writers. They, no >> doubt, occasionally give more weight to their friends or labels they >> don't want to make into enemies. But it's like reading anything -- >> you have to consider the source and make up your own mind. >> >> It isn't as bad as Beatport. Beatport tries to be all things to all >> people, so they pimp absolute sh1t. Beatport has discovered that you >> can make money catering to DJs with no taste, no shame, and no soul. >> >> >> On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 9:44 AM, Martin Dust<[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> On 27 Nov 2009, at 15:23, Odeluga, Ken wrote: >>> >>> >>>> >>>> I like Boomkat's random shards of disdain. >>>> >>>> Although the fact that 99% of their reviews make each item sound like the >>>> next best thing since sliced bread, still leaves the final joke on them! >>>> >>> >>> This comes up a lot from techno heads, what do you really expect them to >>> put? >>> >>> m >>> >> >>
