I wonder what is the reason why many feel they would be capable to
criticise on whatever is published.
I really appreciate even harsh critics on my playing if it helps to
develop (although sometimes it's hard to accept if someone criticises
very basic features of my playing. But if there are reasons given it
helps to improve and I consider it helpfull - at least after a while )
- but usually you only get comments with no substance and mostly
written by people who don't dare to show their skills in public. Don't
get me wrong: It's not necessary to play by yourself to write a critical
comments but when someone starts being rude I feel it as an act of
cowardry to hide oneself and your skills. If someone does show his
skills and earns my respect it's much easier to accept harsh critics.
Otherwise I take them as trolls.
In my personal opinion everybody showing his playing on youtube, vimeo
or whatever platform one might use has my respect - just for doing it. I
tried it myself and find it much harder to perform on a video than to an
audience.
And I would second David's recommendation: Better to disable the
comment-feature. It's not just because rude comments about your playing
could be published, it could also be hurting just to read such bullshit
for yourself.
All the best
Thomas
David Tayler schrieb:
Holy cow!
dt
At 11:18 AM 1/15/2010, you wrote:
Ed, Right after I came out with my Hurel album, I received a
private email from someone who regularly contributes to this
list. This was one of the first comments I got about the
project. In the rudest, most brusk manner, this person told me A)
What an awful job I had done with the repertoire B) How could I be
so thoughtless as to use synthetic strings? C) I was being
irresponsible to the repertoire and instrument by even presuming to
have such a wretched recording out there D) I should just hang it
all up right then. This was from someone who was definitely
informed about the lute, but constructive criticism it was
not. Who knows? Maybe the guy was totally right about all those
things, but he knew very well that I was a young guy and that this
was my first recording. I knew that the album wasn't perfect, but
felt that I had accomplished something just by doing
it. Fortunately, it hasn't brought me to too many tears. (I wrote
him back a message politely thanking him for his insights.) I
don't believe this individual would have ever had the guts to make
these statements in an educated public forum. I say again - for
those who don't want negative comments on their videos, disable the
comment feature on your account. (I believe so few do this because
they secretly crave the positive comments.) If you do keep the
comments, you have the option of deleting any you find offensive.
Chris --- On Fri, 1/15/10, Ed Durbrow <[email protected]>
wrote: > From: Ed Durbrow <[email protected]> >
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