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Negoba
Prog Reviewer Joined: July 24 2008 Location: Big Muddy Status: Offline Points: 5208 |
Posted: July 28 2011 at 11:15 |
Just start writing reviews. If they're good, they'll attract notice. And keep writing them over time. A lot of people get bored after 20 or so, you'll need to show you're going to continue. Frankly, most of the people who regularly review get promoted unless there's a problem, usually in the 50-100 review range.
What do you look for in a review? What's helpful for you when you're deciding whether to spend your cash on music? Provide that in your reviews.
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You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all.
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Triceratopsoil
Forum Senior Member Joined: April 03 2010 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 18016 |
Posted: July 28 2011 at 11:22 |
Should review some John Lewis. But only if 5*, mind you.
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toroddfuglesteg
Forum Senior Member Retired Joined: March 04 2008 Location: Retirement Home Status: Offline Points: 3658 |
Posted: July 28 2011 at 13:51 |
Reviewing the mountain of free, still unreviewed albums in PA will most definate get you noted as an angel and a possible new promotion. Go for it !
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Negoba
Prog Reviewer Joined: July 24 2008 Location: Big Muddy Status: Offline Points: 5208 |
Posted: July 28 2011 at 14:18 |
Is there any way to make the search to find unreviewed, free albums?
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You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all.
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Andy Webb
Special Collaborator Retired Admin Joined: June 04 2010 Location: Terria Status: Offline Points: 13298 |
Posted: July 28 2011 at 14:21 |
Well there's the free mp3 thread, but there's also this: http://www.progarchives.com/UnreviewedAlbums.asp
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toroddfuglesteg
Forum Senior Member Retired Joined: March 04 2008 Location: Retirement Home Status: Offline Points: 3658 |
Posted: July 28 2011 at 14:23 |
I wish we could !!!! I feel a recession coming on. My local supermarket has put up the prices on sliced edamer cheese with 300 % now. SCANDAL !!! I for once is all for free albums now. |
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Guldbamsen
Special Collaborator Retired Admin Joined: January 22 2009 Location: Magic Theatre Status: Offline Points: 23104 |
Posted: July 28 2011 at 14:24 |
You can begin by asking yourself, if there really is need for more Yes or Genesis reviews - and maybe start out with something a bit different. If you´ve only just started listening to "prog" and you haven´t got any further than the usual suspects, then stick to what you know, but make it sincere and personal.
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
- Douglas Adams |
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harmonium.ro
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: August 18 2008 Location: Anna Calvi Status: Offline Points: 22989 |
Posted: July 28 2011 at 14:32 |
Here's a few freebies that I think you might like: CHARTS AND MAPS / Dead Horse / download CHARTS AND MAPS / Enemies Of C. Frias EP / download CHARTS AND MAPS / Trouble At The Old Mill EP / download GIRAFFES? GIRAFFES! / Superbass!!!! (Black Death Greatest Hits Vol. 1) / download GIRAFFES? GIRAFFES! / Live In Toronto / download KLEVER / In The Name Of Peace And Progress / download TANGLED THOUGHTS OF LEAVING / Tiny Fragments EP / download TERRAFORMER / Terraformer EP / download TIME COLUMNS / Sunriseinthesea EP / download TIME COLUMNS / WXLV Radio Live Session / download NICE WINGS ICARUS! / Nice Wings Icarus! / download TUNA LAGUNA / It's A Fudge / download Especially Charts And Maps. |
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toroddfuglesteg
Forum Senior Member Retired Joined: March 04 2008 Location: Retirement Home Status: Offline Points: 3658 |
Posted: July 28 2011 at 14:48 |
As things are now, and the living costs for everyone here triple (even for the millionaires here), we should maybe look into the possibilities to make a top 50 list of free albums. But back to topic: Reviewing unreviewed free albums is a sure way to get noticed here by the powers that is. |
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Andy Webb
Special Collaborator Retired Admin Joined: June 04 2010 Location: Terria Status: Offline Points: 13298 |
Posted: July 28 2011 at 14:49 |
That's actually a great idea
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toroddfuglesteg
Forum Senior Member Retired Joined: March 04 2008 Location: Retirement Home Status: Offline Points: 3658 |
Posted: July 28 2011 at 14:55 |
If anyone here wants to compile and maintain a top 50 free albums list and by then keeping the interest for PA up for those of you, make that us, who has problems spending money on albums when all the bills is slowly making that luxury impossible, please get in touch with one of the collaborators and I am sure we can arrange something.
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Any Colour You Like
Prog Reviewer Joined: May 15 2009 Status: Offline Points: 12294 |
Posted: July 28 2011 at 17:02 |
Tempting, if I wasn't writing and researching so much at the moment. |
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Andy Webb
Special Collaborator Retired Admin Joined: June 04 2010 Location: Terria Status: Offline Points: 13298 |
Posted: July 28 2011 at 17:23 |
I mean there are some obvious ones, such as Part the Second, Fortunes Haze (by Look to Windward), and Cloudkicker's stuff.
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elcaballodecaligula
Forum Newbie Joined: June 02 2011 Location: Mexico City Status: Offline Points: 9 |
Posted: July 28 2011 at 22:48 |
Wow, all of this helps a lot! I'll start reviewing unreviewed albums and my favorites, hope that soon I can be a "candidate"
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Anthony H.
Prog Reviewer Joined: April 11 2010 Location: Virginia Status: Offline Points: 6088 |
Posted: July 28 2011 at 22:55 |
*cough* Hey, maybe Anthony should be a Prog Reviewer! *cough* *cough*
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Any Colour You Like
Prog Reviewer Joined: May 15 2009 Status: Offline Points: 12294 |
Posted: July 28 2011 at 23:21 |
Not with that attitude, sunshine. |
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JJLehto
Prog Reviewer Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Tallahassee, FL Status: Offline Points: 34550 |
Posted: July 29 2011 at 00:12 |
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The Truth
Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 19 2009 Location: Kansas Status: Offline Points: 21795 |
Posted: July 29 2011 at 00:52 |
I've done the unreviewed free album deal many times and what happens?
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toroddfuglesteg
Forum Senior Member Retired Joined: March 04 2008 Location: Retirement Home Status: Offline Points: 3658 |
Posted: July 29 2011 at 01:10 |
Keep at it. But anway; what is this special thing about promotions anyway ? Your partner will just think you are a sad, sad loser and leave you for a 35 stones heavy coast-to-coast trucker. Let's keep the promotion aspirations to the army (which has several vacancies in Afghanistan..... sign up !) and our paid work careers. The grades in ProgArchives is just here to organise the substantial, very substantial workload here. Unless you are willing to put in at least 20 hours a week into ProgArchives (reviews and serious work. Not hanging out in the forums), don't even think about getting promoted. ProgArchives is a monster and it eats you alive. Don't fantasise about befriending a lion. Instead of having a dinner with it, you will become it's dinner.
Edited by toroddfuglesteg - July 29 2011 at 01:12 |
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stonebeard
Forum Senior Member Joined: May 27 2005 Location: NE Indiana Status: Offline Points: 28057 |
Posted: July 29 2011 at 01:16 |
Everyone's special on the inside.
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