'Official' Reviewer?
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Topic: 'Official' Reviewer?
Posted By: ProgBagel
Subject: 'Official' Reviewer?
Date Posted: October 24 2007 at 23:01
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I was wondering on how hard it is to get a job reviewing prog-albums? Whether it be from the band itself, a website or a magazine.
Im sure there are people on here that probably do have a job reviewing albums. I don't even really care if I get paid or not...recieving a copy or promo of the album for free to review or promote is an overwhelming blessing. |
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: October 24 2007 at 23:10
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the best thing to do is write - a lot - when you have some really solid reviews send them to the sites or people you're interested in... and work hard; write articles, concert reviews, interviews from artists who are popular enough to garner interest in your piece but small enough to give you the time-- in short, get noticed |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: October 24 2007 at 23:13
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Become a huge music snob.
What other credentials are there to review for the likes of Pitchforkmedia?
O' course, you could always start your own underground magazine. Not many people care about prog anyway. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: October 25 2007 at 01:51
Some really good advice there on expanding your credentials beyond writing a review. Plenty of people can write a competent review. It's what else you bring to the table that will set you apart.
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Atavachron wrote:Posted By: andrea
Date Posted: October 25 2007 at 09:17
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If you can understand Italian this is an interesting article about "writing professional reviews"...
http://www.nazioneindiana.com/2007/10/25/la-solitudine-del-recensore/ - http://www.nazioneindiana.com/2007/10/25/la-solitudine-del-recensore/
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Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: October 25 2007 at 10:14
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I think you also have to think carefully about whether you want to go professional. You would probably have to listen to a lot more msuic you didn't like much. You would be under timescale pressures, and probably have targets.
To me it would take the pleasure out of reviewing if it became an occupation.
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Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: October 25 2007 at 21:53
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I have a friend who managed to get a book published on prog...and I can tell you, even if you manage to pull off the deal (no small feat), there's very little money in it. I imagine the same is true of writing for mags, unless you get to the top of the profession. Frankly I'd rather write here knowing that I'm helping create a large database, and hope that there's a few people along the way who might try something they might not have, based on something I wrote. |