How many of us write reviews?

I've only written 4 reviews. I wasn't as  good at it as I thought I'd be.

I'm never happy with them Either!

1) Yeh unless I read my reviews after being drunk lol

2) Not really, my comment on an album doesn't change. Therefore, I have no need to correct it.

3) Rarely

4) I usually write my reviews in order to inform other prog fans which album I like, and they might like it too if we share the same ideas. Therefore, I guess I write my reviews to contribute this site and help its visitors discover the good stuff.

Dan Yaron wrote: 1) Yeh unless I read my reviews after being drunk lol 2) Not really, my comment on an album doesn't change. Therefore, I have no need to correct it. 3) Rarely 4) I usually write my reviews in order to inform other prog fans which album I like, and they might like it too if we share the same ideas. Therefore, I guess I write my reviews to contribute this site and help its visitors discover the good stuff.

I lived in Israel for 7 years and I never saw a drunk Israeli! (Well not many, and I didn't live in a city)

Most of them cradle a pint of beer for the whole night!

I haven't written any reviews yet but due to my experience with music (as a musician) and a sudden adoration of Genesis- I've written a plan for a review of an album and it should be up in the next 42 hours. I *hope*.

But something tells me it'd be more a way of expressing my feelings than actually giving an analytical criticism....but we'll see what happens.

1. Usually, but I'm sure that'll change the more I write.

2. Yes, but mostly spelling/layout.

3. I tend to avoid reviewing albums with more than a handful of reviews. My added voice won't make much difference - why waste energy on it?

4. Partly to contribute to the site, partly to simply "spread the word". I'm a bit of a prog evangelist at times...

1) As I have written some 1250 reviews , of course I am not really happy with my first reviews as I lacked experience. Sometimes I have also re-discovered an aspect that I had not seen before and feel bad about forgetting it. Nothing to keep me from sound sleeping at night time , though!

2) yes! On many occasions, have I re-written our touched-up reviews. Most lately my Gryphon reviews (I was reviewing a new release of BBC sessions) which  embarrassed me because they were just comments and a bit of reviewing. There are still groups where my reviews would slightly embarass me, but not stop me from sleeping.

3) The reviews I made about well known albums were about the first ones submitted in (most are from Febr 2004 and the site had been opened  for open reviewing since the month before) and when I wrote them I spent some time speaking of things important but leaving open many other issues since I was confident other reviews would come in. This is especially true for my Genesis reviews.
Nowadays , I would probably not review albums reviewed 80 or 120 times before. However a good deal of my reviews are still sitting all alone in obscure groups page.

4) I write reviews to help others having an easier research of new prog groups (I also rate on Gnosis2000) . I am proud to help make this site one of the prime source of information regarding obscure groups. There is still quite a way to go, because so many obscure prog artist are yet to be discovered. If you were to participate in the Gnosis 2000 forum as I do , you'd probably get discouraged because in 2 years time I have not yet seen a thread on Genesis , Yes , ELP. And just two on KC. I feel a bit like a dwarf discussing there. 45 000 albums are for rating/reviewing

Good thread!

1) Are you always satisfied with every single review you have written?

They always present a given moment in time,I'm glad to have written them even if they are not "perfect" to me. I normally don't try to write after a first listen.

2) Do you ever get back to your old review to correct things you didn't notice at first?

I can't, but I wouldn't, (see 1.)

3) Do you feel the need to repeat things that have already been said about an album or review something that has already been reviewed hundreds of times, like DSOTM or CTTE?

In the beginning I tried to write only on rare records, that few people might know, but now I like to give my personal view on records I like.

4) Do you write reviews to contribute to the site or just because it is a way to express your feelings regarding an album and thus understand it even better? Answer this one honestly.

Next question, please. (both I suppose...)

Nice thread

Trouserpress wrote: Logos wrote: I can't correct any of my reviews since they wouldn't let me be a collaborator . *sighs* I just posted how to do this half an hour ago on this very thread! Seeing as you can't look up, here it is again: "Copy the review you want to change, click to add a new review, paste it in and make the alterations, make sure you're using the exact same name and e-mail address and it will simply update your review." Trust me, this works. It's what us collaborators have to do as well!

Actually "Us Collaborators"can also go to the collaborator's page click on your name , type in your password and have access to all our reviews at once in one page. From that moment on , all you need to do is click on the review that needs changing, do the change and save it. The password is given by M@X

I've written some 60 to 65 reviews (rated 72), I think I write decent reviews, but only the reader can really judge that.

1. No usualy I'm not quite satisfied, there's always things I left out, or things that I think of later, and I'm not a musician so it's often difficult to describe how it sounds, ot what happens, I do my best though

2. Not often do I change things, only obvious mistakes, but some mistakes I leave because that's how I perceived the album at the moment of reviewing, and I'm not afraid to make a fool out of myself.

3. Yes, like Tony indicated to say things again makes the argument stronger, and even when there are 1000 reviews of an album, I think my opinion is still valid, and may still be helpfull to some people.

4. I write mainly for myself, to get more in touch with why I like the album, and get to know the music better (reviewing means listening very carefull, understanding what you hear, and trying to translate what you think of it into words), but I have an audience in mind while I write my reviews, and I always hope someone find it usefull, and listen to the album themselves (if I like it very much), when I don't like an album I try to direct the reader to another album of the same band, which I consider to be a better place to start listening to (I ussualy review albums by bands I know more albums of, and like at least some of them, exceptions are always good albums)

Nice thread, curious how others will respond