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Bern wrote: Epignosis wrote: Bern wrote: Well I personnally think your first responses were quite harsh and ignorant but I won't make much out of it.  I think it's jackassery to write someone a PM telling them they don't know anything, simply because you don't like that person's review.  I gave a careful assessment of an album on an album I genuinely wanted to love (of course I wanted to love it- I spent money on it).  Sadly, I only like about half of it- hence a 3 rating. It's ridiculous. Yeah sending a PM was stupid but I don't think he was that harsh. I just really don't like what you said about art and free improvisations. No offense but, having studied arts for a long time in my life, I hear those kind of things everyday from people who know nothing about arts. Ten years ago, I might have said something like that too. It's what we get from the normal occidental education. And since a lot of the music I adore is made of "directionless improvisation" (which I personnally see as a good way to describe it and not an insult to it) and that I know that it may be the most fun you can have when you are actually playing it, I don't like your comment about it either. Directionless jams showcase the musicians at their best most of the time. Just listen to their capacity of switching chords all at once, merge all together in an atmosphere, display their emotions, etc. My two cents.

It all comes down to opinion. Being a huge fan of RIO/Avant, I often really enjoy and find new discoveries out of music that by most peoples' standards is heavily improvisational but actually has a purpose and structure to it; it's simply hard to detect. Being a composer as well has showed me that sometimes some of the most intriguing and groundbreaking compositions come from what would be regarded as "silly" or just improvisational--but that's really where all songs do begin. Whether a song actually continues its form to become an actual song or stays purely improv is proven to be a subjective matter, and that's all it is.

I can understand both perspectives here, but I think someone PMing that to him was incredibly shameful, rude, and unintellectual. He has a right to his opinions and he explained himself extremely well. Just because someone else doesn't like it doesn't mean they get to act like a snob and think they know more than they do. Who is to say anyone is more qualified than anyone else to comment about art just because they have a degree in it or for any other reason?

Epignosis wrote: MovingPictures07, you got:

Alright. Thank you.

I was hoping for some angry avant-kids, but no dice 

I want hate mail!!!


I even smashed Kayo Dot and only got a letter saying that the person agreed with me!!!!!


Just be happy people are reading and getting pissed!

I'm glad you posted this review, Alex.  I see this one all the time in stores, but never know if I should get it.  I guess not, since you gave it a three, and every one is wanting me to make out with Mike Oldfield.

Bern wrote: Well I personnally think your first responses were quite harsh and ignorant but I won't make much out of it.

I think it's jackassery to write someone a PM telling them they don't know anything, simply because you don't like that person's review.  I gave a careful assessment of an album on an album I genuinely wanted to love (of course I wanted to love it- I spent money on it).  Sadly, I only like about half of it- hence a 3 rating.

It's ridiculous.

http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=189411

Bern wrote: I may be free for a while. It really is a fun game. It's getting me paranoid too.

It is a very fun game, but can make you quite paranoid, yes.

I may be free for a while. It really is a fun game.

It's getting me paranoid too.