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Queen By-Tor
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Joined: September 13 2006
Location: Xanadu
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Points: 16111
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Posted: February 20 2010 at 18:31 |
I've managed to collect about 1000 cds and 400 vinyls, I planned to review them all at one time, but now I don't really care - it liberates me to listen to whatever I want, whenever I want. I still buy albums at an alarming pace, although now it's not just for the thought of expressing my opinion on them. People who say that someone with 500 reviews can't be buying them legit is crazy. When you get out of highschool and have a decent job you tend to spend a lot of money on things you like
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Finnforest
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Joined: February 03 2007
Location: The Heartland
Status: Offline
Points: 16913
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Posted: February 20 2010 at 18:35 |
King By-Tor wrote:
I've managed to collect about 1000 cds and 400 vinyls, I planned to review them all at one time, but now I don't really care - it liberates me to listen to whatever I want, whenever I want. I still buy albums at an alarming pace, although now it's not just for the thought of expressing my opinion on them.
People who say that someone with 500 reviews can't be buying them legit is crazy. When you get out of highschool and have a decent job you tend to spend a lot of money on things you like
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People actually say that???? I know people with FAR more titles than 500 and are all legit CDs.
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Queen By-Tor
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Joined: September 13 2006
Location: Xanadu
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Points: 16111
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Posted: February 20 2010 at 18:46 |
Well I don't know if that's the majority - I saw a post on the first page that was along those lines
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Kashmir75
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Joined: June 25 2009
Status: Offline
Points: 1029
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Posted: February 22 2010 at 21:33 |
Eapo_q42 wrote:
It would be WAAAAAAY more than $20,000 for me.
In Australia, cds are insanely expensive compared to europe and the U.S.
Worse still, it's practically impossible to find good prog here anyway. So for most albums I buy, I end up paying for international shipping!
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Yeah, I'm in Australia too, and most of my prog stuff is very hard to find. I usually have to hunt around in various JB Hi Fi stores across the Melbourne suburbs to find what I'm looking for. And when you do, its always special import stuff. I end up paying a ton for it. It's expensive being a prog completist!
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Hello, mirror. So glad to see you, my friend. It's been a while...
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Kashmir75
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Joined: June 25 2009
Status: Offline
Points: 1029
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Posted: February 22 2010 at 21:34 |
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Hello, mirror. So glad to see you, my friend. It's been a while...
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Vibrationbaby
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Joined: February 13 2004
Status: Offline
Points: 6898
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Posted: February 23 2010 at 10:22 |
If i reviewed all my albums I wouldn't have time for eating, sleeping, crapping or breathing. I just review albums that I happen to listen to and have a bit of time to kill. I think it would be difficult to do this sort of thing professionally. Listening to a record for the sole intention of critcizing it. Doesn't make any sense to me. It's funny before this site I had never really payed attention to reviews. I only knew that Rolling Stone hated most of the music I listened to so I never bothered secure in the knowledge that bands like Focus, Gentle Giant and King Crimson were where it was at.
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Alberto Muñoz
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Joined: July 26 2006
Location: Mexico
Status: Offline
Points: 3577
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Posted: February 23 2010 at 12:20 |
I don't know who is, but i can tell you who is one of the less prolific.
Me
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UMUR
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Joined: October 19 2007
Location: Denmark
Status: Offline
Points: 3069
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Posted: February 23 2010 at 12:44 |
King By-Tor wrote:
I've managed to collect about 1000 cds and 400 vinyls, I planned to review them all at one time, but now I don't really care - it liberates me to listen to whatever I want, whenever I want. I still buy albums at an alarming pace, although now it's not just for the thought of expressing my opinion on them.
People who say that someone with 500 reviews can't be buying them legit is crazy. When you get out of highschool and have a decent job you tend to spend a lot of money on things you like
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Yeah the first year I started working I purchased maybe 15 - 20 albums a week ( most second hand LPs but also CDs). No obligations whatsoever and I lived with my parents so I had more money and time to spend them than I will probably ever have again. My purchase rate has gone down a bit in the last 5 years after I had my children but most people would probably still consider my habits to be somewhat compulsive. . I´ve lost count of how many albums I have, but it´s gotten to a point where I´ve had to pack a lot of CDs away in my basement. There simply aren´t room for more in our small apartment. The wife is going crazy .
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jampa17
Prog Reviewer
Joined: July 04 2009
Location: Guatemala
Status: Offline
Points: 6802
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Posted: February 23 2010 at 12:51 |
UMUR wrote:
King By-Tor wrote:
I've managed to collect about 1000 cds and 400 vinyls, I planned to review them all at one time, but now I don't really care - it liberates me to listen to whatever I want, whenever I want. I still buy albums at an alarming pace, although now it's not just for the thought of expressing my opinion on them.
People who say that someone with 500 reviews can't be buying them legit is crazy. When you get out of highschool and have a decent job you tend to spend a lot of money on things you like
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Yeah the first year I started working I purchased maybe 15 - 20 albums a week ( most second hand LPs but also CDs). No obligations whatsoever and I lived with my parents so I had more money and time to spend them than I will probably ever have again. My purchase rate has gone down a bit in the last 5 years after I had my children but most people would probably still consider my habits to be somewhat compulsive. . I´ve lost count of how many albums I have, but it´s gotten to a point where I´ve had to pack a lot of CDs away in my basement. There simply aren´t room for more in our small apartment. The wife is going crazy . |
When I grow up I want to be like you... I'm living with my parents and I just buy 2 albums per month... but surely I want to make my wife crazy for the amount of Cds in the house... surely...!!!
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Change the program inside... Stay in silence is a crime.
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UMUR
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Joined: October 19 2007
Location: Denmark
Status: Offline
Points: 3069
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Posted: February 23 2010 at 13:07 |
Yep sounds like fun right?
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Bonnek
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Joined: September 01 2009
Location: Belgium
Status: Offline
Points: 4515
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Posted: February 24 2010 at 13:43 |
Actually, I'm having a bit of a writers block right now so I have some time for the forum The reason I write so much is because I'm a very focussed kind of guy and I want it over and done with! From May onwards I'll probably won't be writing anything anymore till next fall. I am one of those lucky guys who works from home, meaning I stop working around 17u, and then write 3-4 reviews and do the cooking, all before my wife gets home around 19u! Besides I only work 4/5 now. Considering the album ownership matter. I've been buying albums for 25 years now (around 30 up to 80 titles a year), there's also plenty of good libraries here in Belgium (ask Sean Trane) and I have plenty of the 70's stuff from my brother. I don't shy away to listening to new music using the possibilities of the internet but I want to own everything I like eventually. 'Owning' albums without paying the artist is highly unethical in my view.
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seventhsojourn
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Joined: December 11 2009
Location: .
Status: Offline
Points: 4006
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Posted: March 08 2010 at 12:30 |
Below is a list of the most prolific reviewers over the past week 1st - 7th March. The figures before each member's name represent the number of reviews during the week. Please post any comments.
Anybody know how I can import my Access tables to the site? Would Excel work instead?
12 - JLocke (Collaborator)
11 - snobb (Special Collaborator)
11 - Rune2000
10 - Epignosis (Special Collaborator)
8 - Marty McFly (Collaborator)
6 - sinkadotentree (Prog Reviewer)
6 - toroddfuglesteg
6 - ProgressiveAttic
5 - Windhawk (Special Collaborator)
5 - Sean Trane (Special Collaborator)
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Marty McFly
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Joined: March 23 2009
Location: Czech Republic
Status: Offline
Points: 3968
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Posted: March 08 2010 at 12:48 |
Hehe, I suppose I wrote all of them in one day, that's me. Have to finish what I started, right ? We can compare then.
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There's a point where "avant-garde" and "experimental" becomes "terrible" and "pointless," -Andyman1125 on Lulu Even my
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seventhsojourn
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Joined: December 11 2009
Location: .
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Points: 4006
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Posted: March 08 2010 at 13:04 |
Marty McFly wrote:
Hehe, I suppose I wrote all of them in one day, that's me. Have to finish what I started, right ? We can compare then. |
Well, you posted the most reviews (6) in a single day! I only managed 2 reviews for the whole week.
I started the list from 11.30 EST on Monday, and finished at midnight on Sunday. A total of 196 reviews by 77 different members - 34 collabs and 43 ordinary members.
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Raff
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Joined: July 29 2005
Location: None
Status: Offline
Points: 24429
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Posted: March 08 2010 at 13:08 |
seventhsojourn wrote:
Marty McFly wrote:
Hehe, I suppose I wrote all of them in one day, that's me. Have to finish what I started, right ? We can compare then. |
Well, you posted the most reviews (6) in a single day! I only managed 2 reviews for the whole week.
I started the list from 11.30 EST on Monday, and finished at midnight on Sunday. A total of 196 reviews by 77 different members - 34 collabs and 43 ordinary members. |
Back when I was a prolific reviewer of sorts, I remember posting 5 in a day once . Now, if I post five in two or three months, it's already something to be celebrated ...
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ProgressiveAttic
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Joined: April 05 2008
Location: .
Status: Offline
Points: 1243
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Posted: March 08 2010 at 13:38 |
seventhsojourn wrote:
Below is a list of the most prolific reviewers over the past week 1st - 7th March. The figures before each member's name represent the number of reviews during the week. Please post any comments.
Anybody know how I can import my Access tables to the site? Would Excel work instead?
12 - JLocke (Collaborator)
11 - snobb (Special Collaborator)
11 - Rune2000
10 - Epignosis (Special Collaborator)
8 - Marty McFly (Collaborator)
6 - sinkadotentree (Prog Reviewer)
6 - toroddfuglesteg
6 - ProgressiveAttic
5 - Windhawk (Special Collaborator)
5 - Sean Trane (Special Collaborator) |
I can't believe I am in that list.... I need to get a life!!!
what can I say?....I love prog reviewing!
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JLocke
Prog Reviewer
Joined: November 18 2007
Status: Offline
Points: 4900
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Posted: March 08 2010 at 13:42 |
Yay! 12 reviews!
Wait . . . really?! I had no idea I had written that many. Wow, I must be geeking out over my music right now.
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Epignosis
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Joined: December 30 2007
Location: Raeford, NC
Status: Offline
Points: 32524
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Posted: March 08 2010 at 13:52 |
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Alberto Muñoz
Forum Senior Member
Joined: July 26 2006
Location: Mexico
Status: Offline
Points: 3577
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Posted: March 08 2010 at 15:13 |
Raff wrote:
seventhsojourn wrote:
Marty McFly wrote:
Hehe, I suppose I wrote all of them in one day, that's me. Have to finish what I started, right ? We can compare then. |
Well, you posted the most reviews (6) in a single day! I only managed 2 reviews for the whole week.
I started the list from 11.30 EST on Monday, and finished at midnight on Sunday. A total of 196 reviews by 77 different members - 34 collabs and 43 ordinary members. |
Back when I was a prolific reviewer of sorts, I remember posting 5 in a day once. Now, if I post five in two or three months, it's already something to be celebrated...
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Yes Raff, same to me, during 2 years and a half i have a sort of writer's block, then when i have resolved that, now i have enough time to do my daily activities.
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JLocke
Prog Reviewer
Joined: November 18 2007
Status: Offline
Points: 4900
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Posted: March 08 2010 at 16:08 |
You're right, I do! It's not intentional.
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