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[khyber]

I have joined this site "Garageband.com" for indie artists. It's basically a site where you stuff can get reviewed by other artists and put into a contest.
I've realized (i've always kinda known) that I'm not that great at taking criticism.
I thought my song was pretty great and the people who know me as a friend seem to think it's alright. But I think there is something about the song that you kinda need to know me to not think it's a boring, ill performed piece.... made me wonder why I chose to put that one into the contest first.
So many folks here seem so self confident and it makes me think that y'all are pretty good with takin' criticism...or maybe not.

At WORK, I take it great..all makes sense: I "adapt, act, re-adapt, apt" with no problems
maybe it's just something about my art...

[peemil]

The important part of receiving criticism is not to care when you get it.

Brush it off and go on your own way.

[jinju]

[Demophobe]

[jinju]

[Qinella]

All depends on who it's from and how it's done. If someone is criticizing to be a d*ck, I don't smile and give it deep contemplation. But when my boss sat down with me and gave me a list of things I could do differently in class, and how I'm making mistakes with student relationships, yeah, I gave that a lot of consideration.

If I were to put a piece of my artwork up on a website, I'd probably be ready to accept whatever criticism it receieves.



Jinju, notice my proper use of the subjunctive tense. If I WERE.

[Satori]

From people who know what they are talking about and are being genuine, of course it's the best way to learn, but not from knobs...

[khyber]

herein lies the problems of having friends who are undyingly kind and not always honest.

thanks for that folks...

Some of these reviewers are just gits off the net but they are most ALL musicians.

If a very accomplished person who does things that I respect critiques me, I take it to heart. If a bumbling fool says the EXACT same things, I would probably ignore it.
Such is my nature...for better or worse.

**the strange thing is, for my particular example:
The reviewer was pretty adament about my likeness to the Beach boys: Something I had never considered. In fact, I only started listening to them the last few months. The song I had posted was 4 years old and in no way, influenced by the Beach Boys.
his quote was basically "sorry, yeah... like the beach boys but out of tune" (which, as i see it, is not the notes but the somewhat uncomely tone my voice has on the recording).

[jinju]

[Son Deureo!]

Screw you for suggesting that I can't handle criticism.

[skinhead]

I can't take criticism. If anyone mentions my faults, I go all daddy hates me on their ass and freeze right up. You got a problem with that?

[Moldy Rutabaga]

If you provide a link I'd like to hear some, Khyber.

I have my homemade music online at places like that and myspace or cdfuse / museeks and the like (http://keneckert.com/banjofish), but I usually don't submit my music to peer judgment like that. For one, I think it would be less fun for me to make music if I'm hearing negative comments in my head. I don't pretend that I'll ever get rich doing it.

I also think you should take such criticism with a grain of salt. Many of the people who do these reviews are not professionals, and if it isn't their favorite band's sound they don't like it. Others are "semi-professional or professional musicians", which often should be rephrased "bitter, aging musicians who were never signed and who build themselves up by knocking others down". These are the same people who provide terrible service in pro music stores. Actual A&R reviewers probably don't bother with ameteur websites, although there might be exceptions such as Taxi.

Ken:>

[Satori]

[skinhead]

[Satori]