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One line thoughts of the day.

Do musical genre labels (Rock, pop, metal, prog, folk, symphonic or whatever) make far more sense if you think of them more as ingredients than as pigeonholes?

What do you think?

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Tim Hall | 9 Comments

Why is it that some fans, or worse, some reviewers, seem incapable of praising a record or a live performance purely on it’s own terms? I can understand comparisons with an artist’s previous work, that’s perfectly valid to put things in context. But exactly what do they think they achieve by bad-mouthing a band’s peers, often artists with whom they share a significant number of fans?

I just don’t get this. Especially when the band themselves appear endorse the the review.

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Tim Hall | Comments Off

If you have an adversarial relationships between testers and developers, you’re almost certainly doing it wrong. The common enemy should be the bugs…

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Tim Hall | Comments Off