Comments on: Why Review? http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/music/why-review/ The blogs of Tim Hall Fri, 14 Apr 2017 23:35:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.41 By: Serdar http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/music/why-review/comment-page-1/#comment-20254 Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:40:24 +0000 http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/?p=5459#comment-20254 “Objective” is a tough word. From my own work as a reviewer (which I get paid for), it means “know your biases and know your audience”. If I get in something that I know is lousy but is entertaining for the audience it was made for, I don’t slam it out of hand; I say it does what it was made to do. Then I go dig up something I like and try to get people curious about that as well. That, to me, is “balance”.

]]> By: Thor http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/music/why-review/comment-page-1/#comment-20251 Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:11:59 +0000 http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/?p=5459#comment-20251 We need counterbalance, if not counterattacks, to deal with the trolls that are running around in their nappies in cyberspace and pointlessly screaming.

]]> By: PaulE http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/music/why-review/comment-page-1/#comment-20250 Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:04:02 +0000 http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/?p=5459#comment-20250 Part of the problem is that Music is such an emotive thing. If you aren’t connecting with it emotionally, then it probably isn’t on your list of great music.

An objective and balanced review usually makes for a better read, but, in all honesty, the reason I buy on your recommendation is because we share a taste for music of a certain kind – i.e. a similar emotional response.

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