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Re: GG: AOF Recordings
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> > There were also other recordings that got bad reviews (according
> > to NOTES) and I just went for the recordings with good reviews.
>
> That's *really* dangerous. Why trust reviewers? Some reviewers are way
> off base; a lot depends on what they want to hear, with preconceived
> judgment about the way they think something should go. In my opinion,
> it's more important to know *why* a particular reviewer didn't like an
> album, than simply to dismiss the album as bad. Consequently, it's best
> to look up all the reviews. (And sometimes the best recordings of all are
> never reviewed...again introducing an unfortunate bias against them.)
> Also, to be thorough, don't limit yourself to reviews written in
> English....
>
> The music is more important than any review about it. (But maybe that
> doesn't make much sense anymore in a culture where the significance of an
> event or sports contest lives more in the written and oral rehashing than
> in the moment itself.)
>
> > If there are others you'd like to add to my list, feel free!
>
> I'll compile a list of the ones I have. Your list seems to be a
> reasonable start.
>
Well, as my project is due in less than a week, I decided to
limit my search to those reviews which were supposedly "good." I know
that what is "good" is extremely relative, and that some reviewers might
have the same opinion on a piece as others. But, unfortunately I'm under
taht time constraint thing, so I have to pretend that reviewers are
omniscient, and trust that they are always right.
Waiting for that list...
Ryan
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Ryan Anderson
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