Audiodelic
Member
Can I ask a question here of bands who have had their music reviewed in the media?
If someone gives you a bad review, do you take it on the chin? Or do you feel aggrieved and motivated to contact the reviewer?
One or our reviewers on Sigla reviewed an album that they didn't like and I received a phonecall from the press person asking if it could be removed as the review comes up promininantly in the search engines. I've also just received an email from the artist, asking me to remove the review from the site.
In all my time reviewing music, I have never been approached about removing a review from the public domain, not least by a PR person. I have to say, I can't actually believe it.
Should this guy just develop a hard neck if he is going to put his music in to the public domain for review?
No journalist likes to give someone a bad review, I try and accentuate the positive, but I think it's unfair to ask people to compromise their opinions just because you don't like what they have to say.
It's a weird one, not sure what to make of it but wondered if anyone has every taken a review that's not positive, so personally.
If someone gives you a bad review, do you take it on the chin? Or do you feel aggrieved and motivated to contact the reviewer?
One or our reviewers on Sigla reviewed an album that they didn't like and I received a phonecall from the press person asking if it could be removed as the review comes up promininantly in the search engines. I've also just received an email from the artist, asking me to remove the review from the site.
In all my time reviewing music, I have never been approached about removing a review from the public domain, not least by a PR person. I have to say, I can't actually believe it.
Should this guy just develop a hard neck if he is going to put his music in to the public domain for review?
No journalist likes to give someone a bad review, I try and accentuate the positive, but I think it's unfair to ask people to compromise their opinions just because you don't like what they have to say.
It's a weird one, not sure what to make of it but wondered if anyone has every taken a review that's not positive, so personally.