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vurt · Post by **vurt** » Sat Feb 10, 2018 6:18 pm

im quite happy to discuss such things, then i can tell the critic why they are wrong, and that i hope their first born has 3 testicles and ginger hair.

valid actual constructive criticism, for sure.
useless "this is shit! kill yourself!" doesn't help anybody

whyterabbyt · Post by **whyterabbyt** » Sat Feb 10, 2018 6:31 pm

vurt wrote:im quite happy to discuss such things, then i can tell the critic why they are wrong, and that i hope their first born has 3 testicles and ginger hair.

And Mrs Glady Sheeran has regretted arguing with vurt ever since....

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Sat Feb 10, 2018 7:10 pm

"oh, how do you do that?"

me: well, i play guitar through a looper...

"oh, like ed sheeran! cool"

me: oh f**k off.

camsr · Post by **camsr** » Sat Feb 10, 2018 8:36 pm

budweiser wrote:Fake news.

Hink · Post by **Hink** » Sat Feb 10, 2018 8:59 pm

aMUSEd wrote:It's not a case of being able to 'handle it' or not - I make music because I need to for my own wellbeing, whether people like it or not is not really a major drive, if they can relate to it that's pleasing and I like to hear that but feedback of any sort is not going to have any effect on the music I create except basic listenability things like if it sounds too loud or distorted but nothing in terms of the music itself. Also my stuff is so personal I don't really expect many people to 'like it'.

this really describes myself as well but I'll add that I make music so I can have an outlet for my passion of playing guitar which is essential for my well being. Like is one thing, relatively speaking most of us as people are not liked by very many people so when it comes to my music it would be a waste of time to concentrate on getting someone else to like my music as I see it. I do however listen to critiques and appreciate them. I often have a few things in mind I'm iffy on and see if other criticism lines up or brings up something new I need to think about. I'm always wanting to grow to enhance my experience and listening to criticism is one way to help growth. On the other hand I dont always agree with the criticism and let it go at that, perhaps one day I will (which has been the case in the past). The one thing I ignore is anyone resorting to names or attacks, they cannot diminish my experience and I refuse to handle it because it's probably not my problem.

cryophonik · Post by **cryophonik** » Sat Feb 10, 2018 9:06 pm

I fail to see a relationship between "the truth" and "critiques"

perpetual3 · Post by **perpetual3** » Sat Feb 10, 2018 9:21 pm

Zexila · Post by **Zexila** » Sat Feb 10, 2018 9:27 pm

cryophonik wrote:I fail to see a relationship between "the truth" and "critiques"

Honest critique of your work, without sugar coding or hating, just the ugly truth.

Hink · Post by **Hink** » Sat Feb 10, 2018 9:46 pm

you know that's just gonna lead to l: define truth>whose truth>who decides the truth :l right?

Zexila · Post by **Zexila** » Sat Feb 10, 2018 9:51 pm

Hink wrote:you know that's just gonna lead to l: define truth>whose truth>who decides the truth :l right?

Yeah, obliviously.

ccDuckett · Post by **ccDuckett** » Sat Feb 10, 2018 10:04 pm

If the source of the critique knows what they're talking about, I'll use the feedback, absolutely!
Being found with their ears stuffed where the sun doesn't shine doesn't mean their opinion wasn't useful..

sjm · Post by **sjm** » Sat Feb 10, 2018 11:18 pm

donkey tugger wrote:A few caveats mind. This being the winternet people do have a tendency to assume that you should listen to them, however daft their comments are. Sometimes you need to politely agree to disagree. The taste/experience of the critic is important

+1

donkey tugger wrote:Your gran probably will despise your gabba speedcore techno - doesn't mean it's shit.

You're right, it's not shit because your gran said so, it's shit because that's gabba speedcore techno for you!

In other words, any feedback I give on your gabba speedcore techno track should be taken with a pinch of salt.

Zexila · Post by **Zexila** » Sat Feb 10, 2018 11:40 pm

It's cool when you know people who are critiquing you have no clue whatsoever, but it's not when you know deep inside that that's not entirely true, so walls of the bubble become thinner and thinner.

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Sun Feb 11, 2018 1:24 am

Zexila wrote:It's cool when you know people who are critiquing you have no clue whatsoever, but it's not when you know deep inside that that's not entirely true, so walls of the bubble become thinner and thinner.

nah! life is an education, we all get better at things the more we do them, sometimes a little nudge makes the next tracks that bit shinier

deastman · Post by **deastman** » Sun Feb 11, 2018 2:44 am

I work in a creative field- animation , motion graphics, graphic design, video production, web development, mobile development, and sometimes write music for these projects. If you can’t handle criticism, constructive or otherwise, you aren’t going to make it as a creative professional. The whole premise is silly, although he does qualify it by saying “some” people can’t handle criticism. I’m sure some can’t, but plenty can and do.

Can you really handle the truth/critiques about your work?