Posted by dok on 6/9/2012, 9:29 am, in reply to "Dok"
69.155.139.101
i was kidding with you, no worries.
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: And its appreciated dude. I'm sorry for bein
: all weird for real. :-) This is a nice
: little community of fellow lovers of music
: and especially prog rock. I would never want
: to distance myself from ANY prog rock
: bretherin.
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: So I feel like I attempted to approach John
: in
: the kindest way possible. Honestly though, I
: am someone that works impossibly hard on
: what I do, and I am annoyed at the fact that
: everyone making a big deal about John
: reviewing some of my stuff for my personal
: reflection has caused him to change his
: mind. I appreciate the kind words that you
: guys gave me, but next time I do something
: like this I will contact a reviewer
: personally through email. You have no idea
: the amount of time and effort I put into my
: music (as I have waywayway more songs than I
: attempted to post recored as well as closing
: in on 600 pages of sheet music written), and
: I was truly looking forward to having an
: experienced person give it some thought and
: divulge on aspects of it. I know that
: everyone wants someone to review their
: stuff, but I am one of those people that
: actually wants to take deeply thought out
: opinions and analyze them, learn from them,
: and find ways to further implement new ideas
: into my songwriting. I had no idea that
: everyone would make a big deal out of this
: being done. John, I am sorry for causing
: such a ruckus. As I stated at first, my
: intention was never to bother anyone. I'm
: going to go search the internet and spend
: another few hours reading reviews to attempt
: to find yet another different opinion I
: respect.
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: You do realize what you guys just did right?
: I'm sure John gets people asking him ALL the
: time to review their music. Very few of them
: probably realize that he would never want it
: on his site, and that he doesnt live and
: breathe on the internet. I worked to write
: those posts with THE REVIEWER in mind and
: attempted to put his needs first, and let
: him know that he would just be doing it out
: of the kindness of his heart with the
: understanding that I am ONLY alive for the
: sake of creating this music- and I feel
: nothing negative toward him that he decided
: not to do it. That's totally fine. But after
: all these people asking and him finally
: saying yes to someone- you guys had to step
: in and make a big deal out of it. Jeez. No
: more could this be a one time thing. No more
: could this be something that I could
: attain... because the silly rule that
: "if someone else got it, you duns gots
: to dos it for someone else too." That
: is not a good enough reason, as he works on
: this site for HIS joy of music, not OUR joy
: of music.
:
: Sorry for the rant, just thought I would
: chime in a bit. Hope I'm not coming off as
: an asshole, but you have to understand that
: I am slightly frustrated.
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: 1. As you said, people would start sending
: me
: things en masse (I actually get asked by
: people to do it every couple of months,
: believe it or not) and I'd have to start
: sorting through what to look at and what not
: to.
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: 2. I really really do not want to spend
: *more* time on my site than I currently do,
: nor will it be possible to do so.
:
: 3. I don't really like the idea of having
: the facade of being a wanna-be professional
: critic. I'm an amateur reviewer; an amateur
: who takes what he's doing seriously (because
: I can't help but try to do a good job in
: pretty much anything I care about doing),
: but an amateur nonetheless, and I like it
: that way.
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: "Or maybe it's the idea of listening to
: music sent by me and he has some really
: negative perception of what it will sound
: like based on what I've written on this
: board. "
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: I'm sure your music is fine.
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