Revisions to my Music Reviews
What I’m come realize over the past two months, is that my music review templates are great in theory, but difficult to apply in practice. Why? I guess I get too detailed and than the review becomes wordy, and takes away from probably the best part of review, which are my song picks & links to those videos. The main reason is that I cannot put out as many music reviews as I would like using this format (ie. I have a waiting list of reviews to do!)
So recognizing changes were need, here is what I propose to do:
1) I will cut down on the artist/band information portion because that is already covered in the links I provide.
2) Each category of analysis will be just given a mark versus descriptive feedback.
3) The marks will be eighth notes: ♫ = 2 eighth notes represents one full mark; ♪= 1 eighth note equals a half mark
4) A perfect score = ♫♫♫♫ ( or like 4 stars in a movie review)
For example – Sample Review:
Chodidee Band
Musicality:
♫♫♪
Vocals:
♫♫♫
Lyrics:
♫♫♫
Flow/Rhythm:
♫♫♫♪
Freshness:
♫♫♫♫
Technicality/Quality of Recording: ♫♫
Visuals/Marketing: ♫♪
Overall: ♫♫♪
At this point I give a brief (one paragraph max) descriptive review of the most important points I want to share about that artist/band.
After my brief summary, I continue on with my favorite 2 songs, & video links to those songs.
This will allow me to do quicker, easier, and frankly more music reviews while keeping it relevant and entertaining for you. I realize that in today’s internet saturated world, everything must be quick, relevant, to the point, and worthy of your attention (the song choices/video links).
So that’s it, that will be more format that I use for music reviews and we’ll see how it goes!
P.S. I haven’t given up on my “Top 15 Underground/Indie/Unsigned Songs of the Week”. I’m giving it a name change that makes it easier for me. I will call it “Recommended Underground/Indie/Unsigned Songs” and I will have the date of that week in brackets.
O.K. everybody, I’m excited about the changes, and hoping that I bring music reviews to you quicker, more effectively, and on a “consistent” basis in order to improve my blog.
Sincerely,
Jason Chu
http://www.youtube.com/Chodidee
http://www.myspace.com/chodidee
Music Reviews – How I Write Them
Name: Artist
Genre:
Major/indie/unsigned:
Album:
Released:
I will rate it “Overall” out of **** (including halves)
Musicality – the musicians ability to play cohesively (together/tight)
Singing – voice quality, confidence, best fit – with band, versatility, appealing to fans
Lyrics – depth and meaning; interesting and worthy of multiple listens
Flow/Rhythm – Is it crisp and clean, does it make people wanna hop, jump, nod their heads, step, waves their hands like they just don’t care (O.K. You get it!)
Freshness – Is this original, a new sound/style, or song, that gets me outta my seat!
Technicality/Recording – Quality of the recording
Visuals – Videos, advertisements, on Myspace, or elsewhere – does it help enhance or detract from your music/image
Top #2 Songs: I pick my fav’s
Just so everybody knows where I’m coming from, the rubric above is what I will use to review the music/musicians that will be seen here in this “Music Reviews” category in this blog. I will not be able to comment on every category for each artist because it would take too long, however, I will focus on the important ones. If you have any questions, please leave a comment, tweet, or talk to me on Myspace.
~ Jason Chu
@Chodidees
http://www.myspace.com/chodidee
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