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| From | "Gary Littleton" <gary@garylittleton.com> |
| Subject | Re: Taxi? I think I'll walk... |
| Date | Thu, 10 Aug 2006 02:16:26 -0400 |
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LOL. I'd love to see the entire critique... Those are hysterical. I love "if
you explained more about just about anything"
> -----Original Message-----
> From: audities-owner@smoe.org
> [mailto:audities-owner@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Marty Rudnick
> Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 1:37 AM
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: Taxi? I think I'll walk...
>
> Anybody ever had a critique by Taxi? I got a freebie with CD
> duplication through Disc Makers. It was a bit surreal,
> because the critic is a nameless, faceless person of
> completely unknown
> credentials. It was musically favorable, but lyrically had...what
> seemed like a sincere attempt at constructive criticism.
>
> Some remarks about the song "Julie" (grammar/spelling left as is):
>
> "I I don't know what the market is for this kind of music,
> but I think it's essentially indie..."
>
> "I feel like these lyrics wold be more engaging if you
> explained more about just about anything..."
>
> "You could outline your plan to get her back, talk about what
> you think went wrong, criticize her new boyfriend..."
>
> The critique was accompanied by an assortment of brochures
> for their paid services, which are (in their words) "helping
> musicians break through the walls of the music industry".
>
> Well, it was free, and worth every penny. It was really
> quite amusing.
> I'm actually tempted to quote them in my promo somewhere..
>
> Better yet, rewrite the song, outlining my plan to get her
> back and criticizing her new boyfriend. I just can't decide
> between Microsoft Word or PowerPoint as my new songwriting tool.
>
> Marty
>
>
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