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Thread #123141   Message #2708895
Posted By: MGM·Lion
26-Aug-09 - 08:58 AM
Thread Name: music critics,do we need them?
Subject: RE: music critics,do we need them?
,'but any uncle tom cobbley amateur,can be allowed to do a review.'

you write Dick. But where? & 'allowed' by whom? What weight does a review in the sort of publication Uncle Tom C would be writing for [probably a self-started blog or some such] have? But as for proper, professional reviewing in a properly run and reputable publication, Uncle Tom C wouldn't have a snowball's chance of getting a review into it. I beg you, reread my post 8 back on what it takes to become a professional critic, and then tell me where you think your 'uncle tom c amateur' would fit within the parameters I postulate.