Well, I apologize for being blunt, and perhaps even cruel... but the idea of telling some struggling newbie that he sucks raises my ire. It was only one lifetime ago that I was a young punk with a second hand nylon-string guitar trying to sing "Beautiful Brown Eyes" in front of sophisticated strangers visiting my parents. They could have told me I sucked, but they were civilized people who found something constructive to say instead. I am grateful to them.

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