Jim, any criticism by you or anyone else, and of course your opoinios are as valid as anyone elses, wont stop me from singing.
   The problem is how many young singers are put off by such Outrageously vindictive reviews, from an anonymous reviewer, whose qualifications are what? what do we know about the reviewer, he may be a Britney Spears fan be, or tone deaf, folk music should be about encouraging people to play criticism, should be constructive, for example i had no objection to the reviewer mention a particular vocal mannerism which i have since corrected, that is constructive criticism.
nobody here is being sycophantic, Jim, they are expressing their opinions , there is no reason why anyone would be sycophantic,I do not run anything and am not in the position to offer gigs to anyone. You are insulting other peoples opinions because they are different from yours.