The best way to review a song?
Can open....worms everywhere!
I do have genuine problems in this area. Now.... if someone asks:-
"Do you think the Vocal harmonies work?" or
"Does this Bass-line compliment the rhythm?" then I can give an opinion.
If I'm asked
"I wrote a song, What do you think of it?" Then I'm stuck. If I don't like it, who am I to critique someone's artistic endeavours. What do I know?
I'm not a musician, so I can't help as far as arrangement or style is concerned.
I'm not in the music industry, so I can't give hints on making it commercial.
I failed 'O' level English (Maths and Physics were my bag) so poetry and interpreting lyrics are a mystery to me.
All I am is a middle aged bloke who has all his life listened to and enjoyed and played (to some extent), all styles of music.
If I think a song is a re-heated piece of self-indulgent retro adolescent nonsense. So what....the charts have always been filled with similar.
If I love a song, I've usually no idea why and all I can usually say is banal platitudes.
I do try to review. There are some very talented people here but I have no idea what is objectively good or bad, only that some things I like and some things I don't. That is why I don't review much, and when I do, it is usually technical comments. It's easy to say, "Ahh, yes, I had problem X and solved it this way"
I have lots of stuff I've written that I don't post here. I usually only enter the competitions.(short time scales and they challenge my creative envelope) Mainly because I don't feel the need to get constant feed back, I know the limitations of my output, and I am working to learn the skills and techniques to improve.
So I ask... to all posters of songs for review.
WHAT AM I ACTUALLY REVIEWING FOR? and WHAT DO YOU WANT OF ME AS A REVIEWER?"Tread lightly because you're treading on my dreams" No idea who said that but until I have the skills and knowledge to over-ride it. I'll go with it.