Whato music lovers
@Boydie - is again spot on.
To me it's very simple...If you put a song up here, then there must be a reason why you did, I guess one must be prepared for both positive and negative criticism, but there is no place here for criticism that does not lead to action. To say 'I don't like it' doesn't bring much to the Artist, it just tells them about your taste in music. If you say I don't like but stick a HPF on the LVox as it's clashing with the Bass guitar that's different, the Artist can take something away from it.
My critiques of other's work are my honest opinion, nothing more, I really don't mind it they use my advice, I also try and explain why it might be better.
I always try to keep the tone light, as a song will take a long time to write, record and produce, so the potential for disappointment is high before you even start.... so you post it.. Tadaaaa
First response is It's rubbish, Second is the best thing ever. These don't help me at all, Third one the verb is too much on the Drums - Now THAT's useful, I go back listen to it, nope I'm OK with how it is, I also spot that the LVox might benefit from a slightly distorted valve pre-amp, so I re record it.
Sometimes I hear a song and I can sense there is a lot of emotional investment in it, in the preamble for example, but it sounds un-produced, Is it intended to be like that, or does the Artist not know anything about production?
many folk here are not looking to be globally famous Artists, but some might have that end goal, they might find it very hard indeed to be face to face with a A&R manager, or a label that wants to sculpt the sound differently as they already have a n artist who sounds like you that they want to push...
Hope this helps
cpm