Hi FD:

You make some valid points. A Brutally Honest Critique Section might be workable but only Brian can consider such an option.

Yes, insults do play differently in the "brain of each beholder" and reactions can be all over the map.

New to the forum indeed, does not mean "new to music and all it's attendant baggage"... LOL! There are people who have never been here and will never bother to be here because they write better "stuff" than any of us. (That's why we are here and they are there! IMHO)

I don't ask for crits on the demos I've had done by others... I have them posted here for shameless self-promotion... LOL! The only person deciding on changes would be me... or an artist who heard it and had enough "star-power" to ask for a change here or there. (I doubt if many "Majors" spend time here with us... they have "people" for that!)

Thanks, as always, for your insightful perspective... you always "light up the boards" and that is a healthy thing.

All the best, ----Dave