I think there are two kinds of feedback, Subjective and Objective. Subjective means "do I like this, or don't I" and thats what REALLY matters in the end. I could play Visions of Johanna, one of Dylan's best songs, to my Niece and Nephew, and they would call it the worst thing they heard in a long time. Me being into music and songwriting, could counter with "reasons" why it's great. None of that matters, thats for text books, reality is, people like whatever they like, for whatever reasons they like.

Objective means there is a right way and a wrong way of doing things. ie, a guitar teacher might tell his student, "you are not fingering this scale correctly" even though the person can still play whats needed right, technically he's still playing it the wrong way, and thought to be developing bad habits. Again, if somebody listens to this guy playing on a record or live, it's not really going to matter if hes playing correctly, all the listener is concerned with is how he sounds and how his playing makes him feel.

Objective reviews may work better for somebody pitching to Nashville. Like, if you have a guy who already has major cuts in Nashville, and he tells you that this is not going to work, he might be on to something.

When it comes to you being the artist, it still pretty much comes down to people liking it or not liking it.

People on this forum tend to over analyze too much. Sometimes people post a song without posting the lyrics, and it's like "huh" wheres the lyrics. They immediately look at the lyrics posted on the forum, and start forming opinions before they hear anything. Which is NOT how music is listened to. Having the lyrics written somewhere is a luxury, not a necessity. So if you look for the lyrics before the song starts, your opinion of the song is already influenced.

But in regards to Mike's question. No, nobody is "smarter" when it comes to what they like. Some people think Gene Simmons is the greatest bass player of all time. There's no way to factually deny that. The Sex Pistols had MILLIONS of fans, they obviously did something to make people like them.

I see this here quite a bit and not just with music. Like if somebody is capable of making good productions, or plays an instrument well or whatever, that somehow they know more about OTHER things as well. Bring up politics, and some folks here tend to believe they are correct, and based on what? Because they play guitar well?

Simply put, I doubt that Mozart would have thought much of The Ramones, but I would still like The Ramones!

But I was also surprised to learn that Clapton was a fan of Green Day, and The Boss was a fan of Social Distortion.

Last edited by Fdemetrio; 07/05/19 09:38 AM.