Panned
My music was somewhat panned at Heathen Harvest, in a review of my cdr Solid (W.A.R. Productions). Here is the review:
http://www.heathenharvest.com/article.php?story=20071114205133587
I read the review several times and realized in the end that I agree with a lot of it. Though I don’t find my songs to be boring (as reviewer Perceptron does), I do admit that compositionally they have a certain simplicity. I am more interested in subtle changes and developments in sound rather than larger, more obvious changes, and this has been true for some time.
Basically, his point being that his “naive” ears don’t appreciate the minimal ambient material in “Solid” just reminds me that my music is not for everyone, but for fans of certain kinds of esoteric industrial and ambient sounds.
And when he suggests that people try my music before buying it, I completely agree. Hence:
http://www.myspace.com/mystified
By the way, one small correction– the 19 copies of “Solid” sold out in 3 weeks. I don’t know why Perceptron thought there were more left.
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Thomas on 15 Nov 2007 at 9:00 pm #
Some friends were nice enough to respond:
“Hey Thomas. . . You can tell the reviewer’s wrestling with the music and trying to come to terms with it - that’s probably a good thing, especially for the reviewer, as ambient music has been misnamed in recent years. When it comes to ambient music I think that trying to make ‘interesting’ sounds or structures misses the point a bit. I think good ambience, like yours, is like a picture or a goldfish bowl in the room - it doesn’t evolve, but it colours the environment and subtly alters the mood. It’s definitely not for direct listening, and not for picking out details, but that’s what the reviewer’s trying (and failing) to do.”
“I have to say that the minimalistic changes trough the tracks was what made me interested in Mystified. How you get it interesting when you’re only doing small changes and also that makes me more focused on the sounds. I’ve experienced more changes in some tracks than others, but all it all I find at least 90% of the music really interesting, and the 10 remaining per cents are just interesting (without the really infront). So please do not read reviews to find out if music is good or bad. Listen and find it out yourself!!!”
Thanks folks.