No, I don't write bad reviews... 😀
I’m getting the same question over and over again so I’ll make it easy for myself and put down the answer here and next time I just refer to this blog for the answer! The question? “Why don’t you ever write something negative about the concerts, gigs you attend?”
This is a discussion I actually started in the early 80s and my answer is still the same. Why should I? And no, I’m not trying to be nice, on the contrary! But just like then and even more now, I do know how to use the World Wide Web. What does that have to do with my reviews? Well everything! If I want to go and see a band for the first time I actually use the internet and for example the streaming services that are available, if I like it fine I’ll go, if not? You already guessed right, I’ll stay home or go somewhere else! 😀 This doesn’t require any master in brain chirurgy, at least I don’t think so. I don’t know about the younger generation but I can also ask (that’s ask like in talk) my friends about the band if the information from WWW doesn’t satisfy me, I’m aware off that actually speaking to someone face 2 face might sound little like the dinosaur generation but I was raised that way, try to understand…
No , I don’t get a satisfaction in putting people down...
My system doesn’t work all the time, of course. So sometimes I run into something that was not exactly what I hoped for, this is only natural. After all I do attend a lot of gigs, concerts in a year. And then what? If I run into something that I don’t like I just don’t write anything about it, I stay dead quiet and that makes me not a very nice person, because all PR is good PR right? And if I’m totally quiet then… The other reason is that unlike many of my “colleagues” in the same line of business I don’t get a satisfaction in putting people down, people that are giving their body and soul to something that didn’t please me, something I didn’t maybe understand, something that many others liked, I mean maybe the problem then is in my mirror? I’m fully aware off that I don’t get many friends with this blog, but I can live with that! 😀
Yka . . . it’s because you’re a decent bloke !
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