I've found that there's a preferred way to judge t...

2007-10-10T01:35:00.000+01:00

I've found that there's a preferred way to judge the value of a piece of writing on music, regardless of source (newspaper, magazine, blog) or purpose (commmentary, recording review, concert review). The requirement is to have read a sizable number of pieces by that same writer. Only then do you have a reasonable chance of matching up what they say to your own experience/taste.

This is not to say that you generally agree with the writer. Not so ... I've sometimes bought a CD that I was confident I'd like just because so-and-so hated it.

Not infallible, of course, but it's a good starting point in my experience.

Now ... if you've never read anything else that I've written, how do you judge whether to take this response serio ... look, just take my word for it, OK?? :-)

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