On Sun, 16 Mar 2003 11:24:19 -0800 skip Heller wrote:
Dear Efren --
Before you dismiss anything made by an artist as thorough and scrupulous as Dave, you'd better listen a bunch more. I didn't hear as much in the music as I needed until about the fourth listen, and now I'm hearing all these wonderful surprises everytime I put it on. It's a pretty compelling record if you know how to listen to it.
On the other hand, if you know how to make a better record than FREAK IN, I'm dying to hear it.
Are you implying that only musicians are qualified to criticize music? Not to start a polemic, but I have bought many records that you (Skip) recommended, and I almost never liked any. They had all in common of being done by artists in full control of their means (and, I guess, technically flawless) but were, IMHO, quite boring and low on imagination and surprises. On the other side, you have quite often criticized artists with so-so technical skills, but with, (again) IMHO, a lot to say and more exciting. Which means that I am facing this great dilemma: Skip is very equipped to judge music (I am not) but I seem to care little of what he enjoys? Should I see a doctor? Patrice.