
dobro
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"Now, I do realize there is a core group of regulars here that have become very close, and you guys always seem to find something positive about each other's music most of the time. Nothing wrong with that, but at some point you lose your ability to "tell it like it is", because as well all know too well, it's HARD to tell a close friend something negative."
Don't know about the others, but I tell it like it is. I like a lot of the people here too. I can do both things.
"When I start posting music, I will ask those that listen to it to be brutally open and honest."
There's no need to be brutally open and honest. You can often have just as big an effect with a gentle impact. I don't lie when I review stuff here - what's the point of that? But I'm not brutally honest, either - what's the use of that? Oh, hang on, I *have* been brutally honest a few times - when I really, REALLY like something here, I let the person know.
"You see, if you guys think it sucks, it won't hurt my feelings because you're just ascii text on the screen."
The people here are way more than letters on a screen - they're people, representing themselves with messages on a screen. I've got a very real sense of very real people behind these messages. People here move me, and I care about them and I care about what they feel and think and do.
"Now, I do realize there is a core group of regulars here that have become very close, and you guys always seem to find something positive about each other's music most of the time. Nothing wrong with that, but at some point you lose your ability to "tell it like it is", because as well all know too well, it's HARD to tell a close friend something negative."
Don't know about the others, but I tell it like it is. I like a lot of the people here too. I can do both things.
"When I start posting music, I will ask those that listen to it to be brutally open and honest."
There's no need to be brutally open and honest. You can often have just as big an effect with a gentle impact. I don't lie when I review stuff here - what's the point of that? But I'm not brutally honest, either - what's the use of that? Oh, hang on, I *have* been brutally honest a few times - when I really, REALLY like something here, I let the person know.
"You see, if you guys think it sucks, it won't hurt my feelings because you're just ascii text on the screen."
The people here are way more than letters on a screen - they're people, representing themselves with messages on a screen. I've got a very real sense of very real people behind these messages. People here move me, and I care about them and I care about what they feel and think and do.