>open RYM>check reviews for highly rated album>"this masterwork created a sonic landscape like zooming over clouds while also retaining the emotional punch of a down-to-earth musician. The album was like opening seven extra eyes and seeing the world from a new perspective. It feels like getting high and tripping acid multiplied with each other. 5/5">none of them mention anything of musical substanceThese people really need to take a music theory class and listen to some classical.
never could get into online review culture even when it was at its “peak” because of stuff like this
>>129670922>I like how the coda invoked the circle of fifths during the ossia cadenza. And the Iwato scale at the end! Sublime!Yeah, that's gonna be much better
The funny reviews are the best. Shame the tranny mods keep delete literal 20 year old reviews because of it.
>>129670922Oh ok
>>129671188>hey im a retard but lemme tell you i know more than you
>>129671188yes that is indeed much better. what point were you trying to make?
>>129670922>theory slop
>>129671188Music criticism is really lame regardless of how it's done. In real life with your friends or whatever it never goes like that. It's just 'that song is so beautiful!' or whatever and that's that. The only people to get autistic about it with are bandmates or fellow musicians you might collaborate with.
>>129671524>>129671540My point was that you are a insufferable prick if you "perceive" music through the lens of theory. Sorry for being unclear in my communication.Also, this >>129671588If you have to establish a framework to speak about what you like, it seems a little hedgy and infantile. Kinda like when kids make a blanket fort.
classical fans might be even more annoying than kpop fans, interestingly they're both weebs
>>129670922>jakshitter talking about highfalutin discourse
>>129670922What did you expect.
>>129671188This. Both the vague imaginative language and the granular theorytism are unhelpful. Metal Archives reviews in the site's prime are a better example of how to describe and review music in ways that are concrete but not obtuse or clinical.
>>129671188There's a middle ground you know?
>>129670922couldn't care less through which lense people describe music in their reviews. what really makes 90% of users seem retarded is that their rating distribution looks like picrel.
>>129672262How is it retarded to not listen to music you don't like?
>>129672710it's not
>>129672218Yes, I do now. The middle ground is >grug like this music>this music make grug feel goodand this is unironically the best you can do.
>>129670922>open RYMYou're the retard for using that site.
Reminder
>>129673821the ultimate redpill that unlocks all of music including writing it. just play random shit until something sounds good, who gives a fuck what key you're in.
>>129672262distro centering on 4 stars is a lil high but 3.5 stars is reasonable if you don't spend time reviewing mediocre crap (you shouldn't)
>These people really need to take a music theory class and listen to some classical.
>>129674868He is right though. That gets you better at music immediately. Just learning piano makes you better at writing music immediately because all the notes are there, from piano you can transcribe to guitar, bass, etc. Whatever you want.
>>129674839right, so how do you know what is mediocre crap before you listen to it? this only works if you have a basic bitch taste and agree with the rym rating most of the time anyways. Your rating is just replicating the existing score, there's no real point to it, you're just feeding the hivemind. otherwise, if you treat rym as a platform to broadcast your taste by only rating albums you enjoy, then you're really missing the point of the site.
>>129673800That's how you get braindead pop music
