MUSIC CRITICS/music reviewers are USELESS! Corporate America trash!

0:00 - My experience writing a music review blog https://romanmidnightmusic.blogspot.com/
4:42 - Music critics used to recommend albums & share musicians in a pre-digital music world | magazines shared music | discovering music by having to buy albums
10:46 - Hearing music immediately via youtube, Spotify & streaming instead of reading magazines
12:35 - Allmusic.com review site
13:40 - Modern music critics are the voice of corporate America or want to be
15:41 - Modern music critics are afraid of being cancelled or going against the grain | promoting music instead of reviewing it
18:51 - Unable to handle negativity backlash
20:41 - Grifters & posers not caring about the music
23:28 - Not trusting modern music critics | critics not caring about music & not really listening | Rolling Stone magazine
26:41 - Legit music critics not needed due to youtube & reaching a small older artist
27:31 - Paid reviews | copy & paste trash reviews | personal story of being offered money
30:01 - Non-music fans don't go to reviews & research music | no audience for reviews
32:11 - What the purpose of music reviewers today? | Lou Reed story of bad interview
33:33 - Past vs present | mixtapes | do not need music critics/reviewers
35:40 - How many albums are sold due to reviews? | knowing about new albums
39:14 - Value of music reviewers today for non-streaming limited edition albums & indie groups (visit Bamboozle with the Bass Pixie https://www.youtube.com/@BamboozleHQ)
42:27 - Music interviews & documentaries as the future | ragtime review blog & musical niches
46:24 - Closing thoughts

Live 6/19/2024.

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Regular live show. I'm a double bassist in Portland, Maine chatting about music with a focus on classic rock. 📻 Also here are interviews from my 2011-12 podcast "The Roman Midnight Music Podcast", as they are no longer available elsewhere. Channel duplicated on Rumble.

🎧 I played bass in metal trio Tired Wings, alt-country group Willy Martin & The Woods. I've studied slap bass with Slick Joe Fick & Adam Ben Ezra, jazz history with bassist Chuck Israels (Bill Evans Trio, Stan Getz), jazz theory with clarinetist Titus Abbott, world music with singer Margot Hanson. I play exclusively double bass with K&K & Shadow rockabilly pre-amp/pick-ups, Fender Rumble amps, Innovation Rockabilly Reds strings. 🎼

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