Originally Posted By: axeplayer
This is an interesting thread and in many ways gets to the core of what the user showcase is all about.

This should be your last sentence rather than your first. After reading through your comment to the end, I think you've completely missed the 'core' of the User Showcase.

My observation has been that there is a regular group of people on the forum who submit songs (and good luck to them on that) but it does seem to me that they get so familiar with each other and saying good things to each other, that should someone post a song that is a total load of rubbish that somehow they others in the group will still praise it.

This observation is the beginning of the misunderstanding of the stated intent of the User Showcase. The User Showcase is not a competition, talent show nor requires a scaled ability level of proficiency. Beginners to advanced share the same stage for listeners of all temperments to enjoy. Once you understand what the User Showcase is, it should be easier for you to skip forward past a posting you think is rubbish without commenting. Silence is Golden.

I have head songs on the showcase where the singer is "simply roaring and bawling" comes across as they cobbled the whole song (if you could call it that together in 15 minutes)

God only knows why they submitted the song in the first place, and still song gets a lot of praise from others. And these songs aren't from newbies either but people who submit on a regular basis.

The only proper response here is when you encounter this situation, open your wallet and take a $100, write "Good Song" on it and mail it to the artist. You will always feel better at the end of the day.



Sometimes I imagine that the others in the group who are doing the praising are simply doing it totally out of jest, like "hey this is so bad but you have giving me such a great laugh that I will encourage and inflate your ego so much that you will do it again"

I don't know of any regular poster I've ever read one of their comments on a song where I felt they were making fun of the artist. Thankfully, that exists only in your imagination and your lack of understanding the purpose of the User Showcase.

And of course there are other songs on the showcase that are simply stunning and deserve all the adulation and more that they get.

These are the artists and songs you should click on. It will save you a lot of $100 bills in the long run.


The problem as I see it there is no consistency.

User Showcase = All skill levels in writing, mixing, production and performance = Consistency through and through.


Last edited by Charlie Fogle; 05/26/18 04:23 AM.
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