Re: Credit where credit is due

[Marvin <physchem...>]

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From: "DAVID CHEVAN" <dchevan (at) snet(dot)net>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 1:40 PM
Subject: Re: Credit where credit is due


> Okay, okay.  Whether my site was or was not one of those you visited I
> publicly admit my guilt.  And, like any good sinnah, I'm going to try to
> repent next time I update that page of my site (ie., don't go back there
> tomorrow and expect to find this oversight corrected).
> I'd like to make a further extension of George's statement.  By leaving
our
> critics anonymous we further marginalize what is, by most industry
accounts
> anyway, a marginalized art form.  If George, Gideon, or Seth can establish
> themselves as critical names with impact, that would suggest to the music
> industry that there is something going on in the Jewish music world that
has
> viability, and from their perspective, profit.  Believe me, when you are a
> Jewish musician who is trying to earn back the dollars you've invested in
a
> self-produced work, profit -- any degree of profit -- matters.  And that's
> just the beginning of the extension of my point.
>

I always look for the critic/reviewer's name.  I want to know, based on past
performance, whether his or hers views are close to mine.

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