So... I guess none of my *friends* were going to tell me the truth?

c) The guy at Venice beach that roller skates backwards while playing guitar for you.

mike_mccue


Hey everyone!!! My home made music was actually reviewed on the interweb today.

pick one:

a) Simon Cowell
b) mike's dad
c) The guy at Venice beach that roller skates backwards while playing guitar for you.



"I've listened to the music on your website. It's absolutely appalling, from both a musical point of view and an engineering one."


I hope I still have a chance to get on Idol.

Maybe this press release will get me some much needed attention.

mike_mccue


Yeah Bill... you coulda had my back on this one... I thought I heard someone shout the b word but it tunred out to be an echo.

Maybe next time?

:-)

bayoubill


I hope I didn't let you down Mike. If I'm here you're covered!
Which thread did I miss?

John T


How surprised am I to find McCue selectively quoting out of context to cruise for positive strokes? Not surprised at all.

The full point being made was this:

"I've listened to the music on your website. It's absolutely appalling, from both a musical point of view and an engineering one. It really shot to bits your "I'm a pro and everyone who disagrees with me is an amateur" stance. If you put a tenth as much energy into your work as you do into your screeds on here, I'm sure you'd be doing much better."

Not the friendliest position to take, sure. But the gap between Mike's presumption of superiority and what he actually produces is hysterically, embarrassingly huge, and it is inevitable that he will occasionally be called out on this.

Don't mind people being immodest, that's fine. There are members of this forum who really do make world class, incredible sounding stuff *. McCue is not one of them, not by a long stretch. Which is okay, it's fine to be a mediocre hobbyist, but it would be sensible to not, by default, talk down to far more skilled people all the time.

Anyway, have at it chaps. You want to stand around slapping a thin-skinned crybaby on the back who can't take a fraction of what he routinely dishes out, go right ahead.


*Interestingly, none of them are particularly arrogant about it, but I guess that's a slightly different subject.

John T


How surprised am I to find McCue selectively quoting out of context to cruise for positive strokes? Not surprised at all.

The full point being made was this:

"I've listened to the music on your website. It's absolutely appalling, from both a musical point of view and an engineering one. It really shot to bits your "I'm a pro and everyone who disagrees with me is an amateur" stance. If you put a tenth as much energy into your work as you do into your screeds on here, I'm sure you'd be doing much better."

Not the friendliest position to take, sure. But the gap between Mike's presumption of superiority and what he actually produces is hysterically, embarrassingly huge, and it is inevitable that he will occasionally be called out on this.

Don't mind people being immodest, that's fine. There are members of this forum who really do make world class, incredible sounding stuff *. McCue is not one of them, not by a long stretch. Which is okay, it's fine to be a mediocre hobbyist, but it would be sensible to not, by default, talk down to far more skilled people all the time.

Anyway, have at it chaps. You want to stand around slapping a thin-skinned crybaby on the back who can't take a fraction of what he routinely dishes out, go right ahead.


*Interestingly, none of them are particularly arrogant about it, but I guess that's a slightly different subject.