I'm sure I've done this myself. But... after seeing this, I'll never do it again:
http://www.dprp.net/reviews/200649.php#jop
In his rush to chastise the label for not allowing him to promote the band properly, he didn't promote it at all. If it was that important to him for the album to be reviewed, why is it a problem to wait and buy the album and then review it? Then you can hammer the label AND do the proper review thing.
"In reality we spend hundreds of hours every year in our own unpaid time listening to albums and writing reviews, travelling thousands of miles to review shows and to interview the bands, in order to promote the music that we love."
Yeah, I definitely used to let loose with crap like this. Doing all of this expecting to be given cookies from record labels is a path to tears...
... and of course, when complaining that he can't help publicize a new record, instead of taking steps to correct the problem and doing what he wants to do independently, he's going to go further and REFUSE to review/publicize anything on this same label. Counter-productive to his goal of being recognized by the label as useful, isn't it?
... so how did he know how long the album really is, anyway?
http://www.dprp.net/reviews/200649.php#jop
In his rush to chastise the label for not allowing him to promote the band properly, he didn't promote it at all. If it was that important to him for the album to be reviewed, why is it a problem to wait and buy the album and then review it? Then you can hammer the label AND do the proper review thing.
"In reality we spend hundreds of hours every year in our own unpaid time listening to albums and writing reviews, travelling thousands of miles to review shows and to interview the bands, in order to promote the music that we love."
Yeah, I definitely used to let loose with crap like this. Doing all of this expecting to be given cookies from record labels is a path to tears...
... and of course, when complaining that he can't help publicize a new record, instead of taking steps to correct the problem and doing what he wants to do independently, he's going to go further and REFUSE to review/publicize anything on this same label. Counter-productive to his goal of being recognized by the label as useful, isn't it?
... so how did he know how long the album really is, anyway?