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I never connect 'negativity' with criticism or 'positivity' with praise. Yes, pessimists can generally be pissed off about everything, while optimists tend to generate praise all the time. I don't think it depends on your world view though. A pessimist is a well-informed optimist anyway. So I don't give a chance for a mistake to sneak in only because it's small and I call out mistakes if I see them. I also love it when my work is criticised, it's far more useful for improving than praise. I see no purpose of praise in discussions in particular as if something's great, it's kinda obvious... (And the discussion is just full of "Thumbs up!", "Great!", "Fantastic!" messages)

So when I see a piece of work, unless it's a renowned masterpiece (even if it is, so what? It doesn't mean it's perfect) or a famous person's quote, I wonder how you can do it better. If the answer is "You absolutely can't", well, my congratulations then, you have achieved perfection. But usually, and I always validate it by asking various people or analysing discussions, flaws are inevitable. It's just sometimes they outshine the thing in question, and sometimes doesn't. The comments section is THE BEST part about social media, and often they are more interesting than the post itself. Gotta LOVE commentators with valuable input, negative or not.

Can't use Mark's music? Well, how about no music at all then? Rick Beato's Abbey Road Tour is a good example of how to do a studio tour:

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One Deep River / The Boy / Re: Album Reviews
« Last post by hunter v2.0 on Today at 10:38:47 AM »
He's spot on in the sense that Mark is a quality-oriented artist and cares about his craft and has done so since the early days. No-one can say any of his solo albums are bad, because they simply aren't, objectively speaking. But looking back at his solo career, I do wonder why he wasn't more daring and willing to challenge himself. Step outside the box. It's been a variation on a theme, all the way. He's financially independent and has total artistic freedom, and yet it's almost the same album again and again, with minor twists and tweaks. I'm really curious about what it is that makes him stick so close to the well-known.
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Where exactly am I wrong? I was only describing the situation, not telling anyone what to do?

LE
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If I may be allowed to say so:

Chris is purely factual and pragmatic orientated and participates in several forums with the aim of getting and exchanging information and facts. No place for humour, hanging-around and worthless speculative talk about MK/DS as he is no "fan".

AMIT though is a place where fans hang around like in a pub and chatter and speculate with a very high nerd/geek factor. (And then there is Quizzaciously who triggered Chris from Day One.)  AMIT is not what Chris is used to find in a music forum (which AMIT isn't) and Chris with his pure pragmatism isn't what AMITERS are used to find at their place.

The key word here is "fan". Maybe we should keep in mind that fans are biased and because of that there is always potential for fights and disagreement. I think it is perfectly fine with both views and we should be able to get along in a civilized way. I for my part love to read Chris' posts and find they are a valuable contribution. Just my two cents.

LE
I think you are wrong and overgeneralizing. As I recall, AMIT was buildt on freedome of expression. Let people argue and go on. Everyone in here are real AMITERS and they are quite diverse. And welcome. Just don’t tell fellow amiters what they mean or how they are.
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One Deep River / The Boy / Re: Album Reviews
« Last post by dustyvalentino on Today at 10:19:44 AM »
Here is the review from Classic Rock May 24 edition.
No pictures but 8/10 is pretty pretty good.
Mark Knopfler
One Deep River
BRITISH GROVE/EMI

Straits mainman delivers one
of his best solo records.

To paraphrase Kenneth Tynan
on Eugene Ionesco, once you’ve
heard all of Mark Knopfler’s solo
albums, you’ve heard one of
them. There’s one or two
reflective world-weary ballads,
a couple of reflective worldweary toe tappers, and some
finely wrought reflective worldweary character studies that
are self-contained short stories.
Because the thing about
Knopfler’s solo albums – of
which this is the tenth, if you
don’t count soundtracks – is
that it doesn’t matter that
they’re all cut from the same
cloth, because it’s a brilliant
cloth, part Dylan, part folk, part
stadium melancholy.
One Deep River is one of
Knopfler’s best. These are
gorgeous songs, sung in a voice
that sounds like it’s lived a life
that’s full, and the character
songs – which Knopfler has
excelled at since Sultans Of
Swing – are as poignant as ever.
Roll on album number 11.
■■■■■■■■
David Quantick

Thank you. David Quantik is a great guy (his twitter is hilarious) but I had no idea he was an MK fan. He’s spot on regarding MK’s albums here.
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Sure, although I understand fans. I am a fan myself. I'm a fan of McCartney, Pat Metheny, Todd Rundgren.
My main point is, soooo much negativity all the time.

I'm also a professional in the music industry. I make videos for Youtube. I kind of do it as a service. They take a few days to make each one and I make zero income from them, not even costs. It's not easy to make them and I don't have the energy to make them super slick like a Rick Beato. It's not earning me any income.
Youtube is an incredible resource though. I watch videos everyday - whether it's old concert footage, or a tutorial by a well known record producer, or someone doing a drum cover.
I can't think of a single reason to criticise a free video featuring a couple of Mark's employees showing you the gear in his studio.
They can't use Mark's music, it would cost thousands to license and if not cleared the video would get a copyright strike. No one in their right mind would mind some DS style library music as a background to some footage of mark's incredible studio gear.
I've worked at British Grove and while it is arguably the best equipped studio in London, it is not a holy site, or dripping with mojo, especially as Mark is hardly ever there. It is a very high end professional facility where people go to work.
At least if you are a 'fan', look on the positive side, be glass half full, don't always look for ways to drag things down into negativity.
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One Deep River / The Boy / Re: (1) Two pairs of hands
« Last post by Iron Hand on Today at 09:46:27 AM »
And now we know that the title line is a genuine malapropism, and a good one at that. "I've only got two pairs of hands" = either "I've only got two hands" or "I've only got one pair of hands".
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One Deep River / The Boy / Re: Album Reviews
« Last post by Love Expresso on Today at 09:28:54 AM »
I just saw that the German Rolling Stone Magazine announces MK on the cover, so there is apparently a review in it. I had no chance to buy it but will try tomorrow. Maybe somebody else is able to have a look?

LE
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If I may be allowed to say so:

Chris is purely factual and pragmatic orientated and participates in several forums with the aim of getting and exchanging information and facts. No place for humour, hanging-around and worthless speculative talk about MK/DS as he is no "fan".

AMIT though is a place where fans hang around like in a pub and chatter and speculate with a very high nerd/geek factor. (And then there is Quizzaciously who triggered Chris from Day One.)  AMIT is not what Chris is used to find in a music forum (which AMIT isn't) and Chris with his pure pragmatism isn't what AMITERS are used to find at their place.

The key word here is "fan". Maybe we should keep in mind that fans are biased and because of that there is always potential for fights and disagreement. I think it is perfectly fine with both views and we should be able to get along in a civilized way. I for my part love to read Chris' posts and find they are a valuable contribution. Just my two cents.

LE
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One Deep River / The Boy / Re: Album Reviews
« Last post by wakeywakey on Today at 04:27:16 AM »
Here is the review from Classic Rock May 24 edition.
No pictures but 8/10 is pretty pretty good.
Mark Knopfler
One Deep River
BRITISH GROVE/EMI

Straits mainman delivers one
of his best solo records.

To paraphrase Kenneth Tynan
on Eugene Ionesco, once you’ve
heard all of Mark Knopfler’s solo
albums, you’ve heard one of
them. There’s one or two
reflective world-weary ballads,
a couple of reflective worldweary toe tappers, and some
finely wrought reflective worldweary character studies that
are self-contained short stories.
Because the thing about
Knopfler’s solo albums – of
which this is the tenth, if you
don’t count soundtracks – is
that it doesn’t matter that
they’re all cut from the same
cloth, because it’s a brilliant
cloth, part Dylan, part folk, part
stadium melancholy.
One Deep River is one of
Knopfler’s best. These are
gorgeous songs, sung in a voice
that sounds like it’s lived a life
that’s full, and the character
songs – which Knopfler has
excelled at since Sultans Of
Swing – are as poignant as ever.
Roll on album number 11.
■■■■■■■■
David Quantick
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