Review transfers from PA?

I've ported several reviews already, plus some totally new ones. All the old ones from PA needed editing, and lots of it. With great pleasure, I'm porting my infamous Kayo Dot review here at last, though I'm making serious adjustments. Maybe, surprise surprise, I won't give it 0.5 stars... 

OK, then brace yourself for a slew of really nasty 1-star reviews!

^I�ve already posted my first 1 star review. It was for a demo though so it didn�t appear on the frontpage

We need some negative reviews, as I think everyone is doing their favorites first, which is natural. Bring 'em on!

I may actually do a Blackwater Park review. It seemed pointless to do at PA.

I've done the same as well, editing any references to prog (unless it was prog-metal) from my PA reviews. I have quite a lot for bands that are here, but it will take me some time to transfer them all. These days I'm often out because of work, and when I get back I'm usually too tired to do anything intellectually demanding.

topofsm wrote: This is just a general question. I came over from PA and I have 70 album reviews there, a good majority of them being metal albums. Would it help the site more if I transferred my reviews over to here? Of course my ratings would be revised to gear more towards metal listeners and I might reword it quite a bit. But would that be a good thing to do? Seeing as we're waiting to get enough reviews in for a chart system to be implemented.

Edited by Sean Trane - 07 Apr 2010 at 7:46am

For what it�s worth I actually find your reviews very well written and informative. About details people have different ideas of what they would like to read in a review. personally I don�t care much for in depth theoretical analysis of the music or song by song analysis. I like to read an overall description of the music on an album. How does the music sound, production ( sound quality) and musicianship ( maybe with a couple of song mentions. Highlights...etc.) and maybe some context too. Is it a debut or why did they go in this direction on this album when their last album sounded like that. That�s how I try to write my reviews anyway. It�s not a universal formula and reading reviews on PA for a couple of years now I see many different styles and English language levels too. I have my favorite reviewers there. I guess we all do and the same will probably apply here on MMA. I love the multitude of writing styles. That�s what makes this concept so great. Free of so-called professional reviewers. Just people who love music and want to share their experiences with others ( good or bad).

I have lots of reviews waiting to be transfered from PA but most need minor editing and I�m a bit short of time right now, but I�m dying to write more reviews again ( and edit the ones I�ve already written). Working on the database is rewarding in its own right but writing reviews is my number one pleasure.

Of course. Getting more reviews will also make the site more popular as it will also appear in more searches for reviews of artists...