I do listen to them, but mainly for major errors that I might have missed. For example if something really stands out badly then I can go back and fix it.

I rarely go and make sweeping changes as then it's not really my track anymore.

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Originally posted by Eric J I have to admit I do this as well. I think in this situation it becomes easy to "miss the forest for the trees" so to speak. but as a producer you will usually have a more critical ear that the average listener. I'll tell you that I take my biggest advice on tracks from people who are not producers or not even EDM fans. Usually someone who is totally disconnected from your work and even your music will give a far more objective opinion. My girlfriend is not an EDM fan at all, and she is not afraid to tell me when a track sucks, so I usually know that when she makes an unsolicited comment about a track being good, i think that holds a lot of weight, because she has no preconcieved notions of what things are "supposed" to sound like, she just knows if its good or not in her opinion.

same here, I go to friends who aren't really into edm. Though some changes I don't make because I feel like "I" myself think it should sound a certain way. But in the end, you can't please everyone. People have different tastes.

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Originally posted by StanVoid what if someone's life depended on it?

What if monkeys were our supreme overlords?

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I do take peoples comments on board, but with anything to do with any art, I always finish (pretty much) a track before anyone else sees it, so any advice is really good, but usually goes into the next track rather than the current one...

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Originally posted by zodiac9 I used to think the promotion section was for, what else, promoting your tracks. From what I gather, it doesn't much have to do with that. Most of the active members of that section are active members here as well. They should really change the name of that section to "track feedback", or something, as it has little to do with promotion.

This is a good point. I actually posted a work in progress on here for some good feedback but was told i should be posting it in the promotion section even though it wasn't even finished...

Everyone's comments have been interesting. I started to wonder if I was being arrogant for thinking someone who gave me feedback was just plain wrong and far too subjective (even though I suspect they are more experienced than me).

Reading your comments, it seems once you reach a certain level, receiving feedback from fellow producers becomes less and less worth it. I think I'll still post tracks in there but will be more confident in the future of my own decisions...

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Comments are sometimes helpful. if I've been working on a track continuously I can become blind to some of it's faults. I may have a feeling that bits need to be changed & that is usually reinforced by people posting a review in the promotional section.

One thing I see happening more often though is this:
New & even existing TA producers come in & post up their track & expect comments without checking out other peoples turns & commenting on them. People then wonder why they get "0" replies. The general rule should be post your track up & then review 4 tracks minimum. Review 2 Un-responded threads & then 2 personal selections. By doing this the review system will work much better & you'll see less of those '0 replies'.

Post 1 track, review 4. It's simple! & the music promotional section will become more active because of it!

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Originally posted by Xenocreator_PG_ Post 1 track, review 4. It's simple! & the music promotional section will become more active because of it!

i havent yet posted a track there as ive not yet completed one to my satisfaction! but i regurlaryly listen to them to compare them to my work, i only leave feedback if i like the the track as i dont feel warrented to give advice if its not up to scratch, but i must admit i almost always disagree with alot of the negative feedback and think people may not even have better tracks to back there judgement up

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Originally posted by chrisspob people may not even have better tracks to back there judgement up

What do you mean by this, exactly?

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery What do you mean by this, exactly?

Don't you know? If you haven't produced anything better yourself, you do not have the right to give negative feedback!!1

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Originally posted by TOR Don't you know? If you haven't produced anything better yourself, you do not have the right to give negative feedback!!1

I thought that was it but the spelling was so poor I couldn't be sure.

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