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Hi there, emers
Well, I'm starting to brace myself for reviews. I received a few so far, and the ones I discovered today... well, I'm not sure how to read them. They seem slightly perplexed.
There's this one from This Is Fake DIY:
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It seems actually to be a strong review, I don't read anything negative in the review, but I only got 3.5 stars out of 5.
This one from the milk factory seems much better I think...
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Still, it's kind of reserving judgement a bit, right? Still 4.7 out of 5 is much bettah! I'm going to have to toughen myself up because I'm sure there will be some slams.
There was also a review in French music magazine Les Inrock, but alas, it's just print and not online anywhere... AND IN FRENCH!!! I have been assured it's actually a really positive review, but I can't prove it as I don't read French!
If anyone can translate, I'd be so appreciative!: link
Man, last night I did an open mic that just bombed so horribly! I'm finding that crowds don't quite know what to make of my music. I suppose it's not wise to start with a song like Puss, which, although is upbeat, is rather strange and is sung in gibberish.
My set did not start off too well, as my old iPod jammed and I couldn't get it to start, so wasted like 5 minutes struggling with the old one. Then I usally whistle at the end but my mouth was so utterly parched that I ended up having to sing the melody and it was like 5 steps higher than my range so cracked hideously!!! ahh!!!!
Then I spent another few wasted minutes finding the song on my new iPod. The next song I did was Moon After Berceuse, but I couldn't find the karaoke version, so I had to play this bass-line accompaniment only track I made for a video I just made for it. So basically it was accapella. The audience reaction was... meh, although I felt the vocal performance was quite powerful.
ahwell... picking myself and moving forward.
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mechp
Don't sweat the numbers/stars/grades too much when it comes to reviews. If there is one thing reviewers love to complain about, it's being forced to assign numeric scores, so if the text is favorable (and I think it is in those two cases!) then you're good to go! 
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Fredo
thanks, mechp.
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adcBicycle
I think those are great reviews man... definitely positive!
Where can we hear this tunng remix?
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theflame
"And whatever sound he's making, it's something new and pretty exciting."
Awesome
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Fredo
hi adcBicycle. Come on iChat.
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Fredo
anyone parlez vous?
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quip
i hate reviews, even when they are good!
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adcBicycle
Here's my feeble attempt to translate... a pretty literal translation... plus I didn't understand some phrases:
A solo and illuminated man sings cosmic pop chorale music.
Ever since this song and this name arrived, with insistance and fire, on the blogs, they almost finished by believing that this a capella single was part of the furniture, in a current language, of the base element of which all ipods consist. Smoldered (?) by jonathan demme or massive attack, the young creater of pub american-british-italien (?) doesn't come to pass until today, with the Sad Song, with two new titles (and 3 remixes), where it would be indecent to talk about the B sides, of ragotons (?): how many groups fight to compose with natural eccentricity and the joy of Hogwash? Not to forget that the cosmic folk of Tunng remix here The Sad Song: like this family was an hallucination of Viola, holding the doma(?) - as malignant as this record is, like animal collective or bata band, with a big enough tray to arrnge this music between folk, pop, electronic and the beyond.
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yghartsyrt
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i love a good review. but those are rare nowadays.
***that was meant as an aswer to quip***
when i need to write them (reviews that is), i hate doing that numerical ranking. the text itself is really more important and that's what i focus on.
and you good some really good ones there.
congrats.
my last record got only reviewed like 3 or 4 times.  meh
and don't be so nervous about everything
because you are fucking amazing.
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Fredo
hahahahah!
The way that last sentence was explained to me it was that it's a malignant job to categorize the music, like animal collective or beta band.... Anyway, the label is thrilled as this is a very important and somewhat difficult journalist in France, and supposedly he is on our side!
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adcBicycle
what's this ichat broo ha ha? A mac thing I imagine?
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Fredo
thanks yghartsyrt! I think my biggest problem is extreme self-consicouslness. It makes my live performances very awkward and perhaps a bit boring. I have been doing some live to tape performance over the last six months which should be released on my new website in about a month or so and those are much better.
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Fredo
oh, hahah... aim...?!
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adcBicycle
ah, I see... I was wondering why they found your music (and animal collectives) malignant.
But yeah, definitely a positive review!!
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madeofoak
don't sweat 3.5 out of 5! that's great!
and don't sweat reviews in general. i've gotten to a point where i actually enjoy reading bad reviews much more than good ones. they're often funny. and your ep kicks ass, and you know that. done deal.
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