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==Introduction==
==Introduction==
[https://critiquebrainz.org/ CritiqueBrainz] is a repository for Creative Commons licensed music reviews where you can read what other people have written about an album or event and write your own [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Review review]! Writing a review is an easy task but writing a good one is little difficult. This article covers the points regarding how to write a good music review on [https://critiquebrainz.org/ CritiqueBrainz].
This is not a full-blown "how to" article. The internet has lots of resources if you'd like to read more about how to write engaging music [[wikipedia:Review|reviews]].

==Elements of an Album Review==

===Before you start===

* Read some good reviews!
*: You can find lots of great reviews on [https://critiquebrainz.org/review/4f0845ae-5418-4d42-8b2e-f9d49aac7fba CritiqueBrainz], or search the web.
* Write in a comfortable voice.
*: A good review probably won't sound like an academic paper, and probably won't sound like a youtube comment, but it should sound like ''you''.
*: Reviews don't need to be in English. If you're more comfortable in another language, go for it.

===Writing a well formatted review===
The editor in the review column follows [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown Markdown] so you can always beautify your review using the formatting styles because a well formatted article/review makes it readable and it becomes a little easy to understand what you have written. You can use the following [http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax link] to learn markdown.

===What Should You keep in Mind While Writing the review===

You should always keep in mind about the person who has not heard the music/song and he wants to listen it but before that he wants to know more about it like it's genre etc.

===Writing the review===
====Album Reviews====

*First,write a '''little, very short info''' about the song/album like it's singers, genre release date.
*If there are many songs in the album and if you are mentioning/reviewing it one by one it's advisable to link the names of the songs to their [http://acousticbrainz.org/ Acousticbrainz]'s Links.
*Your review should cover the points that what did you like in the song, which moment you loved the most or the song reminded you of which incident.
*Review should also contain the things (if any) which you didn't like or things which you think could be enhanced in a better way.
*It should also state that people which type of music taste would like the song/album or the songs would touch the heart of people whose loves music of that particular genre.
*You should also write about the artist too , that how was his work? What type of genre is he popular? Did he went something out of the way of his genre ? or he did it the same?
*Do the songs fit together to form a "whole"?If so the how?

Revision as of 10:44, 29 November 2016

Introduction

CritiqueBrainz is a repository for Creative Commons licensed music reviews where you can read what other people have written about an album or event and write your own review! Writing a review is an easy task but writing a good one is little difficult. This article covers the points regarding how to write a good music review on CritiqueBrainz.

Elements of an Album Review

Before you start

  • Read some good reviews!
    You can find lots of great reviews on CritiqueBrainz, or search the web.
  • Write in a comfortable voice.
    A good review probably won't sound like an academic paper, and probably won't sound like a youtube comment, but it should sound like you.
    Reviews don't need to be in English. If you're more comfortable in another language, go for it.

Writing a well formatted review

The editor in the review column follows Markdown so you can always beautify your review using the formatting styles because a well formatted article/review makes it readable and it becomes a little easy to understand what you have written. You can use the following link to learn markdown.

What Should You keep in Mind While Writing the review

You should always keep in mind about the person who has not heard the music/song and he wants to listen it but before that he wants to know more about it like it's genre etc.

Writing the review

Album Reviews

  • First,write a little, very short info about the song/album like it's singers, genre release date.
  • If there are many songs in the album and if you are mentioning/reviewing it one by one it's advisable to link the names of the songs to their Acousticbrainz's Links.
  • Your review should cover the points that what did you like in the song, which moment you loved the most or the song reminded you of which incident.
  • Review should also contain the things (if any) which you didn't like or things which you think could be enhanced in a better way.
  • It should also state that people which type of music taste would like the song/album or the songs would touch the heart of people whose loves music of that particular genre.
  • You should also write about the artist too , that how was his work? What type of genre is he popular? Did he went something out of the way of his genre ? or he did it the same?
  • Do the songs fit together to form a "whole"?If so the how?