Question Of Oppinion (lyrics, itunes, albums, member, tunes)

Schizotypic · 03-03-2009, 03:39 PM

My itunes has a rating scale. It's of stars, going from one to five. What do you think I should base my ratings of albums off of, specifically speaking? There can be more then five, because obviously it will vary from band to band. In example, I can't judge a band with no lyrics on their meaning. Feel free to also list a band as an example of what you mean.
Current ideas:
1-Quality of music
2-Meaning/depth
3-Originality

jackhammer · 03-03-2009, 04:11 PM

Base them off whether you like them and not what anyone else says you SHOULD like them by.

Alfred · 03-03-2009, 04:13 PM

I would base it off how much I actually enjoy it.

**Janszoon** · 03-03-2009, 04:45 PM

Does anyone really even use those stars?

Terrible Lizard · 03-03-2009, 04:52 PM

Mine are turtles on their backs.

Schizotypic · 03-03-2009, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

Base them off whether you like them and not what anyone else says you SHOULD like them by.

I tried that but it's really hard to apply how much I like them to the five star system. I want something to go off of, like guidelines. I was just looking for what other people go off of so I can make my own style of judging.

**Janszoon** · 03-03-2009, 05:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Schizotypic

I tried that but it's really hard to apply how much I like them to the five star system. I want something to go off of, like guidelines. I was just looking for what other people go off of so I can make my own style of judging.

Why use the stars at all?

dac · 03-03-2009, 06:18 PM

If I rated all of my music I'd have to spend a lot of time so eff that. Judge it on a combination of criteria though, instead of just one thing.

mannny · 03-03-2009, 07:37 PM

I use the stars so I can tell if I've listened to something yet becuase I usually have a lot of new, unlistened to music on my itunes. It's also a good way to remember whether or not you like the album very much, if you haven't listened to it for a while. I really put no thought into it though, just sort of a first impression type thing.

Schizotypic · 03-03-2009, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Why use the stars at all?

I don't know, it looks nifty. It's not like something I want to spend a bunch of time figuring out. Let me rephrase the question: What does everyone else here look for in good music? What qualities about a song or album do you appreciate the most?

03-03-2009, 03:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
Schizotypic Souls of Sound Sailors Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Mojave Posts: 759	Question Of Oppinion My itunes has a rating scale. It's of stars, going from one to five. What do you think I should base my ratings of albums off of, specifically speaking? There can be more then five, because obviously it will vary from band to band. In example, I can't judge a band with no lyrics on their meaning. Feel free to also list a band as an example of what you mean. Current ideas: 1-Quality of music 2-Meaning/depth 3-Originality

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03-03-2009, 07:37 PM	#9 (permalink)
mannny **** Steve Harvey Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: MASS Posts: 423	I use the stars so I can tell if I've listened to something yet becuase I usually have a lot of new, unlistened to music on my itunes. It's also a good way to remember whether or not you like the album very much, if you haven't listened to it for a while. I really put no thought into it though, just sort of a first impression type thing. __________________