JPF Home Page Forums General Messages Songwriter Message Forum Critiques...what have you learned from them?

I have learned who I enjoy a critique from and who I don't. I have also learned some only take and do not give. For what it's worth I do both. There is a group of guys and gals on here whom I have a great deal of respect for and others ,while it's entirely their right to do things with less tact- well not so much...a reflection of life itself. The words you choose in your critique can hurt a less experienced writer to the point of being discouraging to them. I have,out of necessity,grown a thick skin over time from countless publisher and artist submissions that didn't end up succesful. Here in an open forum like JPF,it is always better to build them up and gently deliver the parts you felt needed improvement. All in all it's a healthy thing to put your stuff out there and see what other writers have to say about it...wouldn't say it's ever helped me get a cut, but I have met people on here and gotten cuts with them. be well...mj