Inappropriate Ratings

I know. Don't worry. Anyone who rates Los Jaivas highly is a friend of mine. ha!
I actually don't take things seriously if there is nothing I can do to fix it. I see bands that I don't think are all that good, who also get hit by these things but I still find it very sad. We all do our best and the funny thing is that of all the things one can have as a hobby, music has to be as cool as it gets but it is one of the most brutal pursuits and always has been. From the days of minstrels to the pop stars who got nothing, then the wilful destruction of the pride of anyone producing unusual or complicated music. Now it is just messed up by silly small minded spoilers. It will always be so.
Regardless of that. I love the huge amount of music coming at me from so may directions now.  The list on PA is absolutely awesome!
Long live good music and the good feelings that go with it!

Ha ha.
True. Album sales are never going to be easy. I rate the influence and value of Progarchives highly. It is all done for the love of it by fans of music. It doesn't get better than that. I only posted that here as it seemed to be the page to post ratings abuse on. I assumed it matters to everyone here.
I don't care about the promoters of gaga, Simon Cowell or any other non artistic venture pretending to be artistic really. I promise not to mention ratings abuses on the ratings abuses pages again.
On with the music.

The newest ones:

• ProgPanda 2/71
• Operation: Boron
• the brummer (tony sargeant)
• o.battles (thomas)
• thorsten (thorsten)
• Blondino
• kanatzar (gustav)

Oh dear.
I just saw this. I know it is a shock when you finally make THE album that you always wanted to make and then find people ruining it. The torrents and lack of sales. The sudden disappearance of Fb "fans" when it is ready to buy and then the ratings that are not real. We all get used to it in the end. We are all glad that PA is here. It really is the centre for us all. Dean... you do an amazing job. You must have been chosen for your patience. Ha ha.
What we all love is reviews by you guys. That means such a lot to us. Don't give up on us. We need you!

NotAProghead wrote: I think if your band's name is not Yes or Genesis it's better to be here than not to be here. From any point of view. It's a small chance to be known by listeners. Nobody can control all ratings, to submit a rating people don't need to show their copy of the album.  Now you have good reviews (3-5 stars) and some ratings (not too bad as well):  Kati (Sonia Mota)  odinalcatraz (Colin Tench)  bzp01 (Zaur)  Jihnik1958 (Evgeniy)  gandalfsproject  Yandr (Andrianov)  Yrman  miab  silenthill88 (mike)  Yrgal (Jan Oscar)  the brummer (tony sargeant)  bobyor  asturias  rigoboy  Lollo (Lorenzo)  o.battles (thomas)  wifehawk  Yolanda In my opinion it's better than nothing.

Dean, I am sorry, I did not mean to upset you, I know you have a hard job here and it is strictly volunteer work. I have done it myself in the past. I was angry and I am now over it. Please continue doing a great moderating job and accept my apology.

TheMinstrelsGhost wrote: No, it is not streaming and I am not blaming PA directly, I am blaming the system. The album has however been uploaded to torrent sites by a dickhead in Lithuania so if they are reviewing from that then they are thieves.

I'm sorry to hear that, but its not our fault and getting people to prove they've bought the album is an impractical bordering on impossible task for any review site to do. 

TheMinstrelsGhost wrote: PA has opened my ears up to a lot of music I would have never heard so I still love it but.............Oh never mind.

PA has opened my ears up to a lot of music I would have never heard so I still love it but.............Oh never mind.

TheMinstrelsGhost wrote: I was not talking about Corvus Dean, Minstrel's Ghost got 5 new ratings from people that don't have the album, I just think it is not right that someone who does not have the album can rate it. I keep very close personal track of all who have purchased it.