Someone killed "Half-Awake". It's been enjoying a rating of 4.75 from 6 votes, then suddenly, BOOM!, 3.67 after one vote. Whoever it was wasn't nice enough to leave a review either. Oh well, screw it.

Going around the General Rock section, I found the best sounding tracks NOT in the top 20, but in the 100s, mostly nailed between 3.5 and 4.1. And what's more is that these were studio-quality recordings. What sucks more is the thought that studio recordings got beat by... well I dunno... Fruity Loops recordings and non-vocal tracks?

Don't get me wrong, though. I have respect for loop programmers. My recordings are "synthetic" except the vocals. There are also excellent instrumentals. I guess I'm hung up with the thought of professional-quality tracks getting "downplayed". Like, come on, almost in all cases, a studio recording sounds better than a home recording. Concept is a different thing. There are tracks that sound jittery and all, but the concept is amusing or just plain genius.

I just hope that it's the freedom of expression crap of "oh sorry, I don't like that thing you made, so I'll chuck it down with a one or something". Go ahead, fire out the ones or zeroes even, but let me know, nay, let US know how us artists can make our works better in your opinion.

Hmm... I'd bet this ain't the first post with this topic, hah!