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Polarization

Post by MacLaren » Mon May 02, 2011 7:11 pm

Say the opinion of a song is strongly polarized between genders. Do you leave it alone figuring 50% of the population might like the tune or change it to make it more appealing to both sexes?

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Re: Polarization

Post by mojobone » Wed May 04, 2011 2:25 am

I wouldn't figure that to come up very often, but why piss off half your potential audience? That is unless it can't be done without reducing the song's appeal to one gender or the other; in that case, vive le difference!
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Re: Polarization

Post by Len911 » Wed May 04, 2011 6:55 am

Why is it polarizing?
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Re: Polarization

Post by 69framus » Wed May 04, 2011 7:01 am

50% of the population liking your song is pretty great :)

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Re: Polarization

Post by MacLaren » Sun May 08, 2011 7:52 pm

Yes, I think I will let things fall as they may. Example, I wrote a heavy metal tune with a war theme meant for movie scoring or a video game. Male reviewer loved it, female reviewer not so much. Inversely, I got evaluations back on an Americana Ukulele romance tune the lady reviewers loved but it didn't resonate with the male reviewer. 50% is good so I'll stick with that and move on to the next tune.

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