Dave's Top Eight

1. Jerry Reed...Revisited by Darrell Toney (reviewed 6/07) (5 Stars)
2. Sounds Like Sunday by Janet Paschal (reviewed 5/07) (5 Stars)
3. True To The Call by Kingdom Heirs (reviewed 3/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
4. Revival by Gold City (reviewed 10/06) (4 1/2 Stars)
5. Get Away Jordan by Ernie Haase & Signature Sound (reviewed 2/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
6. Breakin' Chains by Three Bridges (reviewed 5/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
7. Big Sky by The Isaacs (reviewed 4/07)
8. Skywriting by Mercy's Well (reviewed 7/07)

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October 23, 2004

Grumble, grumble

The guy with his head in a bag over at www.averyfineline.com immediately took issue with my Top 20 list last night and offered up a range of ways to improve it. His main concerns are that my list is too long to mean anything, will be updated too frequently too mean anything, and needs input from more contributors to mean anything. He even suggests possible contributors and expanding to other configurations like trios and soloists to give the list more scope and meaning.
 
I thought I'd respond, only on the outside chance that there's some others who share his concerns.
 
I listed 20, because new fans of quartet music need that many suggestions when they're first learning about this music. I also added the list to my sidebar with links to the artists websites so it will stay there after the article leaves my front page. Many sites have links to artist sites, but I have a ranked list of links in order of my preference. When they lose my favor, they lose my link. The advantage of that is the links aren't permanent or static. (I did leave some major names off . . . Crossway and the Inspirations, for example).
 
As to the frequency of updates, that's the one point with merit. In fact, I was already planning to write a note this morning saying I probably wouldn't be changing this list as frequently as I originally said (monthly). I'm more likely to just change it when my tastes make a significant shift for one reason or another.
 
Finally, these are my favorites . . . nothing more, and nothing less. If I brought in others to vote, it would change the whole point of the list. I see no reason to be "fair and balanced" on my own blog. As far as really meaning anything or affecting the genre, that wasn't the point . . . the point is letting my readers know who I like, in what order, and why. I certainly hope no group is going to be bragging that they topped MY list, since I'm just one fan out of many.:o) 
 
BUT, if www.averyfineline.com wants to start a consistent and meaningful ranking system on his site with my input as one of the key contributors, I'll be more than happy to give him my list of Top 5 (or just 3) in those categories every quarter (or six months). Sounds like a great idea.
posted by David Bruce Murray @ 11:53:00 AM


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