What is Professor Skye's Record Review? An introduction to the channel
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- A new, more accurate synopsis of the methodology and the philosophy behind my channel.
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Your channel is a real breath of fresh air in the music review community, your perspective is totally unique and it makes for great viewing. Keep it up!
The most thoughtful music reviewer. Love your perspective Skye, keep up the great work!
Hi Professor,
I've been around for two years and a bit. I can't honestly remember what particular record review brought me here, but I can say with conviction that you've broadened my horizon and helped me articulate certain things that I've either experienced in reference to a specific record or in relation to my own mid-20's music death. Your description of that phenomenon really struck a nerve and I'm happy to say I've come back from the very edge and I want you to know, that you've been an important part of that.
I really appreciate the work you do and I hope you keep it up for as long as it makes sense for you to do so. I enjoy your reviews very much.
All the best from Denmark,
Jesper
I'm not as veteran but I've been around for a while and i just gotta agree
Thanks for telling more about yourself Skye! I've been a subscriber since you had ablut 200 subs :) I must be honest, I don't watch most of your videos. That being said, the times when the band/artists reviewed intrigue me or if I have any slight connection with it I'll click on your video and happily listen to you talk. Since the beginning I've loved the informal style no cuts and frills. I really value my subscriptions, generally when there's a channel I don't watch a lot of videos of, I tend to unsubscribe, with yours I feel like I have a distant friend with whom every once in a while I can have a fruitful conversation. You mentioned you had a band many years ago, I'd love to hear about your musician journey, if you still play an instrument (the bass I suppose?) and what part does playing music have in your life. Cheers!
What a channel. I consistently walk away from your videos with a new lens to view a work of art through. Your thoughts and opinions are always refreshing. :)
Thank you for always sharing your thoughts with us, this channel is a hidden gem in the music review part of TH-cam
It's been so heartwarming to see your channel grow. I hope you stick to this simple, no-editing format.
Just love what you are doing on this platform. It doesnt need fancy editing or an intro or a theme song or anything like that, you are not here to entertain but to lecture, give perspectives and be inspirational. And thats what you are doing in this video too.
Im 26 right now and thanks to you I realized what has been happening to my music taste. Loved that music death concept, thanks Professor.
This channel blows my mind. Quickly becoming my favorite!
Big fan of the channel. I’ve been watching since the RTJ4 video. Keep it up
That's one long introduction...
The first video I watched from your channel was the debut LP of Black Country, New Road, and I loved it. The thought that you sir respectively give towards every record you review is remarkable. Simply from that, I chose to subscribe, and it's been a pleasant experience to have a perspective so open as yours. For one, I never expected you to hear of artists like Dorian or 100 gecs, but here you were, not just accepting the music, but pushing it.
One thing I would like to see from your reviews is diving deeper into an artist. I notice a great interest from the great duo: Billie Elish or Kanye West but not everyone gets the satisfying pleasure of being talked about by Professor Skye.
Regardless, I love the content and I am glad to have discovered this channel.
EDIT: I hope you review Little Simz new LP 'Sometimes I Might Be Introvert'
I’m so happy you came up in my feed/recommendations. I just watch you videos in awe and go to work the following day still thinking about what you said in your videos. I’m almost 35 (coming January) and i feel like wow. Someone who actually wants to discuss the art aspect of the music. Not business. Not attention.. but the detail.. the message and perspectives. I hope you stay like this for a while. Thank you for this and you’re time!
PS: i cannot believe this entire time you have been recording on an iPhone! I love this! This makes it feel even more personal! One on one conversing.
i find fascinating the structure on every video, the way you go to one topic to another is smooth and organic, that makes it automatically interesting. but my favorite aspect is the way you build mixing all your background knowledge; you make me almost feel obligated to give my opinion in the coments, lol. btw, happy to know you're a virgo, hahaha, today is actually mi birthday.
I'm really proud that you reviewed one of my records! 😀
I loved the review and quickly became a real fan. Glad your channel grew this much and I hope It'll keep growing.
Hidden gem of a channel!
you are doing great man, there is no rules for doing youtube content, I predict you'll have a lot more subscribers soon, your style is fresh
Thank you for the content that you create on this channel.Look foward to more reviews and discussions.
First video of yours I watched was the fleet foxes last year, and that was a fantastic review! I hope you have a chance to check out the new Little Simz album “Sometimes I might be Introvert”. I really enjoyed it!
Just started watching your channel last week, I’ve been watching almost daily since then. Really enjoy your take on music and art. Thank you for creating such great content!
I am inspired. Love the channel and the focus you have on the artist!
I love your channel, man. Thank you for all your work!
Wow, time flies. I remember subscribing when this channel was around 7k or so, keep up the great uploads!
I’m grateful to have found your channel.
I am just a hiphop fan. Hearing your take and opinions is refreshing from a different perspective. I cannot wait to see the more you review. Thank you
I discovered your channel last year when you released your Fiona Apple review and it is without a doubt one of the best music channels in youtube. Your videos always make me think and question things, keep it up professor
Great introduction! You said you listen to all your recommendations, so if I may, I would highly recommend Will Wood and the Tapeworms. Probably not much to say about them, but it's damn good music and more people should hear it!
I’m so glad I discovered you!
Congrats Skye
Professor Skye, I love your genuineness and the way you approach your videos. It’s all distinctly you. I have one question for you, and it’s kind of funny, but how do you find the time to do everything that you do? You mentioned your interest in music, your interest in movies, exercising, watching TH-cam, all on top of having a full time job and a family! I’m about to graduate college soon and my biggest fear is not having enough time to do everything I want to do once I start working. How do you tackle this? And how have you been successful at this despite having so many interests, hobbies, and responsibilities?
I am so glad I have discovered your channel. You seem like such a cool guy. I'll be happy to go through the videos that are interesting to me when the time allows. I'm leaving a comment because I'm older than a typical "music YT expert" and my husband is from Serbia ;)
Started watching your videos last year (the first one I saw was that Protomartyr review) and I agree with nearly everyone here: your channel's positivity really is refreshing in this landscape of flashy, (often) pretentious, hiveminded and cynical music criticism. Not to mention, the fact that you're well-read in philosophy and modern literature/art often makes your reviews quite illuminating (not just because they help me see the music in a comparatively new light - which is what I think the best reviews should do - but because they also introduce laypeople like myself to so many cool movements & ideas). You're the anti-Fantano of TH-cam music criticism in a sense, and I'm grateful for having come across your channel! Keep it up!
BTW, given that you're a fan of modern post-punk and experimental rock, I feel you'll really enjoy the album 'Deep States' by Tropical Fuck Storm (released 2.5 weeks ago). They're (one of) the best punk band(s) making music today IMO, and they sound exactly like their name.
I found your channel because of your Taylor Swift review that someone tweeted, which I’ll listen to fully when I walk the dog 😂 I love that you’re my age, from Boston, live in Ra-cha-cha (I’m from Buffalo and live outside Boston) and are happily married with teens and have a dog named Toby. Same same. Hysterical. Anyway, I also hated all modern music starting at age 25 and have basically only listened to my college-era 90s music and Taylor Swift since then. So I’m looking forward to broadening my musical horizons through your channel. I just told my 16yo yesterday that I need more music, but she basically only listens to Taylor so she’s no help. Ha. Happy Sunday!
Wow, that is a lot of similarities! Say hi to Toby.
my biggest question i wanted an answer to was why all the videos start with no audio, the audio always fades in. i think i like it
I discovered your channel today and I was exactly looking for this lol
I’m sold
We want a review for the new Grip album Skye!!!
I found out about you because i was searching for things about the machinegum album which was great
for your 100k sub special will you please rip into we didnt start the fire
Loved the video and subscribed. Allot of critics these days are so focused on what's not good and feeding off negativity. A fresh, new and honest perspective is definitely needed.
I dont know if you're familiar with the rapper Kendrick Lamar. Hes a more conceptual storyteller. He makes music about his upbringing being from Compton, the trappings of the music industry, racism and mental health. 'To Pimp A Butterfly' being a stand out album from him. I definitely recommend that one just for your own personal listening if you havent heard it already. I know you mostly review new music so really looking forward to his next release and hearing your thoughts if you feel moved to do so.
Eres el mejor
Love from the Philippines. My university French lecturer was a fat old geezer from Algeria. Needless to say, I think you're cooler. I'm pursuing a career in academia but I have less time and attention span to listen to loads of records, so you're kind of living the life I want lol.
also, please check out Senjutsu by Iron Maiden.
Hi Professor Paine! Just stumbled upon your page and I was just wondering how can I find your Patreon, since you mentioned it and I couldn't find it in your profile. Cheers from a new sub!
Nobody is better at reviewing than you are. I really am looking forward to reviews on lupe fiasco…maybe???
React to lupe fiasco tetsuo and youth pls. One of best albums of 2010s
Cosign
yesss or drogas wave... just anything from Lupe would be amazing! There is so much to talk about
Gotta review the new little simz!
Ur house looks very nice
really love your reviews, it would be cool of you to review Blonde by Frank ocean, there is many cool older stuff that you could get into
I enjoy your channel a lot. You definitely turned me onto Dry Cleaning's 'New Long Leg' - which is on heavy rotation for me now. I think you are a bit too forgiving sometimes on some stuff I'm not particularly sure of. For instance, I love love love Lorde's first two LPs, but 'Solar Power' is weak sauce and actually pretty poor in my view. But hey, that's me. Still, I have a question...How many times does one listen to a work to fully understand their own appreciation of it? I mean, back in the day, and still to this day, I knew instantly that The Avalanches' 'Since I left you' would be with me all my life. Also, just anytime I hear Ella Fitzgerald's voice, I can't account for the range of emotion I feel. But then, it took me a full year to get how Duke Ellington's 'Far East Suite' works and continues to work like a film you keep going back to. How do critics form a view so quickly, for the youtube viewers? Is it something you have to do? I watch a lot of them and think, 'How long have you lived with this music'? Is there a time-frame to respond? Along with you, from a different perspective, my favourite music critic on yt is 'Brad taste in Music', 'cos he reacts live to either new stuff or just revisits his feelings on stuff he already has a relationship with. Yeah, so how do critics/reviewers (and is there a difference there?) assess their own time investment? Love your work, as I've already intimated (from a bloke from blighty outside of your demographic - 57), and look forward to more. And so looking forward to Little Simz latest lp, which, as her last did, will probably teach me more about who I am from the perspective of a life I've not lived. x
you need to fuck with The Council Of The Gods new EP Entitled "Trilogy" currently on all streaming platforms. They are at the forefront of hiphop music in Kingston, Jamaica and bring a very interesting culutral mixture into play. Certainly up your alleyway... I hope you see this
@@DreadLee77 thats dope that you took the time check out the EP, much appreciated. Search for Five Steez, his catalogue is instructive especially "These Kingston Times" LP and "Love And Art" also search for Nomad Carlos...
I enjoy many of your vids. When you said 'I'm an old man' it stuck with me. Maybe you were only focused on your younger viewers. I'm older and luckily didn't die musically in my 20s. I even checked out your 'Donda' vid, even tho I find Ye to be offensive much of the time, but I realize he is an important voice in popular music.
I am sad that you didn't quite see Aurora. She is deeper than that early song and album you heard a while back. Try her live at Nidarosdomen cathedral or at the Nobel Peace Prize concert. Very few performers are as inspiring or connected. She's not just another 'female pop industry singer'. She cuts her own hair and makes her own clothes too (since you mentioned her look). She doesn't like the fashion industry and is focused on people rather than 'success'. She wrote her hit 'Runaway' when she was 11. Billie Eilish says she wanted to make music when she heard it.
Congrats on your anniversary!
this makes me wonder if you listened to LUMP'S ANIMAL but didn't enjoy it or simply don't have any angle
also I treat your videos like classes
so please just treat these comments as friendly recommendations and not requests
cheers
can you please do ariana grande’s sweetener ☺️