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Originally Posted by microphone
Your commitment to Utada Hikaru is admirable! What a lovely thing to share to everyone. I have just a few criticisms ^^"
First, try not to repeat too much. you wrote in the beginning that Utada is an American but you kept writing it again afterward. Assume that the reader has a good memory.
Your choice of words concerning Ayumi is dangerous. No one is born musically talented. It is a skill acquired through experience and practice, isn't it? Wouldn't you agree that both Utada and Ayumi have acquired this skill? Ayumi has composed many times. She started with composing almost all songs of "I am..." in case you did not know. Describing her as "musically talentless" is controversial. Reconsider your words.
Last, this is a diary writing so you did not cite any sources, of course, but I can tell you were trying to write this like a professional article. However, I read many things that are simply suspicions and bias opinions. Be aware of harsh reactions to your writing even if you did not ask for it.
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Hi! Thx for the comments.
1) Not sure why you made the comment about "Assume that the reader has a good memory". The article I wrote is very complicated with full of references and definitely assumes the reader has a very good memory. I just used "American" instead of repeating "Hikaru" all the time.
2) Perhaps you didn't understand the concept of this article. I write many nice things about my favourite music artists. However, calling Hamasaki Ayumi "musically talentless" is the highest compliment I can possibly give to an artist. This appears strange, but allow me to explain:
You can assume being successful is a combination of talent, dedication and luck. Hamasaki Ayumi was poor, raised by a single mother and is half-deaf. Yet she is Japan's all time best selling solo artist and probably the world's best selling singer/songwriter in the last decade. In my opinion, being born talented isn't as impressive as being dedicated (as you can't change what talent you were born with). Thus by saying she's not talented, I'm actually complimenting her immensely. In other words. If Success is luck (which is not admirable) AND talent (which is admirable) AND dedication (which is most admirable). Saying a very successful person is not lucky and not especially talented is actually very complimentary.
This is the foremost impression I have of Hamasaki Ayumi. Someone who really lives for music and is so dedicated and passionate about her songs. Conversely, imagine if I said "She's successful, but that's because she's lucky and talented - she is actually lazy and doesn't care about her songs"
3) No, I was not writing this as a "professional encyclopedic article". There are like a hundred references in what I wrote... Just that a casual fan wouldn't be able to realise / believe them. If I were to write out all the references, I might as well write an article of references.... There is clear (intended) bias in this article, but perhaps you would like to point out anything that you think is incorrect?
4) You have to be joking if you thought I didn't realise CREA was Hamasaki Ayumi's composing name. I mean, I've bought over 20 of her albums (including some remix ones), over 10 concert DVDs and attended two of her concerts. The article I wrote praises Hikaru, but upon close insprection actually compliments Hamasaki Ayumi more.
Have a think about this statement:
"Therefore, the highest compliment I can give Hikaru Utada is not that she's talented... but that she is the only active singer that I still listen to regularly, that debuted before Hamasaki Ayumi."
Notice I didn't write "Hikaru Utada is my all-time favourite singer" ... So who do you think is my all time favourite singer?