Thom Jurek is bias and should be fired

This post will probably not interest ost of you, but since no one is reading my blog, I thought I'd use it as my personal therapy to get my own issues off my chest.

I produced an album with Joan Osborne called Breakfast in Bed. Thom Jurek of All Music gave it a lukewarm review which, in most cases, wouldn't bother me. In this case, it does since he is bias and actually wants to work with Ms. Osborne. So, here's what I wrote to the editorial department at All Music.

As a somewhat thriving album producer, I would request that you fire Thom Jurek. His reviews are bias and uncalled for. He states his opinion like it's fact and then critisizes based on his assumptions which are, more often that not, untrue. This type of reviewer demeans your publication and, in the process, makes everyone feel bad. In particular, I would like to address his review of the Joan Osborne album I produce, Breakfast in Bed.

He clear states in his biography posted on your site:

"Jurek believes that singer Joan Osborne is one of the most gifted vocalists of our time, but has yet to be recorded properly. His not-so-secret ambition is to co-produce (with Ms. Osborne) the album that proves it."

Since this is the case, how can he possibly offer a fair review of the album I produced for which he is obviously jealous of. By the same token, does he not think "Relish" was recorded correctly? That album received 9 Grammy nominations!

In any case, I can't understand why you'd allow this particular writer who obviously wants to work with this artist to write a critical review of this album...at the very least, you should allow his/your readers to respond to his allegations on how I recorded the project and what type of compression I used because he's just plain wrong.

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