But the article was otherwise very smart and positive, so here I am nitpicking. Not many of these. Most of the listeners are trully devoted to what they choose to listen to. These words came from somone who's opinion I personally respected. My feelings regarding this are mixed.
Negative feedback is valuable, no question.
We learn a lot about our music and our feelings about our music with it. Strangely enough all of the worst, that is, most annoying comments on my music have come from ignorant critics. Despite being ambivalent about most reviews a really ignorant comment can be extremely irritating. We have to go on with our work despite what anyone may say about it, the music is the important thing.