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How to write a record review

Posted by Dustin D. on July 14, 2008 around 4pm

So let’s say you write for some prestigious magazine, and you need to write a review of the new Vampire Weekend record, but you just don’t know what to say.

Here’s an easy and accurate way to review that record.

First you think of something that would have a government pamphlet about it, and put that term or subject into google.
Let’s take STD’s for example.

Now copy the text from the pamphlet and judiciously replace key words with the name of the band.
Your end result should look something like this……

Vampire Weekend, or properly referred to as Vampire Weekend is serious, sometimes painful, and can cause a lot of damage. Most Vampire Weekend’s infect only your reproductive organs; however some can cause other body infections (HIV, hepatitis B & syphilis). Sometimes you can have a Vampire Weekend with no signs or symptoms, and sometimes symptoms will go away on their own. A few Vampire Weekend’s cannot be cured, although most can be treated if you seek treatment early in the infection.

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