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Posted by Len Mullenger on July 18, 2008, 12:53 pm
Message modified by board administrator July 22, 2008, 2:50 am
Click and Pick: Tony Deller reviews concert-finding websites
Classical Music 19 July 2008 p23
......... www.musicweb-international.com has been around longer still, and is one of many sites concentrating on reviews rather than listings. Set up in 1995 under the name MusicWeb, the site was originally intended to raise the profile of British composers. Since then it has diversified to include CD and live reviews (again, its reviewers are not paid). In contrast to Classical Source, which is relatively simple in design, MusicWeb has something of the second-hand bookshop about it. Certainly, one can spend enjoyable moments browsing its many links and crannies; much of what it contains is informative - its exhaustive potted biographies of British light music composers alone make it an essential source. But its slightly ramshackle appearance sits oddly with the slicker web designs we are coming to expect.
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I would have preferred being compared to a reference library rather than a second hand-bookshop but I am taking a positive view of this review which I think is actually rather affectionate. I like being thought of as a sort of retreat to delve and explore. Of course we could look very swish if we wanted to - £10,000 to spare anyone?
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