Talk:SonaBLAST! Records

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Drm310 I hope this clears up our issues. Can you please release my prior work? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abetz02 (talk • contribs)

@Abetz02: Here are the problems with the content I removed.

The biggest issue is that it is full of puffery that does not describe the subject from the required neutral pont of view. e.g.

[...]

"Holland teamed up with local legend and accomplished musician, Jaxon Lee Swain (famed “ear X-tacy” mainstay and 2017 Louisville Music Awards Artist of the Year Nominee). Together, these visionaries have continued to unearth and support quality artists."

"sonaBLAST!'s catalog is much like its Louisville home: rich in great art and expression, defiant against archaic institutions, independent and true to its roots. Holland struck gold with the early signing of acclaimed Irish singer-songwriter and indie-film composer, Mark Geary. Over the years, the label’s artist repertoire has grown to touch all genres, from revelatory soul-singing cellist Ben Sollee (also composer of SXSW winning film “Maiden Trip”), to the mavens of dance rock, The Pass. sonaBLAST! has expanded its catalog with the signing of free-styling word wizard Jack Harlow, hip-hop guru James Lindsey, (featured on cover of Oxford Magazine’s KY music issue) passionate indie rockers Quiet Hollers, urban gospel vocalists of WOKE, gender-bending feminist punks GRLwood, and more."

[...]

Statements like this are stuffed full of peacock words, meant to influence an audience by appealing to their emotions. These neither imparting nor plainly summarize verifiable information. It sounds like a company-authored press release or snippet from a media kit, where the company is describing itself in the manner that it wants to be portrayed.

Much of the content refers to other subjects (artists in the label's roster, the building it occupies, the neighbourhood in which it's located, etc.) in what looks like an attempt to inflate its importance. Notability is not inherited, so talking about the subject's association with other, legitimately notable topics does not increase its own notability. It is important to stay on topic and keep the focus on the company, providing verifiable evidence of why it is notable.

The "Notable" section is populated with mostly non-notable entries. In general, a person, organization or product added to a list should have a pre-existing article before being added to most lists. If you wish to create such an article, please first confirm that the subject qualifies for a separate, stand-alone article. Including quotes of and links to reviews of these non-notable artist are again simply promoting the artist and (wrongly) attempting to leverage inherited notability.

The content is loaded with embedded external links, which is not the proper method of citing sources. Many of these links are to primary sources (e.g. artist's websites) which are not considered to be reliable.

Therein lies the challenge to writing a Wikipedia article where you have a conflict of interest. You have to forget everything you know about the topic, divest yourself of any emotional stake in it, and write about it from the dispassionate perspective of a disinterested third party who relies solely on independent sources. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 15:09, 4 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Understood

Drm310

First, thanks for your patience with me. Honestly, I was getting a little frustrated with the prior issues; but, I think that I finally understand what you've been trying to explain.

I will pare down the history and bio to express a more content neutral point of view. Also, I will avoid external links and find specific well-established resources to draw from.

One concern I have is your editor's note about referencing to many "other subjects (artists in the label's roster, the building it occupies, the neighbourhood in which it's located, etc.) in what looks like an attempt to inflate its importance." This is not an attempt to inflate the label's importance; rather, as a record label, the business model is to support artists. The label itself is mostly a financial and marketing tool. The meat of the business is 'other subjects'... namely, the artists signed to the label. I can remove the puffery, but I think that we would miss the real story and importance of the article if we omitted the artists. For example, Sub Pop, Secretly Canadian, and Interscope Records all reference their prominent signed artists.

Thanks again. I look forward to working with you, again.

Respectfully, Abetz02 (talk) 20:19, 22 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

BTW, love the Spock image 🖖 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abetz02 (talk • contribs) 20:27, 22 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

wrong Ted Stevens?

Hello,

It appears that the Ted Stevens on this page links to the Wikipedia page for the Alaska senator, not the musician.

I believe it ought to link to this page, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Stevens_(musician)

It is what is linked to on the sonablast website. http://www.sonablast.com/all-artists#/ted-stevens/

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.199.202.238 (talk) 19:58, 16 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]