“You have to make wallets to sell them!”

How dare you criticise Kim Jon Un’s leadership, you’ve never ran a small totalitarian nation in Asia

I think it's time for Cal Chuchesta to do more track/album reviews then.

You have to be an animation studio/director to criticize the Emoji Movie!!!!11!! Grrrrrr >>:(

... Mellon does make music, though. Or are we gonna pretend like Bruce Wayne isn't Batman?

Surprised he hasn’t talked about this (stupid) claim until now.

Well, that shouldn't be a problem, Logic. You've already released so many works of music, you could very easily become a reviewer!

I never understood that line of reasoning since you don’t need to know how to make a cake to know it sucks

“HAHHHHHH GOTCHA” Thankfully I just put away my porn for this

Anthony, You can't criticise Gorbachev if you didn't lead a soviet republic in the 90's.

You can't review music if you aren't a minimalistic wallets salesman

This argument sucks for every type of critique. "If you don't like x drawing then you should draw it YOURSELF" "If you don't like this book then you should write one yourself". It's just a cheap way to avoid being criticized.

"that is not the terminology milkshake that brings the boys to the yard" Aight fantano I'mma need you to never use that metaphor again

Anyone can review music, it's called an *O p i n i o n*

LED ZEPPELIN WORST TO BEST. ITS THEIR 50TH ANNIVERSARY FANTANO AND ONLY 8 CLASSIC RECORDS.

"You Have to Make Music to Review Music" is a misguided response to a legit problem - reviewers are increasingly less able to engage music on its own terms and tend to review it with reference to gossip, lifestyle, trend aesthetics. Describing artful sound in useful words is actually really hard and is arguably a dying art. I think Melon does it pretty well and I'm willing to wager that his background as a player helps him unpack and describe what he's listening to as well as he does.

It's ok because we know Cal Chuchesta shadow writes all of Anthony's reviews.

2020 After UMG Takes Over - "You Have To Make Your Own Music To Listen To Music"

"the terminology milkshake that brings kids to the yard"

Mr. Fantano.... I will have to ask you to not be so menacing in your thumbnails..... My tour in the great melon war has rendered me....weathered and on edge....That is a past I would not like to remember....

Then you have to criticize music to criticize music critics! -Same logic

Its just a fact that musicians understand music better than non-musicians.

I’m an avid movie critic, I write reviews sometimes on movie websites and I would always get one fanboy replying to me about how I don’t make blockbuster films so that somehow invalidates my opinion.

i want to agree, but i find it really difficult to, especially when it comes to instrumental music. people who dont understand what its like to PLAY an instrument - any instrument - just dont seem to appreciate instrumental music the way musicians do. something about knowing what it's like to play, and imagining the person making the music as you listen to it, just adds so much to the experience

Being serious, maybe being a musician could help you understand the whole process and effort behind someone's work, but in the end, what matters is the final product. The only thing you need to review music is listening to it and knowing how to arrange a set of objective criticism and subjetives opinions and interpretations in an understandable fashion.

Did the man who invented music reviews, go to music college? Hmm, okay then.

There was no need to disrupt the conservation of energy law with the intro

Yes. Your opinion is more valuable the more insight you have about the thing you’re talking about. The more you know about playing basketball, the better you will be at discussing it. Same with music

I've seen a lot of musicians questioning the technical knowledge of people criticizing them. But I've never seen they doing the same with compliments.

0:01 When you tag someone

Oh hey, it's my favourite music reviewer; Screamthany Foodtano.

That point you made about tasting food and cooking is the exact same point I always use when arguing about this. I love how you say that what makes you appreciate or dislike the food is not your ability to cook, but you ability to taste. I'm happy we are seeing eye to eye on the matter :)

Thank for you this! As a musician myself (I produce music with FL Studio, play the drums/acoustic guitar, as well as study music theory), but, more importantly, as a FAN OF MUSIC, this mindset always baffled me. It's along the same lines of, "You think my video game is bad? Well, do you even MAKE games, bro?!". Art is meant to be critiqued, as it is a part of the enjoyment process. Rock on, Melon! - Kevin

I'd argue that its the other way round, since producing my own music i can't listen to music without analysing everything and understanding how artists achieving the overall sound as a whole and therefore hearing a song or an album as a "puzzle" if you ill rather than a full composition.

Oh Lizzo, that is honestly one of the most b******* things she ever could have said.

exactly, so put cal on the reviews to review music more. he does have an album after all

I like the semi subliminal vegan propaganda featured in this video.

IMO it definitely helps when thinking about the actual structure of the songs and how they sound (ie: a piece of music sounding so terrible because it’s played out of key or something) but it’s hardly a necessity. I agree with what you’re saying here, Anthony.

I'd really love to see you play bass, I know you have snipits of you in other videos but it'd be really cool, imo, too watch you jam bass by either writing your own stuff or play covers of your favorite bass lines! Just an idea, much love, and love your videos!

I need to hear this so badly st this moment. Thank you.

It's true, and this is the main reason that Cal is vastly more qualified to do the music reviews on your channel.

...and the cooking/chef analogy was spot on. I don’t have to know how to make ice cream to know if a scoop sucks

Coming in 2 years later… I like this video. What do you think of Rick Beato’s channel then? I love both of you and you review things from your own different angles/perspectives.

You have to be a human being and not a Melon to review music!

Happy May everybody

"you have to be a dentist to become the best teeth in the game!"

Thanks for providing this insight anthony, very cool (:

Hey, Fantano. Do you have any advice on how to promote music. Not my own, but others. I want to do it in an engaging way so that others hear the music/ film that I'm into while the creatives in question get more publicity. i was thinking something on Instagram stories and reels.

Alternate Title: “You have to be a melon to review melons”

Hmmm. Anthony- wanna know what you think of Caustic Crush- A Jury Of His Peers. Aggressive, tapey, distorted, and occasionally thoughtful sample-free beats. Kinda different.

How many tings on the triangle do I have to do in order to be qualified as a music reviewer?

The thumbnails 😂😂😂 I was spooked 😱

Day 9 of acknowledging that Anthony is a good person

loving the shirt fantano

I've always wanted to write about music because i love it, but i didn't play anything, just a little bit of bass, so this resonated a lot. Just a couple of weeks i just started a blog, my goal is to be a freelancer and to sell reviews of albums and concerts to magazines, i don't care how long it will take but i know i i will make it 🤘🙂

As a jazz musician, I generally talk about specific music theory if I’m debating the effectiveness of that technique with someone else. Otherwise, it’s pretty easy to tell things such as confidence and execution by simply listening to a lot of music and allowing your ears to expand. I hear a lot of details in my favorite songs that I never noticed 3 years ago.

Have a Bass-Off with Davie504 and you can keep reviewing melon

"Not the terminology millshake thats going to bring the boys to the yard" Well said boss

Making music helps you to understand music more, as well as music theory, so you can learn how to critique music in general. The key factor there is “understanding music”, learning how to actually play music does lean you closer to that factor so you know what you’re talking about. Even if you can’t play music, what matters is you know how to READ music (instrument tabs, chord structures, time signatures) besides deciphering the lyrics and their meaning, how tone and pitch is played in a song, and importantly what the artist is speaking about through his or her songs. As long as you understand all those factors, then you know how to study good music and how to critique music in general and which are good or bad.

the intro gives me the vibes of the "ALL MY STUDENTS ARE MORONS!!!" video

"food doesn't scream." Are you sure, MELON?

Great video Anthony but when is the second Taiga album dropping?

exactly how i feel on it, very well said. literally every person who uses this logic is a fangirl of whatever artist is on the table, or under 13- those two usually go hand in hand as well

Do more 'It's Food' videos please melon! 🍈😋

I'd love to see you make a new album though. I mean, how long has it been since Taiga?

Have you ever reviewed vocaloid or specifically songs by kikou? The most recent one is really experimental but the rest arent like that. "Love me love me love me" is my favorite kikou song. Suprised by your openness to kyarypamyupamyu and actual enjoyment of it so id like to hear that for some other stuff.

I'm not a musician, I don't really play any instruments sans some piano lessons when I was a kid and some theory from that, but my boyfriend is a musician and I definitely value his opinion very much but I feel like the only thing that I refer to him for which I can really can't asses on more than surface level is the technical ability on display- right, like he understands the chord progression and the difficulty of moving through that finger positioning or employing that technique or staying on the beat in that time signature- but hey if I really wanted to I could learn about that through doing some ear training watching guitar lessons on youtube and live performances without ever picking up a guitar myself and honestly learning through music criticism. I feel like it just really depends on how much a critic has grown their knowledge of a subject, how much of its history they've dug into, how much theory and criticism they've read. There's nothing you can't learn and music is meant to be accessible by nature...why are you publically releasing music if you don't want it to make an impression on listeners and you don't want them to think about it or talk about it. You don't get to dictate how your art is interpreted anyways and if no one "understands it how you meant for it to be read" you did a shit job at communicating. The people who the music was meant for, ie everyone, have the right to form an opinion about it....musicians are capable of having bad takes on music anyways, sometimes they're too close to it and overvalue certain aspects such as really technical playing and composition.

I’m glad ur covering this

Shout out to that Tiaga video that you can be seen playing in

*my terminology milkshake brings all the boys to the yard*

Love the t-shirt!

True, you can tell if it is good or not but knowing why it is is vastly important.

Okay I know this wasn't the point of the video but hearing you say you know a lot about music but nothing about literature, made me think of this poetry book that is written like song lyrics. It's called "Long Way Down" by Jason Reynolds. Thought you might like a book from a more musical and social standpoint. Anyway great discussion as always!

The first few seconds got me thinking this was gonna be a thatistheplan meme video

I love it when melon yells at me

What is it about that shade of yellow Have we just come to associate it with Genius, so now it seems musical?

Yes thanks Fantano. I’ve been waiting for your opinion on this topic even well before Lizzo’s tweets. I’ve trying to pursue a career in journalism for such a long time and especially in music. But was always hesitant because I worried that no one would take my work seriously and that I’d have 0 credibility to write about music. Nervous that know one would care what I had to say. Especially having friends asking my how I can do this without ever making any kind of music. So I quit my efforts to pursue that goal and went into other things I had no joy in. Glad to say I decided to get back into something I’ve been wanting to do since middle school Sorry for the long pointless comment 😅 it’s just a topic that’s been bugging me for a while

I definately agree. I like to think Im good at writing music and playing guitar but I cant tell if an albums good or not. Well at least I cant communicate it that well. I rely on looking at wiki pages to see if an albums good or not which is a bad tactic if your listening to new albums all the time to get ideas for your songs. Unless the albums piss poor like st. anger It becomes grey for me. I just cant tell.

Only time I see people react that way is if they are personally offended and trying to cope or make a rebuttal to someone. When someone says WELL I BET YOU CAN'T DO BETTER I feel tempted to tell them to eat shit.

You don't have to be a 3 Michelin Star chef to know if a meal tastes awful. In the famous words of ADoseOfBuckley

"They are in their bedrooms, diddling away-" PAUSE.

This is up there with "you just don't like anything" in the list of dumb things people say when they want to invalidate your opinion

That thumbnail is all i needed

i spent the whole video trying to see what the word before "food" says but the microphone keeps getting in the way

Intro has big thatistheplan energy

Anthony, I can really see you being an A&R when you're an old man. You know what's good and you could possibly change the current sound of pop music with your blessing

You have to be an ex-pro to be a manager/pundit/sports journalist You have to have made films to be a movie reviewer You have to be of x background to understand the y is the most trite and mundane "argument" ever, art is made to be interpreted by the masses

So... When's the Bass Album?

That's almost as stupid as saying that you need to make reviews to be a reviewer Smh

YOU CAN'T TELL WHAT KIND OF FOOD IS GOOD UNLESS YOU ARE A MASTER CHEF.

What do yall mean, Fantano has dropped alot of music under the name Cal Chuchest- oh fuck the secrets out.

Check out Rick Beato’s channel if you wanna know the theories behind certain musics. He does a series called “what make this songs great”.

So if i want to review movies or games I have to make one?

wait wait wait slow down. . these bass line reviews? gotta say I'm curious

Thank you, Melon. This topic is one of my biggest pet peeves. It's right next to ''I listened to ( Insert Musician Here ) before it ended up in a movie OST'' We've all discovered new music through movies, tv shows, video games etc. It's very hypocritical

You have to be a melon to be called a melon!

I thought u talked about this in lot of " lets argue's "

That chef comment was killer

Thank god you brought this up, i absolutely hate when people make that dumbass argument

I still think you should give it your all to make at least one song this year just to see how it sounds.