WhimsyHeath | How to Give Great Feedback - Part 1 @WhimsyHeath | Uploaded July 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
This is my advice for how to give great feedback, whether for music or any other creative endeavor.
In part 1, I'll outline the basics of what makes great feedback and take you through an example of developing good feedback.
In part 2, I'll expand on how you can get more out of feedback, how you can give feedback to people better than you, how to not offend the people you're giving feedback to, and what to do when you don't know what to say.

Marble pattern taken from Wikimedia commons and modified.
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Colress screenshot from "Pokémon Generations Episode 14: The Frozen World"

Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
1:50 - Disclaimers
2:37 - What Makes Great Feedback
4:01 - You Don't Need to Start With Great Feedback
4:36 - The Main Example
5:01 - Diagnosis and Solution
6:04 - How It is Specific
6:55 - Specific Topic
7:19 - Vague Topic - Narrow It Down
8:48 - Using Vague Topics for Well-Explained Feedback
9:45 - Well Explained
12:19 - Specific Location
14:43 - Specific Actionable Advice
15:45 - Many Problems Imply Their Own Solutions
16:17 - The Use of the Vague
19:40 - How to Develop Feedback From an Initial Impression
23:08 - Conclusion


Music tracks used:
Curing Sorrow - arr. WhimsyHeath youtube.com/watch?v=53Qj_G4Bp4E
Guardian of Starlight - arr. WhimsyHeath youtube.com/watch?v=N5vDtqALEZw
Within the Magnificent Nature feat. FritzVonTrapp - arr. WhimsyHeath youtube.com/watch?v=OL_gbkoWoKQ
The Scion's Comfy BBQ - [Kirus Locke] & WhimsyHeath youtube.com/watch?v=QzN1BtGOXLk
Calm After the Sandstorm feat. Tommy Grapes - arr. WhimsyHeath youtube.com/watch?v=5IRszcZtQOA