SliceThePie Guide: Tips and Tricks for a Better Music Review
If you have been reviewing Music on SliceThePie, the chances are you will want to maximize money you get per review.
SliceThePie Tips
- Start writing the moment the song starts. Since you get 90 seconds before you can submit the review(you can take longer), try to figure out what the song is all about.
- Break your review into smaller parts. You can describe the introduction and go onto the the song’s tempo. Then you proceed to critique the singer’s vocals.
Creating a Structure for Your Music Review
Introduction
If the song has one, you should look for how the intro leads you to the song. Is it leading in too fast? Is the introduction too long? Does it start of abruptly with no intro at all? These are things you can talk about.
Melody and Rhythm
How do you like the tune of the song? Is it cheerful or sad? Is it speedy or slow? Did you like the instruments used to create the melody? These are things you can describe to fill up the review. I will give you more details later below for some musical terms.
Vocals
How is the singer’s vocals? Is it nasally or perhaps it is strong and distinct?
Instrumental and Digital Effects
Do you like the enhanced effects of the song if it has any? Do they include any digital tunes?
If You Do a Full Review – Consider the Following:
Structure of the Entire Song
How well did you think the song was organized? Was it all over the place with the chorus used in awkward parts of the song? These are things you could write about.
Performance and Potential of the Song
How was the overall performance? Do you think the song has a chance to make it big?
Overall Recording Quality
Sometimes, the song is good but they might have used a lousy recorder to record the song. You could also give some feedback. I occasionally get songs that just hurts my ears when I listen to it. This is usually due to poor recording.
Vocabulary to Use for the Music Review
Chasmac of HubPages has a great list that I use when I write my music review. Click here to visit his hub on SliceThePie.
“Here is a short vocabulary list that he recommends:
For melodies
Positive – tuneful, interesting, shapely (or well-shaped), strong, melodious, memorable, original,
Negative – plain, shapeless, tuneless, boring. too simple, overly complex, unoriginalFor vocals
Positive: – distinctive, rich, warm, expressive, feeling, strong, attractive, appealing, confident, conviction, heartfelt, clear, stylish, impressive, pitch range, dynamic, edgy, raw, powerful
Negative: – thin, weak, inconsistent, out of tune, pitch problems, expressionless, bland, self consciousFor lyrics
Positive – original, amusing, thought-provoking, inspiring, heart-warming, punchy, meaningful, clever, deep,
Negative – plain, uninspiring, weak, pretentious, cheesy, corny, cringeworthy, obscure, confusing, predictable, repetitive, offensiveFor instrumental accompaniments
Positive: balanced, varied, full, rich, rhythmic, engaging, compelling, competent, smooth, accomplished, imaginative, creative, solid, original, exciting, powerful, driving, atmospheric, ethereal,
Negative: Weak, plain, safe, uninspired, lacking conviction, poor balance, untogether, over-sentimental, unvaried, lacking contrast. strident, harshFor artists
Positive: talented, imaginative, professional, creative, accomplished, competent, skillful, careful, experienced, natural
Negative: unimaginative, predictable, careless, unprofessional, untogether, dated, awkward
These should help you come up with words when you are stuck on using the same vocabulary over and over.
Use positive words when giving good reviews and negative ones for not so good reviews.
8/10 Song
The song starts off with a rhythmic and engaging tone. I feel compelled to listen to it. The singer has a rather dynamic voice and it has a strong vocal projection. The song is not overly complex. The chorus is impressive, the pitch range varies, making it rich and engaging for me. The song definitely is professional and creative. I find it extremely good and the singer has talent.
3/10 Song
The song has a very futuristic feel to it. The intro feels like a story. The singer has a very unique voice. It kind of sounds off tune though. The musical instrumental play at 1:00 is decent. The change of pace in tempo is a little off. I was caught by surprise and it threw me off. She cannot really pull a high pitch. The melody of the song is what keeps the performance alright. I would not recommend this to my friends. The tempo of the song loses its tenacity, making me lose interest in the song. Perhaps she could practice more on her singing.
These are examples of some of my reviews. The amount of money you get will vary depending on your level. The base pay for Silver is 2 cents. Gold is 3 cents.
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Thank you so much for this! I actually started using SliceThePie two days ago, and I find myself running out of things to say. I also tend to hit the “this review sounds too similar to your other reviews” filter, and it annoys the nuts out of me!
Jay what you can also do is take the vocab list given to you and you can use http://www.thesaurus.com and find words that sound very similar to those other words.
Haha yeah. My account was closed by rating 10 on every song..
Haha, no problem. I try to help. I get around 10-20 cents depending on the bonus or what not. Just keep going and you will get better reviews eventually.
Thank you so much for this! Very helpful! Do you know if there is anyway to check your accuracy on your ratings as a scout or change the country you’re from? I’ve heard that both of these help how much money you can earn for each review.
I am not sure. I haven’t paid attention to that.
How do you do the reviews on slice the pie? When Igo to scout it just shows me how to rate and not to the comment box there’s a little button that says wait and when I push it nothing happens! So how do Iget to the music to review it?
It could be lagging and that is why you won’t see it. Sometimes it does that. You probably will have to try it a few hours later.
At first I wasn’t sure whether it would be worth the time, being that to some extent you do have to be creative while reviewing a song from an honest standpoint. But after a few reviews it not only became easier to comment, but it also help me to actually realize what is it that makes a song ‘good’ for me. You definitely expand your music vocabulary and widen out your taste in music. Over all, it can be a fun and productive way to spend some free time.
BETTER WATCH OUT IF YOU SIGN UP OR DO BUSINESS WITH THIS COMPANY, THEY WILL LOCK AND BAN YOUR ACCOUNT FOR THE SMALLEST OF THINGS. REFUSES TO EXPLAIN WHY SOMEONE’S ACCOUNT HAS BEEN LOCKED. SO UNPROFESSIONAL THEY NEED TO LEARN HOW TO OPERATE A BUSINESS. DO NOT SIGN UP UNLESS YOU WANT TO WASTE YOUR TIME AND GET SCAMMED.
SlicethePie, is turning into a scam, it feels like. This company is the most unprofessional to me, at least. I signed up for SlicethePie awhile back, then reviewed a few songs. Signed back in the other day, reviewed a few more, while making sure I was following their rules and terms of service, they still locked and banned my accounted. What the hell! They did not even have the decency to let me know through email why they closed my account, no reasoning was ever explained. Seriously, extremely disrespectful and unprofessional if you ask me. They just tried to get my free reviews probably, because I never once went against their rules. This company should be shut down.
DO NOT TRY THIS WEBISTE ALL IF THE MONEY THAT YOU “EARN” WILL NOT BE MADE. I AGREE WITH YOU! THIS WEBSITE IS HORRIBLE I SPENDED DAYS ON THIS AND WHEN I MADE 11 DOLLARS I TRIED TO CASH OUT AND THE SUSPENDED MY ACCOUNT THIS WEBSITE IS A SCAM!
It’s not a scam. If they suspended you it’s obviously because you weren’t reviewing correctly. I have been able to cashout and receive all 4 of my payments, so this is a real thing. You’re just on your own problem, don’t share negative comments like this just because it didn’t work for you.
Wow so I made about 8 bucks and then today I tried logging on and it said…..
Your account has been locked by admin, please contact our team on info@slicethepie.com
Once I tried contacting their team they haven’t responded in 3 days.
Conclusion: Slicethepie is a dirty scamming website, They deserve to be shut down.
I want to try to sign up to review songs on slicethepie website… but each time i click on their links… I cant get past this film that pops up. I can see where to sign in and sign up, but cant connect with them. Is anyone else having this problem?
Sometimes their server might be down and that happens. Try again some other time. Let me know if that doesnt work.
Okay. Thank you : )
Thanks for the tips, knowing the right words to use on reviewing songs really helps me. I just joined yesterday and I was only receiving 6 cents per song. I’m going to use your tips and see what happens.
Np. Sometimes they offer bonuses for songs that really needed to be reviewed.
i’ve been locked out for using an open proxy server and that isn’t even true.
I have been doing really good reviews and using all the terms that are professional that i can think and I still only get between 9 and 10 cents sometimes lower for reviews when i first started out I was getting between 12 and 15 cents i don’t know what changed can someone help me out or give me some advice? Thanks So far i have made 120 dollars and i have only been doing this for almost two in a half weeks now. I would like to reach 20 cents for review if that is possible thanks again.
Thanks for this! I pretty much just move around and add words to your reviews and I get about $.08 per review. The vocabulary is also very helpful!
This web site is fake don’t sign up for it the people who telling you it’s real is a fraud. Right after I cashed out they deleted my account!!! Fake fake fake.
Has anyone ever actually got paid for there reviews…
Yes, I have $9.70 USD to cash out now. Just waiting for them to accept my cashin request.
You need to have 10 USD dollars in your account before you can cash out. You will need to earn 30 more cents before attempting to cash out. also have a paypal thats the only way to cash out.
I have just started using this site and at the minute I’m having a lot of trouble with it telling me that I’m using words to similar to other reviews I have made….I it has to be like that in case people are trying to cheat the site but it’s just silly after a while there’s not much you can say without it telling you it’s to similar. As for taking my money out when I have earned enough I haven’t got that far yet but if I do get kicked out for no reason then I will be sure to send round LOT’S of warnings over Facebook, Twitter ect.
does anyone else have the issue of writing a review. which then won’t send as it tells you there is an error and to try again later. but this means you have to refresh the page and lose the review you have just written as its a new song.
Not quite, but my page does refresh every 20 minutes or so, and I lose all of my review.. sorry that wasn’t really much help.
Most people who call this a scam of some sort has probably tries to trick the system and used the same reviews twice used the same words and expected a get rich quick thing.. Its for the love of the music
So, Rosie did you get the money from Paypal?
how long is the average slice the pie review that gets paid more? I am up to almost 400 words on a review and it says it doesn’t have enough details. Is that a length problem or a quality of words problem?
I’m having the same problem. I honestly am not for sure exactly what they are looking for.
It’s the word choice. I used to write really long reviews and it wouldn’t increase the amount of money I made and it would often tell me to be more specific. I started using the vocabulary on this site and I wrote “to the point”. My reviews are only about 60 words long and I make about 10-15 cents on each one.
Really Nicole? You are getting 10-15 cents on each one.! I daresay you are not being truthful.. Maybe you occasionally get 10 cents or in a rare case 15 cents, but please do not lie and say you get 10 to 15 cents on EACH one.
I feel as if I’m leaving pretty detailed reviews (over 200 words) but I keep having problems with: not specific enough, try writing in a little more detail.
I don’t know what more I can do. I even tried using some of the keywords on this site, but it still says the same thing. I have only been able to get .04 per review no matter the length or amount of words or detail I’ve used.
Here are some sentences from a review I’m currently trying to submit…
-While I normally do not care for profanity in music, I feel as though there is an actual purpose instead of just needing filler words or to talk about “b**ches and h*es”
-The beat itself was fairly slow and I feel as if they played it a little too safe. The song could benefit from a more uptempo beat.
-The lyrics made be feel the emotion that the writer felt and they were very relatable.
Again, this is only a few of the sentences and most are detailed and I believe creative like these. I don’t know what to do to stop getting this. Any ideas would be great, thanks!
I had a similar problem as well. Try to focus on the main parts of the song like the melody, lyrics, vocals, etc,. Be sure to include the vocabulary on this website and write objectively. My reviews are usually 60 words and I make about 10-15 cents per review. Also when your star rating increases, so will your pay. You start rating will increase as you post more reviews.
Hello, great site by the way, really helped me a lot.
But although you may not be able to answer this, Slicethepie keeps refreshing the page after a spend a while on writing my review on it, I lose all of my work and it comes up with a different song after refreshing… I know it probably would do this because it thinks I’m having some trouble on reviewing a particular song, but it’s really annoying, any help?
Also I write really long reviews, around 600 words
Anytime I am at risk of losing what I am typing – I do two things – I run a keylogger which usually logs every keystroke – therefore every word I type. I can just check the log. Not my favorite solution though, since when I edit while I am writing, the log can often be a jumble of words rather than the clean final version of what I wrote. So the best solution is to use another program to type your review as you listen to the song – then when it is just right, you copy/paste it to the review box.
Well I’ve written about 217 words and rated the song but it says that “Hold on, your review isn’t specific enough! Try to keep your comments concise and about the item/track you’re reviewing.”
If you’re leaving a negative review, it will tell you your review isn’t specific enough. That’s code word for, “You’re being paid to say positive things, not negative things.” Change your review to say it’s perfect in every way, and your review will be published.
SliceThePie has deleted my answer to your question and probably all the other people who have attempted to answer you in the past year. They don’t want you to know.
To repeat a question asked by another – has anyone actually cashed in and received actual money into their Paypal Account?
Also – is this a site that required you provide a mobile phone to receive a PIN before they will transfer the money to your Paypal?
Than you for posting this. I really appreciate the help. I had just joined Slicethepie and had no clue how to write better reviews
I’ve been with SliceThePie for 3 days and I’ve made $4.00 when I reach withdrawal amount I will comment about it if it’s a scam or not.
What does it mean when they don’t give you any more songs to review and to come back later
That’s exactly what it means. Is to come back later because there is nothing to review. It has nothing to do with you it’s just everything has gotten enough reviews.
I get that message and usually I come back about 2-3 hours later and there is about 20 songs for me to review.
I just started it seems ok I will let you know when I reach 10 what happens. does anyone know what is the highest amount paid for a review on the site?
It varies, but expect anywhere from 6 to 20 cents.
How is it possible to earn 10-20 cents on this? I usually only get 6 cents. I have a 2 star rating out of 5 right now. Please respond ASAP and help me please!
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Ok this is the first post I ever done slicethepie is a Terrible site complex an utter waster of time there entry level is .01cents per review an they want perfect grammar an I gave them gold for about 6-8reviews it kept freezing on top of that they had the nerve to block my account for using the similar or same words so they claim but I purposely switched vocabarly an give honest true feedback But for what they are Paying a whooping .01 cents per post would take Forever to make a months rent if you started today an died at 110!! Fuck slicethepie do not waste your time I wouldn’t even take the time to type this if I weren’t so disappointed an pissed off. Whoever said this was an alternative to working from home. Must live in a carboard box
You’re also living in a cardboard box.
please anybody provide me vocabulary for fashion review…. i need it… somebody help me..
About how long does it take to start earning more than a penny per review? It feels like I’m getting cheated every minute I spend on the site because I could work for an hour and still not come up with enough for a gumball. Is there a certain kind of criteria I’m supposed to be meeting, or better yet, another site that’s more rewarding than looking for pennies in a parking lot?
Slicethepie is no longer international. You can sign up for WWG and earn easily by performing daily task and refering people.
http://www.worldwealthgeneration.com/home
I’ve reviewed 6 songs, which I know that it’s not a lot at all and I’m just starting out, but I have only gotten $0.01 for every review. No matter how long or short they are / how many adj. and descriptive vocabulary I use. Help?