About
It’s only reasonable that you might want to know.
Many of the music blogs are concerned with new music. That game’s too vicious for me. I don’t have the time, energy, or desire to wade through everything to find the gems. Maybe later, but not now.
Me? I’m just a student with too many CDs. I have some I’ve never listened to. I have more that I gave just one spin. So, instead of buying a bunch of new music, I’m giving my old ones another chance. And I’m writing about it because, well, someone else might find it interesting. I think I’ll find it calming and enlightening because, yes, it’s all about me.
Perhaps I should point out: I am, more or less, an album kind of guy. I don’t have an ITunes account, I don’t generally get individual songs. When one strikes my fancy I might put something up but, by and large, this blog is dedicated to the album.
Another note: As of the beginning, I will probably not be offering mp3s. I’m not exactly sure how to do it so it would be easy. This could change in the future. I will, when I can, link to videos on youtube and whatnot.
Lastly (and I cannot emphasize this enough), the supreme benefit of a blog is the ability to comment and create a discussion that will, hopefully, lead to a greater understanding of the human condition. So, please, leave a comment or eight.
What to Expect
If you’re reading this in the far future, hopefully there is adequate verbiage allowing you to make a judgment about this blog and its value or not-value. If, however, you read this while the blog is still nascent, you might wonder what the plan is, whether I’ll talk about your favorite albums, and if the site is worth checking back on or adding to your RSS feed. These are good questions, and ones I’d ask myself.
First: My plan is simple–write about every album in my collection. Most will probably get a post, a few might get more than one, and others (particularly multi-artist compilations) might be combined. In each post I’ll provide some sort of review-type writing, but probably more about how the album fits into my own personal narrative. I’ll also include what I consider the "best" track, so if you’re in the mood to obtain a sample, you could has some direction to follow.
Instead of proceeding alphabetically or chronologically or any random-sequence ordering, this is the ordering: take the first artist alphabetically that beings with "A", do all their albums. Then take the first artist alphabetically that begins with "B", do all their albums, etc. Throw in the multi-artist compilations, classical music, and the artists that start with non-letters, and that’s the plan. So, the last artist could possibly be My Bloody Valentine.
For artists in which I have a significant portion of their oeuvre, I’ll write a sort of "summary" page about how I view their entire discography, the highlights, and that sort of thing.
Second: will I talk about your favorite album? Hard to say. My collection is relatively big and quite diverse (if I do say so myself), but may lack the depth expected of more seasoned music geeks. Every major genre is represented by at least six albums, so that’s something. I will say: if Jazz is your thing and your only thing, this probably isn’t the place for you.
Doing some rough calculations based on erroneous assumptions, I’ll finish this project sometime around the beginning of 2013. There is no guarantee I’ll last that long or that other events won’t take precedent (I can barely plan a week in advance, you know) but the starting belief is that I’ll complete it. Who knows?
Third: only you can decide if this is worthwhile for you. I gotta say, though: if you’ve read this post this far, I think it might be. I mean, who really writes a lengthy statement of purpose and methodology for a blog concerning music? And who would read that? You, it seems. Which says something about you and it’s a good thing. I think. And I think we’d get along.
