What's All This Then? (An Introduction)
So. Welcome to the start of a new project! If you know me, you know I love music. And, if you know me, you've certainly been on the receiving end of some of my recommendations. A number of years ago I started writing up year-end music lists detailing my favorite music of that particular year. I have been finding so much good music recently that I don’t think I’m going to be able to really do a year-end list justice. The fact of the matter is there’s just too much to consider and the thing I most value about doing any kind of public-facing writing on music is that of being able to share something that might affect someone else as much as it has affected me. And as I’ve tried to be a more and more voracious music-listener I think I’d like to share more often what I’ve been appreciating.
To that end, I’m going to embark on a weekly recommendations series. I’ll hold myself to posting at least once a week. To start I’ll usually post about a song or album and I also want to reserve some space for music that’s not necessarily new. I haven’t been all that great at revisiting older albums (even ones I’ve loved; and especially ones I put off engaging with for a long time) especially in the context of a year-end list so this series leaves some room for that.
Oh yeah, and I’ll keep a constantly updating playlist (which you can find on Spotify here). I don’t think I’ll add whole albums though so I’ll do my best, when I do talk about albums, to find one or two representative songs. I want to try to push myself to keep writing, keep listening and keep sharing. I hope you enjoy.
To that end, I’m going to embark on a weekly recommendations series. I’ll hold myself to posting at least once a week. To start I’ll usually post about a song or album and I also want to reserve some space for music that’s not necessarily new. I haven’t been all that great at revisiting older albums (even ones I’ve loved; and especially ones I put off engaging with for a long time) especially in the context of a year-end list so this series leaves some room for that.
Oh yeah, and I’ll keep a constantly updating playlist (which you can find on Spotify here). I don’t think I’ll add whole albums though so I’ll do my best, when I do talk about albums, to find one or two representative songs. I want to try to push myself to keep writing, keep listening and keep sharing. I hope you enjoy.
And before I finish, I also know we live in a capitalist hellscape in which the actual makers of art are often compensated the least for it. And while I admit to using and will post links from streaming music services I am aware of the great harm they do. And while my own financial situation is relatively meager at the moment, I hope that in a small part these words and recommendations will help boost these great musicians and artists.
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