Comments on: What next for the music blog?

By: Tom B

Tom B — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 12:43:49 +0000

A bit of everything please. I think the variety will keep things fresh. Overlooked gems is a winner in my book. Not too fussed about the press releases.

By: Chrissie Caulfield

Chrissie Caulfield — Thu, 22 Sep 2016 08:14:37 +0000

I think you should blog about what matters to you and what interests you – so feel free the leave the press releases in the bin unless they’re an act you know and like – it’s the fact that this blog is well curated that keeps me reading,

For me, I’m less interested in lists (such as ten of the …) etc. Though that might be because they induce guilt that I don’t have time to listen to 10 more bands!

But more considered revisitings of older acts that might have been overlooked is often useful. I’m really bad at keeping up these days and miss a hell of a lot I’m sure.

By: David Meadows

David Meadows — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 10:26:42 +0000

Pretty much agree with all of the above comments.

Retrospective reviews – “overlooked gems” would be much more interesting than “classics revisited”. I don’t need to read the thousandth review of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, but you’ve undoubtedly got stuff in your collection I’ve never even heard of.

“10 of the best” will certainly bring in comments, which is great if all you want is vindication that people are reading your blog (note: we are ), but I would question whether the comments would be *valuable* comments.

By: Synthetase

Synthetase — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 07:43:23 +0000

I agree with PaulE. Readers can always pick and choose what interests them the most.

Retrospective reviews of older records would be one topic I’d generally avoid on other blogs because of the endless re-treading of the old faithful, but I’m sure you’d be able to find lots of things I’ve never heard of before or new angles to approach/things to talk about on well-worn classics.

I like your news pieces, it’s the only way I know anything about what’s going on with a lot of these bands as I tend to shun mailing lists due to spam problems in the past.

By: PaulE

PaulE — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 21:50:40 +0000

I’m tempted to say “all of the above”. A good mix will give most something of interest. It also depends on what you want out of the readers. News items probably generate less comment than a “Ten of the Best” (I could argue with myself on that for Mostly Autumn).

By: Serdar Yegulalp

Serdar Yegulalp — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 20:35:28 +0000

The overlooked-gems category is absolute catnip for someone like me. Most of my own music blogging has been about stuff in that vein — things I stumble across and feel obliged to bring word about to anyone who’s within earshot. Whenever anyone else finds something like that and makes a case for it, I’m always curious.