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QC Music Blog discussion thread
Jackie Blue:
I suppose I misunderstood the point of the blog then. It's written for people who already like Dirty Three, is that what you're saying?
I find out about plenty of bands by reading articles about them. I think that even in the Internet Era there's still a lot of room for that. If I hadn't read about Jane's Addiction in SPIN in 1988 it would have taken me a lot longer to get into good music, I think. And that article wasn't just "Here's these guys, they sound cool." It was contextual and compelling.
If I understand you correctly, what you're trying to do is sort of like fakejazz's "Cooler Than You" articles. If so, I'd have a look at this one and try to take a cue from its style (and brevity).
http://www.fakejazz.com/fake/archives/2006/07/cooler_than_you_9.php
2HourHiatus:
someone else knows of Video Hippos? Awesome. I saw them back in October, I was about 3 feet from the drummer. Right after the show I went out and got their album from the merch table. I'm glad to see the possibility of some recognition going their way.
SeanBateman:
Yeah they're really cool.
Inlander:
--- Quote from: zerodrone on 16 Dec 2007, 09:12 ---If I understand you correctly, what you're trying to do is sort of like fakejazz's "Cooler Than You" articles. If so, I'd have a look at this one and try to take a cue from its style (and brevity).
http://www.fakejazz.com/fake/archives/2006/07/cooler_than_you_9.php
--- End quote ---
I find the style of that article to be little more than a tedious list of facts, with discussion of the music limited almost exclusively to "this is probably my favourite album" and "this is probably my favourite song". It's short, yes, but brevity is not in itself a merit. I found myself getting bored and the temptation to skip sentences and even paragraphs was great. Perhaps the problem is that you and I appreciate very different styles of writing? Fortunately there are three other people contributing to the music blog, each with their own style.
Jackie Blue:
Well, I linked that article because your Dirty Three article seemed to me to be in the same style - some facts and some "this song is like this" and a bunch of "these guys are awesome". So now I'm totally confused.
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