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QC Music Blog discussion thread
Jackie Blue:
I should think it should be implicit that any content placed for public viewing should be intended to be enjoyable for somebody. Not that you should specifically think about "who" will enjoy reading what you're writing, but that you shouldn't submit it until you've read it over a few times and seriously reached the conclusion that it is worth inflicting on people.
Example: Ever seen a poetry message board? Ever clicked on a poem by some dark gothic teenager and thought "Dear Jesus, there's simply no way that anyone in the world, ever, could enjoy reading this."?
I'm not saying that any of the QC blogs are even close to that bad, but you see my point. QC should also stand for Quality Control.
SeanBateman:
I am weighing in! I think you guys write too many words! I like both of you, and the way you write, but no way am I gonna be arsed to read about a band I already don't really care about for 10k words, especially not in that tiny ass type that Tommy inexplicably uses.
I feel like, since the blog replaced the old Recommended Listening page, maybe instead of just jerkin it about music you really like, you should talk about music in a way that is accessible to people who do not already listen to the music you like? And maybe instead of jumping right into multi part retrospectives on entire movements in music, you could just write about some shit you are listening to and other people might want to hear in a way that is approachable? Approachable doesn't mean badly written!
Like that Will Oldham review! That was cool, Tommy! That was some cool shit!
Johnny C:
I think the problem right now is there isn't a balance of the longer pieces with the shorter ones. On the first page of the blog is Jeph's "How To Enjoy Alive 2007" which is really brief and the Oldham bit which is basically a medium-length review, but the remainder of them are lengthy pieces.
SeanBateman:
Yeah that is mostly what I mean. The occasional really long thing is totally cool, especially after a long series of short shit! But right now most of the stuff that shows up on there is realllllly long form, and since at least one of those is a series of articles, that is a lot of words! Text is really hard to read through, especially when dealing with so few image breaks. It's more like reading essays than music journalism. I ain't care about your thesis on early 90's indie rock!
Also tommy. Really, that font? Cmon.
Jackie Blue:
--- Quote from: Dirk Hopeless on 30 Dec 2007, 09:48 ---maybe instead of jumping right into multi part retrospectives on entire movements in music, you could just write about some shit you are listening to and other people might want to hear in a way that is approachable?
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