June 17th, 2009 7:09 am
Greetings, and welcome to this my fourth or fifth attempt at keeping a blog.
Why will this succeed where all previous attempts have failed?
The honest answer is it probably won’t, but I do have some hope. It might succeed, it might. And by succeed I don’t mean become famous or popular, I simply mean that I will find time to update it every now and then.
In my mind’s eye this blog is already filled with hundreds and hundreds of posts, each one describing a CD that has given me joy and made me feel lucky to be alive in this day and age.
I think therein lies the difference between this blog and its failed predecessors: this blog has a specific purpose and I already have hundreds of CDs lined up that I’d like to explore further and share my thoughts on.
This blog is for me really. I hope it’ll drive me to sit down, forget about nutty cults and signing horny female gorillas, and simply listen to music. Really listen. My life had been pretty hectic lately with the only time I’ve had to listen to music has been while travelling, studying, or sleeping and that last one doesn’t really count. That actually is quite a lot of listening, but it isn’t real listening. It’s background music. I want to find more time for foreground music.
I’m hungry for some real listening, and am relishing the thought of revisiting and getting to know better some of the CDs that I couldn’t bear to live without.
It may be of interest to you, or it may not be. It will be of interest to me, and that is – I think – all the motivation I need. This post marks the beginning and this simple act of writing this first post has already increased my urge to really get started. I’ve made a promise, if not to anyone else then to myself. I hate breaking promises and I hate letting people down, especially myself.
I don’t have a lot of musical training, so my posts will be pretty laymanish. I won’t be analyzing the music with any real sophistication, just sharing what I like and why I like it. If music makes you smile, then perhaps you’ll discover something beautiful here. This is the blog I would have liked to read years ago when I was discovering such music. Of course there are others out there written by more qualified individuals, but there is something appealing about adding my own voice to what’s already out there. And again this blog is more for me than anyone else.
Give me a couple of days and the first few posts should be online. First up, a newbie: Bear McCreary’s score for Caprica. I’m going to listen to it now, really listen to it.
Sincerely
CaptPorridge Esq.
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