October Update

 

Just a quick update as we much prefer talking about Music than ourselves. We are behind with Reviews at present, partly due to the volume of albums that we are listening to and the continued success of the Listening To This Week Playlist. However, with October being the traditional 31 Reviews In 31 Days month, there is a chance to catch up.

October will also feature the latest Here Is The News and there are some cracking releases to tell you about in that post, including some real surprises. We have also been asked about doing another Back To The Future Weekend which covers reissues which we rarely do. There will be an October Weekend of that featuring six reissues.

The rest of September will add some Reviews and culminate in the fifth Listening To This Week of the month on Monday. We've also been impressed with the recent growth of Threads. It has gone back to older days with discussion of music, particularly new music with threads about music promotion, music sites and streaming alternatives to Spotify etc. 

It has took its time to provide a social media alternative, but the signs on Threads are good. There is more of a concentration on scenes, labels, Blogs and Sites rather than playlists and without the nonsense of what is and isn't Power Pop, band slagging and egos. It is less about personalities and more about helping artists. The things that the Facebook Groups used to major on. New Music is a big feature, being more about helping than people who produce lists or playlists. 

I believe that a playlist should be secondary to telling people about the new music via reviews and features than providing periodical lists. It is also about earning artists money, rather than Live or Album playing for exposure. Music is an art and art should provide recompense.  

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