tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010923635709588318.post9039698712184482343..comments2024-03-25T02:59:14.613+00:00Comments on Breaking More Waves: Too Much New Music ?Breaking More Waves Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01678542701655601547noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010923635709588318.post-64101430874378463382010-11-28T14:31:06.537+00:002010-11-28T14:31:06.537+00:00I’m with Tiana with the "we contribute a smal...I’m with Tiana with the "we contribute a small way to short-termism" that’s because we want to find the next best/big thing, that’s natural.<br />The most important thing we can do as bloggers is to keeping up-to-date with the music that attracted us in the first place, like what Breaking More Waves said. Not just to throw new bands away after like used condoms and think “oh my work here is done, I shouldn’t have to bother writing about them again”!<br />I think it’s our job to chase up on the bands we have blogged about. It’s paramount especially when we are talking about new music.<br /><br />I only really started my blog in August and have been pretty lazy about it. But since doing it has seriously open my world to the people that work so hard to create the world I love so much. So thanks everyone for letting me express myself!Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03771395137897878622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010923635709588318.post-53156977799325647352010-11-25T18:49:05.456+00:002010-11-25T18:49:05.456+00:00For sure we contribute a small way to short-termis...For sure we contribute a small way to short-termism, but sometimes that is because the little band hasn't released anything in a long time so they get forgotten about or they haven't been that active themselves.<br /><br /> There's so much new music out there, some blogs need to be reminded of your band and that's why I think it is important to have a personal relationship with some blogs so that they aren't forgotten, or that people don't stop writing for them because they become bigger and act like they don't need us any more. <br /><br />My blog works both ways, I promote new music but I try to have ways where other people can rediscover great songs such as if they were in TV,Movies, commercials or post things I heard on indie/college radio that I have not talked about whether the song be new/old. <br /><br />It really depends on the blog and how they work. Sometimes there's just so much music and great music that we don't know what to post/what not to because there's just so much you can post in one day.Tiana Fenghttp://ridethetempo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010923635709588318.post-70704882585520090372010-11-25T18:47:10.496+00:002010-11-25T18:47:10.496+00:00This troubles me as well. I have a huge pile of cd...This troubles me as well. I have a huge pile of cd's that I have purchased and never even listened to in an effort to 'keep up' with all the new music. It begins to stress me out. I really think there is too much music, and it's one of the reasons I read blogs, it helps me decide what music to buy.Natnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010923635709588318.post-11379960626569672282010-11-25T18:38:22.448+00:002010-11-25T18:38:22.448+00:00Hi Tina thanks for your comment and good points.
...Hi Tina thanks for your comment and good points. <br /><br />Do you think there is a danger that new music bloggers as a collective are contributing in a small way to a society of short-termism? Or as Mike (The Recommender says) points out - blogs have no duty to provide a long loving commitment and that if the artist is special enough then people will stick around ?<br /><br />As I said I don't know the answers to these questions but am interested to hear peoples opinions.....Breaking More Waves Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01678542701655601547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010923635709588318.post-60498278309465830132010-11-25T18:24:30.644+00:002010-11-25T18:24:30.644+00:00I agree that these days there's so many artist...I agree that these days there's so many artists that there's so much new music to have focus on a specific artist. For me though, I like to promote new artists, but once I see that they are getting tons of coverage on other blogs I feel like they are set in the world and I do stop blogging about them so I don't end up being one of those blogs that post the same thing as one another. If they personally send me stuff though, I would love to promote them if they are worth it. I don't just promote new stuff though, if a song was old and I never was able to talk about it, I post it in hopes that people rediscover great music too as well as the great songs in all our specialty posts.Tiana Fenghttp://ridethetempo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010923635709588318.post-90239747371508597012010-11-25T18:14:54.632+00:002010-11-25T18:14:54.632+00:00Mike (The Recommmender) - no I certainly wasn'...Mike (The Recommmender) - no I certainly wasn't targeting The Recommender, which does an excellent job of doing exactly what its name says. This blog was thinking about all blogs (including my own) and the continued movement of society to a throwaway culture in a wider context, which as you say is probably getting worse. I am posing a question in this blog, expressing some worries, but not necessarily knowing the answers...<br /><br />I hope that you are right and that if the artist is special enough people will stick around.<br /><br />Scryst - yes I am concerned that there is too much ‘average’ stuff being put out there, but sometimes the average stuff develops into the great over time – take a band like REM or even The National as an example – but it’s a hard call to determine that which is worthy of supporting because of that potential to develop and that which will always remain as average, which comes back to my original question – is there just too much new music out there ?? Answers on a postcard please….Breaking More Waves Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01678542701655601547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010923635709588318.post-60632738393484257622010-11-25T17:57:03.752+00:002010-11-25T17:57:03.752+00:00I don't write a blog, but it does seem that th...I don't write a blog, but it does seem that the uk music media / press has an obsession with 'new' music. I heard you on the radio yesterday on Express FM and what you and Pete Scathe said about there being too much average stuff being released - because of how easy it is to release it rings true with me.Scrystnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010923635709588318.post-71281971164512758262010-11-25T17:56:39.980+00:002010-11-25T17:56:39.980+00:00Enjoyed this article and I look forward to your ne...Enjoyed this article and I look forward to your new feature. <br /><br />I'm not sure blogs that focus on new music should be accused of short-termism though. <br /><br />We have no duty to provide a long loving commitment to the music we cover. Although, in our private lives, we keep onto those bands we enjoy. However, a blog like The Recommender exists to always keep pointing out new music. <br /><br />I'm not suggesting you were in any way targeting our blog, I'm simply pointing out that always looking for the next thing is what some blogs were legitimately created for.<br /><br />I guess NME and Q Magazine are allowed to be exclusive of one another, right?<br /><br />I think the real issue is whether there's a societal problem with people's attention spans and the 'throwaway culture', which I have to admit is possibly getting worse. <br /><br />The world moves at a rapid pace and marketing companies love you to ditch the old and purchase the new very quickly, but on the flip side, in the case of music, if the artist is special enough then people will stick around.<br /><br />Thanks<br />MikeThe Recommenderhttp://TheRecommender.netnoreply@blogger.com