The Music Diary Project

Today = bugger loads of ambient as I work from home.

morning commute.

first entries are lol wrestler theme tunes.

This has gone pretty mental today.

Alist of blogs & tumblrs involved so far: http://sickmouthy.com/2011/04/04/musicdiaryproject-whos-taking-part/

Thanks for the list, nice to see.

i actually remembered to do this, though this might be my only sober night in of the week so god knows how it'll go in the next few days...

http://alexmacpherson.tumblr.com/post/4349201559/music-diary-project-4-4-11

I am doing this and I didn't make the list! shaolin-directory.tumblr.com - Was gonna update every morning after.

Wow, there's a surprising amount of tumblr's here (I clicked thru all of them due to boredom and general curiosity as to which of the "big 3" looked best: blogr, tumblr, wordpressr). and a typepad. and a..tumblr-like thing. and somebody's facebook, which i can't access.

which surprises me, as there's really not many wordpresses.

anyway.

i'll create whatever one by the end of the night. i've had various blogs but all the material is from freshman yr of college and fairly embarrassing, as expected.

tumblr is really shit, i use mine only occasionally and never enthusiastically

a lot of people seem to take their blogs fairly seriously, as if resumes (i know the last time p4k was hiring they asked for personal websites, not attachments). knowing that you're a music-critic, by having a tumblr does this provide some sort of connection as to you being more...um, hip?

hipness is only a concern to me as my train of thought is that if given two equally capable writers, a publication might more go for one "in the know".. and i think just having a new-school tumblr might serve some sort of minimal advantage to an old-school blogspot. or i guess i'm more trying to say that tumblr always struck me as the least professional of all the blogging formats.

i realize this is pretty irrelevant, we just don't have any real blogging threads here on ILM (I've looked)

blah, rereading my post even i am having a hard time figuring out what i'm trying to ask. i guess, as one of 9823702 aspiring music crits here, i'm wondering if i'd be taken more or less seriously had i submitted a tumblr to a publication than a blogspot. sort of like asking for advice on how to format a resume (times new roman or helvetica? etc)

lol, i've no idea, i'd hope not! i've never been able to get into ~blogging~ and only ever really intended my tumblr to be a convenient repository for all my work (at which it's failed lamentably)

i must sort this out tbh

tumblr seems less professional but also less staid? idk, i personally prefer tumblr as a reader because i can follow someone in one click rather than futz around with an RSS reader that i'm likely to ignore for weeks at a time. also tumblrs make it really easy for people to show immediate interest in your stuff via likes and reblogs -- which is admittedly cheaper feedback than blog comments, but surely there's value in amassing a lot of it? it seems like it's pretty easy to gain a visible network of readers via tumblr, and it positions you as a part of a thriving community moreso than the solitary-feeling blogspot.

Tumblr is a lot like what blogging was in the old days, when you could post a picture or a link with a few words and no pressure to make an argument or some controversial statement that would attract cranky respondents and drama queens. So far.

Tumblr's definitely the mist popular platform fir it so far. I guess people feel less pressure to update at length or in depth because of the format, and so probably update more often as a consequence. And are more likely to start one even if they don't have "writerly" ambitions. I know my wife runs one but would never have a full blog.

Yeah, as somebody said upthread, the isolationism of blogger/wordpress makes me feel like "whats the point" if I had any plans to continue a blog further (I mean, versus just keeping all my writings as word documents located in some designated folder on my desktop). I get vibes verging on depressing when I stumble upon a blogspot, akin to that Buffy message-board populated entirely by one (possibly schizophrenic) person (google it if you're curious). The aspect of just being able to "tune in" to other ilxor's blog's I kinda liked.
that said:
http://kmattduffy.tumblr.com/

the whole thing w/ the blog-thing claiming i posted that on the 5th is bullshit. i mean i probably did, but i still consider 12:22am (now) to be an extension of the 4th.

kinda wondering if modernizing her tunes equates to just giving everything more bass

Well it's 8.30am here, so it is the fifth...

This was my Day One: http://troubleddiva.wordpress.com/2011/04/04/music-diary-project-day-one/

Over 50 blogs & tumblrs & stuff are involved in this so far. My blog, which normally averages 50-200 hits a day, got over 1,700 yesterday, and has nearly 500 already today. It's a little mental.

I have listened to no music at all today. Not one little bit.

Nick can I take part if I don't have a blog?

That's something a couple of people have asked; I don't see why not at all. The whole point is just to document what you listen to, so anywhere you can do that - there's no reason not to post your listening on this thread, for instance. People are doing that on the Drownedinsound thread about it. I've seen another guy using Facebook; I know someone else who's tweetign nothing but #musicdiaryupdates this week. Plus several people have set up Tumblrs just for the week, I gather.

Okay thanks.

i've actually delayed doing my first quarter report on tumblr b/c of this (otherwise it'd be LIST OVERLOAD) (which is why i'm not bothering twitter too much about it)

here is my day one: http://stopmoving.tumblr.com/post/4335482416/music-diary-project

i was thinking, oh, this is a weird week because i'm in london and have a friend visiting and etc so it's not going to reflect my typical listening habits, but tbh i don't know that i ever have a 'typical' week

swapping ipods when travelling with someone! how have i never thought of this before!

http://shaolin-directory.tumblr.com/post/4362857784/music-diary-project-4-4-11

Monday 05-Apr, I listened to:

Art of Noise: "Into Battle With", the new 'deluxe' version with the unreleased "Worship" album added as extra. In the car, during a shopping run.

swapping ipods while travelling is kind of tricky-- always the possibility you'll end up judging them by what they have, or miss out on good stuff because the name means nothing to you, or, if you're me, get annoyed by poor mp3 tagging.

but when it works it's p fun.

barest of barebones tumblr, if I get time I'll make it a little easier on the eye. Day one:

http://hastilyerected.tumblr.com/

Well over 70 blogs etc involved now.

i hate to be annoying (yeah right!) but just gonna post my stuff in this thread each day or two

Monday:

Panda Bear – Tomboy – full album (NPR stream)
Lull – Dreamt about Dreaming – first 20 min. or so
Craft Spells – Idle Labor – full album
Aaliyah – “Choosey Lover (Old School/New School)”

Tuesday (so far):

ESG – Dance to the Best of ESG – first 30 min. of disc 1
Bardo Pond – s/t album – first three songs
The Mountain Goats – four songs played live, SPIN.com video

How is Tomboy?

I really like it so far.

i like it! lots of looped vocals, big washes of processed guitar, rudimentary backing rhythms. as usual, the melodies he comes up with on a few tracks floor me; others are more ambient, or sound like a skipping disc, looping over and over.

have a listen yourself -

http://www.npr.org/2011/04/04/134987319/first-listen-panda-bear-tomboy

Yeah I found that link like 10 minutes ago. It's like an indie version of an old Scientist dub record or something - I think I like it?

not sounding too confident there

Here's my summary of Day Two: http://troubleddiva.wordpress.com/2011/04/05/music-diary-project-%e2%80%93-day-two/

Tuesday, nowt.

Right now, watching TOTP1976 on iplayer (doesn't count, right?)

day 2! http://alexmacpherson.tumblr.com/post/4375670491/music-diary-project-5-4-11

days 1-2 (for now): http://mookieproof.tumblr.com/tagged/musicdiaryproject/chrono

Day one and two:

http://closer-to-perfection.tumblr.com/

I hate Tumblr so excuse the formatting.

Here's my Day Three: http://troubleddiva.wordpress.com/2011/04/06/music-diary-project-%E2%80%93-day-three/

i'm doing this too - here's day 1:

http://casinosoul.tumblr.com/post/4366537634/music-diary-project-day-1-late-pass

(late pass bcz i started yesterday, not monday)

drunx day 3 http://alexmacpherson.tumblr.com/post/4400827817/music-diary-project-6-5-11

Tuesday 5th April MG entries:

ILX compilation "Tiny Music" - in anticipation of the next one...

Primal Scream Screamadelica Live - from the superdeluxe edition which is available on itunes.

Do it anyway Marcello!

Just list everything you listen to for the week, even if a big chunk is for TPL.

Bump.

http://sickmouthy.com/2012/05/07/musicdiary2012-beastie-boys-hot-sauce-committee-part-2/

Tweeting my diary this year.

Last day today.

http://sickmouthy.com/2012/05/13/mass-observation-diary-12-05-2012/