#musicwriting #music #blog

my blog views fell off a bit the last month but i'm still on track to grow for the year - i wish people felt more inspired to read more than one review when they visit - i also wish i had more regular readers - i think i actually really do have a keen ear for new music and it's a good resource but i also understand that it's a very crowded field https://birdboyblizzard.music.blog/author/birddogblizzard/

CALL FOR WRITERS!

Holy moly, there's a ton of queer country and Americana coming out this month! We need YOU to write a review!

- Hear an album before anyone else
- Get paid $35
- Try your hand at music journalism!

Never written a review before? We'll help you!

Slide into the Rainbow Rodeo DMs!

#QueerCountry #CountryMusic #MusicJournalism #MusicWriting #Americana #FolkMusic #AmWriting #WritingCommunity

I love with all my heart Please Take My Advice -- the Substack from The Paranoid Style's Elizabeth Nelson! Here's the most-recent one:
https://open.substack.com/pub/theparanoidstyle/p/love-paranoid-style?r=1csfus&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
#Substack #MusicWriting #CulturalCriticism

Over on my newsletter/blog, my review of the Springsteen concert I went to in Atlanta this past weekend. TL;DR I thought it was an amazing show

https://wherethebandsare.substack.com/p/springsteen-atlanta-2023-concert-review

#springsteen #brucespringsteen #music #concerts #musicwriting

My first review for critiquebrainz.org - Exuma II by Exuma - https://critiquebrainz.org/review/59e580f8-3f70-48a4-bdf6-dd305385ce15 #Musicbrainz #Critiquebrainz #Exuma #MusicWriting

#livemusic

Trying to get back in the habit of writing at least a little something about every show I see in 2023 (and beyond). Will collect on my Medium page. This is all of January, but maybe I'll try to post them more regularly if I can remember, because it's a lot! Don't expect anyone to read any/all of it, but let me know what you think.

https://neddyo.medium.com/livemusic-reviews-january-2023-1cc18dbe543e

#livemusicn #reviews #musicwriting #concerts #nyc #nycfreaks #newyorkcity

#musicwriting #blog This January has been the most successful month in the history of my blog. Thanks for sharing and reading. https://birdboyblizzard.music.blog/

On my Substack, I wrote about the single album/playlist I created for Bob Dylan’s (explicitly) Christian period: https://wherethebandsare.substack.com/p/get-saved-bob-dylan

#bobdylan #music #writing #musicwriting #substack

Over on my Substack, I'm starting (another) ongoing series, this one counting down my top 25 favorite Grateful Dead songs.

But first, I'm starting with some honorable mentions, this batch focusing on songs the Dead performed but that they did not themselves write. Please enjoy and subscribe!

https://wherethebandsare.substack.com/p/my-top-25-grateful-dead-songs

#gratefuldead #deadheads #music #writing #musicwriting

"Is DIAMOND DOGS David Bowie’s Greatest Album?"

Continuing my celebration of all things David Bowie on his birthday, here is an essay I wrote about his album DIAMOND DOGS, which I've come to believe is his greatest masterpiece.

Read here: https://medium.com/@cole.haddon/is-diamond-dogs-david-bowies-greatest-album-6a02a5ef5fce

#DavidBowie #Bowie #music #musicwriting #popculture

Now I’m wondering what #musicjournalism and #musicwriting look like. Hope you guys are out there.

#bookreview #literature #portishead #triphop #musicwriting

RJ Wheaton
Portishead's Dummy (33 1/3)

I know I'm in the minority but so far I haven't been impressed by the 33 1/3 series and Wheaton's book on Dummy was no exception. In a nutshell, don't use 30,000 words when 3,000 or, heck, maybe even 300 will do.

Wheaton does a good job of explaining the backdrop of the trip hop revolution and how this sound was everywhere. It was the sonic tapestry of a time and place and you feel that in the

"A Nashville Black Music Roundtable"

If you're a fan of the Nashville music scene, this is an essential piece of music writing to consider.

There are many takeaways from this piece, but probably none that hit harder for me than my fashion game is utterly inadequate to ever visit Nashville again.

(Fun fact: I used to write about #music for the Nashville Scene).

#Nashville #jazz #blues #hiphop #BlackMusic #musicwriting

https://www.nashvillescene.com/music/coverstory/year-in-music-2022-a-nashville-black-music-roundtable/article_3691d94a-7b04-11ed-9a84-1b345eba2e98.html

I wrote about ten of my favorite albums of 2022. I could have written about more.
https://mattkollock.com/home/blog/7118917/ten-of-my-favorite-albums-of-2022

#Music #Musica #Musique #Musik #Album #List #Listening #NowPlaying #Record #Records #Writing #MusicWriting #EndOfYear2022 #2022 #NewMusic

In this week's Rainbow Rodeo, Juan and the Pines interviews Melissa Carper about borrowing from tradition, family vans, Jimmie Rodgers, and yodeling.

Read the full interview now on Patreon, for only $4 a YEAR!!

http://patreon.com/rainbowrodeo

Photo by Aisha Golliher

#Americana #QueerCountry #AltCountry #CountryMusic #melissacarper #honkytonk #traditionalcountry #musodon #MusicWriting #MusicJournalism @americana

There's nothing like a well-suited collaboration. Sarah Lee Langford and Will Stewart's "Bad Luck & Love" provides some classic country-style tearjerkers with a sharp eye towards contemporary storytelling and a circa-2020 je ne sais quois of "I know how we all got here but I'm too defeated to do anything about it."

Read the full review below!

https://adobeandteardrops.com/2022/12/sarah-lee-langford-will-stewart-bad-luck-love.html

#Americana #Alabama #Birmingham #FolkRock #AltCountry #CountryMusic #musodon #MusicWriting #MusicJournalism @americana

Now that my Rusted Tone Recordings album is out in the world – finding its way into new homes – I thought I would share a few words exploring some of the themes and tracks on How to Find My Way Home.

It’s available to read on Medium, if you wish:

https://ryhooper.medium.com/how-to-find-my-way-home-5806f1f8bef9

#bandcamp #newmusic #electronic #drone #experimentalmusic #collage #fieldrecordings #memory #nostalgia #cassette #sound #sounddesign #deeplistening #nostalgia #musicwriting #musicreview #trackbytrack #musicjournalism

Really great post by Thom Hosken (Wichita LimeWire / Donor Lens / Love in Dust) honing in on gatekeeping and criticism in #vaporwave

https://future-sounds.uk/2022/10/22/the-story-of-thats-not-vaporwave/

#MusicJournalism #CriticalWriting #MusicWriting #plunderphonics #electronica #journalism #writing

Awkward #introduction time ⏰

I'm a writer and lecturer, usually thinking about music, sound, moving image, gender, technology and nature, here for #soundstudies #mediastudies #musicjournalism #musicwriting #instrument chat #queerstudies, probably some other stuff too. Bad at specialising, good with insects, cycling, writing outdoors.

Let me #introduce myself
Names Nox, #pronouns They/He
I have a great interest in:
#Writing #DnD #Ttrpg #dnd5e #musicwriting

Play DnD Twice a week atm:
#dndsession as a #gamemaster
And one as a player

As for writing I am busy creating fantasy worlds and a book + My songs I am creating