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30 Albums in 30 Days: Vol 2

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Two years ago, I decided to embark on a writing experiment where I did a write up for an album a day, over the course of the 30 days in November. It was a cheat way to participate in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). I’m not writing a novel (though I want to), but I do want to push myself to write more often, again. I have let that fall off a fair bit over the last year or so, and want to reignite that. What better way than to try to repeat something I have already done?

Okay, so there are probably better ways. But I didn’t really want an answer, because this is what I am going to do.

Unlike two years ago, I’m not thinking about this too much before hand. Back then, I had compiled a list of the albums I wanted to write about. I thought about doing that, but decided that, in another effort to push myself a little bit, I wanted to have to come up with what I was going to write about the day I was writing. May it lead to worse articles? Less thought? Maybe.

But this is, at least in part, an exercise in pushing myself. So I am trying to find more ways to push myself. Also, I am considering making some brief videos about these albums as well, as video is something I have been wanting to get into. So there will likely be an accompanying video for some of these articles.

Welcome to 30 Albums in 30 Days: Volume 2.

The way forward – Or where do I go from here

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November has come and gone. And with it, I met my goal for this blog. I successfully wrote an article daily about a different album. I’m glad I did. There are lots of reasons, but the primary reason is, I set the goal to do so and met it.

While I wrote reactions to different albums, I found it becoming easier to get the words to flow. Mostly. Some days were more difficult than others. Some albums just forced me to struggle a bit to come up with the words. And struggle is a good thing. It is how we improve, how we become stronger.

At the same time, while struggling at times, I found that there were times I didn’t want to write about a particular album. I wanted to write about other aspects of music. Maybe it was an announcement of some sort. Perhaps I had been thinking about other aspects of music (I did write an article about how black metal is quickly becoming the most fascinating sub-genre of metal).

And so, with the 30 albums in 30 days goal being met, I plan to continue writing, just perhaps in a slightly different way. I will still be doing album reactions. However, I will also be writing articles that are more topical in nature. Heck, I will even include some articles about how I listen to music. After all, I have purchased more pairs of headphones over the years in search of the perfect pair than any sane person. The least I can do is see if others can benefit from my stupidity.

So, I hugely appreciate those who have been reading, and hope you will continue to do so, even as the content broadens in scope.