So, I have another musical goal/project for next year.
I was doing some listening this morning, getting ready to head out and see family on Christmas, and it dawned on me as I was flipping through artists on my ipod that I've got a good handful of musicians on there that I enjoy, but don't listen to often enough. I figured that, along with writing a song a month next year, I should have an artist to focus on each month as well. I'm not talking about listening exclusively to that artist, just using them as a touchstone and in the process becoming more familiar with their music than I already am. The only criteria that I had on my list were as follows:
1) I already needed to own some of their music.
2) They need to have released a minimum of three albums during the course of their career.
Again, I was hoping for 12 artists. Thus far, I have come up with 8.
1) Son Volt
2) The New Pornographers
3) Missy Higgins
4) The Decemberists
5) Drive By Truckers
6) Jackie Greene
7) Ryan Adams
8) Tom Waits
I've got another list of possibles in my head, as well, that might finish out the year, but I'll take another day to ponder over those before I commit.
I'm also not above picking out artists I've always heard good things about, but never actually heard for the other four months. There will, I suspect, be at least one of those by the end of the year, but we shall see.
There's so much more to say on this topic for me, but it has been a long, and good day indeed, and I shall hold off on that until tomorrow.
Merry Christmas to All, and to all a Good Night.
I was doing some listening this morning, getting ready to head out and see family on Christmas, and it dawned on me as I was flipping through artists on my ipod that I've got a good handful of musicians on there that I enjoy, but don't listen to often enough. I figured that, along with writing a song a month next year, I should have an artist to focus on each month as well. I'm not talking about listening exclusively to that artist, just using them as a touchstone and in the process becoming more familiar with their music than I already am. The only criteria that I had on my list were as follows:
1) I already needed to own some of their music.
2) They need to have released a minimum of three albums during the course of their career.
Again, I was hoping for 12 artists. Thus far, I have come up with 8.
1) Son Volt
2) The New Pornographers
3) Missy Higgins
4) The Decemberists
5) Drive By Truckers
6) Jackie Greene
7) Ryan Adams
8) Tom Waits
I've got another list of possibles in my head, as well, that might finish out the year, but I'll take another day to ponder over those before I commit.
I'm also not above picking out artists I've always heard good things about, but never actually heard for the other four months. There will, I suspect, be at least one of those by the end of the year, but we shall see.
There's so much more to say on this topic for me, but it has been a long, and good day indeed, and I shall hold off on that until tomorrow.
Merry Christmas to All, and to all a Good Night.
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