more from the blog o’sphere
Posted on | June 3, 2010 | 3 Comments
by Brian Nation
It’s great to see the number of Vancouver jazz musicians who are blogging going up, albeit very slowly. Our previous post pointed readers to James Danderfer’s blog where they could listen to his Jelly Roll Suite and then go on (or back, I guess) to read what I think is a really interesting series of articles about his oddysey as a young musician, student, etc., making his way through modern jazz in Canada as his career develops. Cory Weeds has been blogging on and off for years and seems to be going at it with more regularity of late. One of the interesting and fun things he’s done lately is to invite guests to talk about their favourite Blue Note albums. That kind of thing is always fun and informative. In case you missed the latest addition to the blog links in the sidebar, you should check out drummer Jesse Cahill’s blog. It’s like hangin’ out with Jesse as he talks about some of his gigs and plays some albums from his extensive collection.
For years I’ve been encouraging friends, musicians and otherwise, to start blogging. Often they’ll say, “I don’t think I’m that interesting” or “Who cares what I have to say” but they’d be surprised how many people are interested and, especially for musicians or performers of any kind, it’s a great way to involve people in what you’re doing and build a fan base.
If you’ve got a blog or know of any not listed that might be of interest to readers of this site please add them in the comments.
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June 3rd, 2010 @ 11:18 pm
Thanks for the plug Brian. I have to say I’m enjoying it more than I thought I would. I feel a bit vain always talking about me so I’m going to try to include more content about all the other stuff that’s happening around town and in Canada. Doing the LP posts has really been great because for each one I’ve spent a few hours reading up on and listening closely to each artist. Anyway blah blah blah…better save it for my blog!
June 4th, 2010 @ 2:13 pm
Hey B, thanks for the plug. I have enjoyed being back at it although I still struggle with that “does anyone really care” question. I have enjoyed some of the new blogs as well. Esepcailly Jesse Cahill’s and James Danderfer’s.
June 7th, 2010 @ 11:52 pm
Hey Brian! Let me be the last to say “thanks for the plug.” I hardly ever read blogs, I didn’t even know that Cahill had one and he posts something cool every day! Once a week is enough for me. (And yes Jesse, continually writing about oneself IS vain,… ah vanity, one of my favourite sins.)
People occasionally ask me what I get out of blogging. I’m really not sure, besides the fact that I just kinda enjoy writing. I like to see what music musicians are diggin on sometimes but I’m probably more interested in the personal ups and downs as they follow their career path and their artistic process. Don’t get me wrong, gig updates, album reviews, etc are cool too, but I like a story. The personal story itself is further reaching I think, often inspiring and I’ll take little bits of inspiration wherever I can get’em!