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| Zombie0915 |
I'm writing this huge research paper on the blogosphere and I'm reading a load of hype about how blogs are gonna create this media revolution(:rolleyes:), it reminds me alot of the mid 90's dot com rush.
Anyway, I know I'm coming into this game a little late, and I know there are a ton of blogs out there that talk about EDM.
I was wondering if any of you have any favorite EDM related blogs, I'm thinking that they might be a pretty nice way to keep up with the music scene. I could imagine some kids posting stuff about songs as soon as they get released, maybe even sharing some mp3s of some dude I've never heard of.
I heard some rumors that some high profile DJ's out there have their own blogs, is this true? If it is, could anywone reply with some good links?
Maybe some of you kids have your own music blogs, that would be kinda cool.
Please share some links with me. |
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| Cobalt |
Needle Drops used to have many EDM-related posts, but not anymore.
Other than that I know of no EDM blogs. |
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| Zombie0915 |
I think Ishkur should start a blog, that way he can bitch about recent developments as they happen, it would be hilarious. He says a bunch of stuff about how he gets pissed at the bloggers for linking to his mp3s and talking about stuff he writes, he might as well blog back at them I think, heh.
Sean Cusick, he would have a fun blog to read, I can imagine him bitching about BT's latest hairdo or something like in those articles he wrote.
Or if someone could track down a nice mp3 every time they posted, that would be fun until they had to pay for hosting. |
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| Cobalt |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zombie0915
Sean Cusick, he would have a fun blog to read, I can imagine him bitching about BT's latest hairdo or something like in those articles he wrote. |
Which reminds me, where did xpander.nl go? |
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| Kinde |
| quote: | Originally posted by Cobalt
Which reminds me, where did xpander.nl go? |
It was shut down and re-started as 365MAG. |
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| Sykonee |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zombie0915
I think Ishkur should start a blog, that way he can bitch about recent developments as they happen, it would be hilarious. He says a bunch of stuff about how he gets pissed at the bloggers for linking to his mp3s and talking about stuff he writes, he might as well blog back at them I think, heh.
Sean Cusick, he would have a fun blog to read, I can imagine him bitching about BT's latest hairdo or something like in those articles he wrote.
Or if someone could track down a nice mp3 every time they posted, that would be fun until they had to pay for hosting. |
Really, Ishy's website is just one big, elaborate blog, if you think about it.
As for other EDM blogs, I really don't know. I guess what I do might be a bit bloggish, as I'll sometimes rant a fair deal at times in the course of a review, but unless you know of a livejournal raver or DJ who writes specifically about EDM, they may be a might bit rare. |
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| Ishkur |
Bloggers are just intellectual Livejournalers, the only difference is that instead of talking about what they ate for breakfast, they talk about what they read in the morning paper while they ate breakfast. Every blog reads like a boring, unfunny Jay Leno monologue. As if people won't be brought up to speed about current events unless their favourite blogger tells them about them.
It's not a revolution, it's just proof of the old saying "You give a quiet person a megaphone, they will quickly find something to say."
Talking on the internet as if your opinion actually matters is nothing new. The only thing that's changed is that 8 years ago when they were called e/n sites (for everything/nothing....because they were literally about everything and nothing), the people who made them were geeks or at least knew html, because you had to build your home on the web all by yourself. Today's keyboard pundits know next to nothing about the internet and even less about programming, relying on online software and automated scripts to record their prose for them. This is like, instead of handing that megaphone to a person, you hand the megaphone to a stupid person who needs help on how to turn it on.
Livejournal was the first big "automated website-in-a-box" about 5 years ago, aimed mostly at teenagers too lazy or stupid to know html. The word "blog" had not achieved buzzword status yet. Livejournal entries were full of crappy poetry and people complaining about their math teacher and what bands they liked. Girls called them musings. Guys called them rants.
Blogspot, blogger, and the "blogosphere" came shortly afterward, aimed at a more mature audience. It gained critical accreditation when actual authors, politicians, celebrities and personalities started using it (wil wheaton dot net). THAT'S when the media started talking about the 'blog' revolution. But it's still not a revolution, because all the blogs out there still don't matter. The media loves talking about itself. Mcluhan was a prophet.
The only real purpose for blogs today seems to be to bitch about current events and to rampantly post links that you get off other blogs. Everyone trying to be a Fark, in a sense. Blogs are nothing more than meme propogators. Bloggers who have achieved "fame" status are almost always already famous offline (or have some kind of supporting fan structure), and don't really rely on their blog as their main vocation--it's just another avenue to dispense their fame.
Me? Apparently to actually be considered a "blogger" I would have to be using official "blog" software. Which I don't. All my crap is custom produced and in-house, so that makes me an e/n site. Besides, I don't have the time to post every day about some meaningless idiotic crap. Seems rather pointless and trivial to me. I don't for a second foster any delusions about how valueless and unimportant my ramblings online really are, but I gotta admit......lately it's gotten mighty interesting.
I should blog this. |
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| Cobalt |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ishkur
I should blog this. |
:stongue: |
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| Krysta_101 |
I belong to that one
I'm good ol' shared_smile on that one.:D |
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| Psiweaver |
| i hate all the premade websites for dummies who don't know HTML |
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| Dmatrox |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ishkur
they talk about what they read in the morning paper while they ate breakfast. Every blog reads like a boring, unfunny Jay Leno monologue. |
for sure.
i think blogging is stupid. for the most part, no body cares about what is written unless its someone important or some hot chick that posts pics of theirselves. |
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