Oh, the things I come up with while riding the subway

And yes, that is indeed where this idea formulated. I was taking the subway to work the other day...and all of a sudden decided that I'd be interested in writing a music blog. Music is so very much of my life. I talk enough about it on a day to day basis as it is... and since I'm not quite sure how appreciative my friends and family are when I start going on music tangents, why not start a blog and share my views with strangers? At least then I can't actually see their eyes glaze over as I yammer on.

Like so many of my random ideas, though, I thought this would be a fleeting one...and it still might be...but I couldn't shake the idea so quickly, so I figured I'd just do it. If I never update it, no big deal. But this could be the start of something I keep with for a while, hopefully.

Anyway...now the problem is what to write about. I am aware there are thousands upon thousands upon thousands of music blogs out there, with writers who are so insanely in to all different types of music and could easily trump me with their musical knowledge/out cred point me in a heart beat. Though I am known in a majority of my friend circles as "the one who knows a ton about music," my knowledge of different artists and genres is far from complete. What I listen to is only a drop in the bucket, I'm sure...

But I know what I like. So that's what I'm going to write about. You aren't going to get any reviews of the newest album from the next big thing (unless, of course, I end up happening to really like the next big thing) or in depth discussions of this genre or that genre. This will NOT be music journalism at it's finest, I can assure you.

What you ARE going to get are my honest opinions and feelings on songs, albums, or artists I've loved for a while (as questionable as they may be!) that or I'm digging at the moment. I'm sure most of my posts will be borderline fangirly...and I'm assuming a good chunk will be full out fangirly. That's the way it goes with me. When I find something I like, I get very excited and I want people to hear it too...and it's in my nature to get a little giggly or over/melodramatic or whatever. I'm also sure there will be a high emotional content present...I've had many situations where I've found myself emotionally moved by a song or a lyric or even just a note or two of a song, so there will be gushing about such things, as well. (Oh, and there may be some Youtube videos/MP3s scattered about to illustrate my points!)

It may not be particularly groundbreaking or eloquent, but it'll be honest and true to me...which I guess is cool? ;)

So...yay! That's it! Like I said, hopefully this isn't some fleeting thing...and that I'll be getting in plenty of new music that I feel like writing about.