First Post
So, in with a bang, and an introduction.I’ve been thinking a lot about the amount of raw talent around me, in the form of friends, family, acquaintances, and just people I meet passingly at events, bars and on the bus.
It used to be that I actively sought out intelligent people and conversation… it was hard to come by. Perhaps because of running IKTOMS, and moving to London, all of that’s turned on its head: I no longer seem have the time to get to know all of the incredibly talented and artistic people I meet as well as I would like.
This is obviously a desirable situation. But what it really got me thinking about was just how little breakthrough there is between the talented, unsigned, unpaid circle I’m talking about; and the mainstream, professional, paid circle they supposedly aspire to. I’m talking in general terms here, and it *is* a general concern, but I suppose I notice it mostly in music.
So, in a burst of optimism, I’m overcoming my personal fear of maintaining a weBLOG, and intend upon posting up musings, pointers and excitement on a semi-regular basis. If this trail of thoughts gains an audience, and leads to that audience discovering some of the aforementioned talent, it will have served a purpose. It could be a rallying-point… a call-to-action.. or something equally heroic and wonderful.
I certainly also hope it will be useful in partaking of the community that is essential to any artistic endeavour or project.
Before I leave post #1 to the wilderness that is my blog readership, a small note to readers yet to come. I hope desperately to avoid the following terrible trends in blogs:
(1) Incessant ‘Best Of’ posts.
(2) Incessant self-promotion (so you know now, I’m a singer-songwriter, an events coordinator and promoter, and a video editor and producer, in differing measures. Call me up on shameless plugging when it gets too much.
(3) Incessant posting, full stop… noone is interesting more than once a day.
Ok, that’s it, mouse pointer to publish button, and off goes the blogger…
Kev x
i miss you kevin molloy. hence you’e been added to my rss feeds. now i can get my daily dose.
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I 100%, wholly, completely, absolutely, all the way, altogether, conclusively, exhaustively, extensively, finally, from A to Z, from beginning to end, fully, heart and soul, hook line and sinker, in entirety, perfectly, quite, solidly, thoroughly, totally, to the end, to the nth degree, ultimately, unanimously, unconditionally, undividedly and utterly agree with you.
And have I told you lately how inspiring you are?
Gush over.
Looking forward to reading. I’m currently stuck in a massive drought of posts on my own one of these… maybe you should add that to your list of blogging pit-falls:
(4) Not posting.
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