The mission is simple: I will write about 75 albums which came out in 1993 throughout 2023.
In these last years my writing shifted more and more towards covering cinema, but I miss writing about music and especially finding new ways to write about music. A more personal approach, more associative and less structured around the way music criticism nowadays writes and works.
I'll also turn 30 in 2023 and found this the perfect time to go back and listen to a selection of albums which came out in '93 and which I haven't listened to before.
I intend to treat this mostly as an exercise, something to get me back in the groove and keep me writing on a steady pace. Most likely the blog will expand from this initial concept. Maybe it will die. Either way it feels good to have this type of outlet again.
I find that I work best when I set myself certain formal and editorial guidelines. I have formed these mostly through my writing on cinema but I think they'll just serve me as well here.
1. 500 words per album or less.
2. Each album exists on its own terms. Compare only when necessary. Try to work more from within than from without.
3. Subjectivity is key! Research as much as you must but not more than you need.
4. One writes predominantly for oneself and one's own interest, yet every piece needs to remain understandable to the reader at large.
5. Have fun!
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