Acousmata, Year Two: A (Slightly) New Format

Dear readers and listeners,

February 18 will mark the one-year anniversary of the launch of Acousmata.  I’ve been pleased with the progress so far, and encouraged by the feedback I’ve received from various quarters.  I will continue to work toward the goal of making this blog a premier resource for all that is musically obscure, adventurous, and outlandish.

Starting immediately I will be changing the format of my posts in an effort to bring Acousmata to a new level of quality and engagement.

Until now, there has reigned a certain ambiguity of purpose between simply getting the music “out there” on the one hand, and providing commentary and background, on the other.  The result has been an unevenness in the amount and character of the writing, ranging from one-paragraph blurbs to researched mini-articles, with the average post being somewhere in between.  Though it has been fun to indulge in this freedom of format, I would like to move toward a more consistent tone.  Thus, starting immediately, I will begin concentrating my efforts on longer posts, with a consequent (but hopefully not too drastic) reduction in their frequency.  At the other extreme, however, I will begin experimenting with posting music with no commentary at all— for example, if a certain piece has appealed to my ears without engaging my brain (not a bad thing, that), or in cases where information about the music (but not the music itself) is readily available on the web.

Thank you for your support and please don’t hesitate to let me know what you think about this reorientation.

Happy listening,

Thomas

January 30, 2010, 6:36pm