The Music Banter Members' Journals Monthly Update Thread

[Trollheart]

Originally Posted by MicShazam

Thanks for the mention as always. I think my days of earning "workhorse of the month" are over. I'm not even sure I'll ever do another journal entry at all. If I ask myself why I should, I can't come up with any answer.

I'm going to just continue finding new music and listening music - but without writing about it.

Yeah I know how you feel. This, along with concentrating on my actual writing, is one of the reasons I stopped my journals. Way too much work for way too little reward.

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Writing my journals helps keep me connected to the music I listen to.

It challenges me to keep exploring and to listen closely.

It helps me to keep my thoughts about music kind of organized. I spend a lot of time on it because it’s fun and it’s worth sharing. I’m proud to say my journals are worth reading. It’s something.

They/it are/is - don't you only have the one? You certainly put a lot of work into it, and your passion and commitment and interest shine through.

[MicShazam]

I've got things that I could do that feel very worth it. Even just posting a few youtube clips and writing a few lines for each takes time. Why do I do it? I'm not some hotshot reviewer with an audience. I'm just some faceless guy on the internet with no credibility. It's cool that Hawk finds some joy in writing journals outside of there being people who appreciates reading it, but that's not the case for me. I know for a fact that I have very little in common with anyone musically, so it's kinda important to realize that I'm mostly just talking to myself, and that's not very meaningful, is it? Totally a rhetorical question. Of course it's meaningless!

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by Trollheart

Yeah I know how you feel. This, along with concentrating on my actual writing, is one of the reasons I stopped my journals. Way too much work for way too little reward.


They/it are/is - don't you only have the one? You certainly put a lot of work into it, and your passion and commitment and interest shine through.

I consider 2018 drone and ambient and 2018 free jazz journals as well. The free jazz of 2018 is in my opinion the best thing I ever started on here in terms of you the you heard it here first factor. A lot of it beats the free jazz collective blog.

And the southern states is like, seriously- I’m proud of it-

It’s all a team effort but yeah those are my babies

[Blank.]

Originally Posted by Trollheart

Blank gets us underway, as he does most months, as Blank Does Whatever He Damn Well Pleases, kicking off with the long-promised -if-not-awaited “Who the **** is This Artist?” which opens with Sienna Root. I think Batty says it best when he opines, “Well **** them then!” On to weird schoolgirl anime (and sure why not?) and then a review of Thou's The House Primordial and the new Kanye West. Feel like I've been on a trip after that, and I don't even do drugs! And if that wasn't enough for you, there's ICP too!

Does everyone think my journal is this weird? I genuinely don't understand why it's so weird.

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by Blank.

Does everyone think my journal is this weird? I genuinely don't understand why it's so weird.

It’s... experimental

[Trollheart]

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

I consider 2018 drone and ambient and 2018 free jazz journals as well. The free jazz of 2018 is in my opinion the best thing I ever started on here in terms of you the you heard it here first factor. A lot of it beats the free jazz collective blog.

And the southern states is like, seriously- I’m proud of it-

It’s all a team effort but yeah those are my babies

OK that's fair enough. I guess if I put enough effort into them my "Listen With Trollheart", "Trollheart Reviews the Music You Hate" and "Trollheart's Wonderful World of Prog" may in time be considered sort of journal-lite for me. Maybe. Hey, as long as you enjoy doing it, right?

Originally Posted by Blank.

Does everyone think my journal is this weird? I genuinely don't understand why it's so weird.

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

It’s... experimental

and weird.

[grindy]

It's weird in that "We are such crazy chicks, we make grimaces and stick our tongues out in our selfies" way.

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by grindy

It's weird in that "We are such crazy chicks, we make grimaces and stick our tongues out in our selfies" way.

*whacks off*

[rubber soul]

Originally Posted by MicShazam

I've got things that I could do that feel very worth it. Even just posting a few youtube clips and writing a few lines for each takes time. Why do I do it? I'm not some hotshot reviewer with an audience. I'm just some faceless guy on the internet with no credibility. It's cool that Hawk finds some joy in writing journals outside of there being people who appreciates reading it, but that's not the case for me. I know for a fact that I have very little in common with anyone musically, so it's kinda important to realize that I'm mostly just talking to myself, and that's not very meaningful, is it? Totally a rhetorical question. Of course it's meaningless!

I'm not sure how many hits I'm going to get either with my new journal. Ori is about the only other garage rock head here and he's usually busy being a lounge lizard. Anyhow, just because they may not comment doesn't mean they're not reading your journal. I always check out Hawk and Blank just to see what they're up to though I've only commented on Hawk's occasionally and I don't think I commented on Blank's at all.

[Blank.]

Originally Posted by Trollheart

and weird.

But why? My journal is just me saying and talking about whatever plops into my mind. If you took all your journals and placed all your posts into one journal, wouldn't it be just a random series of posts?

So why is it weird?