Warning Rant

This one's kinda weird... and long. Just a heads up. But I figured it's okay because it's not a regular Monday post. As an offering of goodwill, I'll give you the playlist upfront. And as spoiler/ incentive to make it to the end, there'll be a (not so) big reveal at the end of a new developments to the blog.

PLAYLIST (it involves Warning, Rambling, Philosophy & an End)

So, I've (not so) recently experienced musical tragedy. I'm talking a SERIOUS first world problem that no music lover should EVER have to endure. I have also recently been thinking (not so) deeply about (not very) important things to the extent that now I think I'm an expert about stuff. So I'm going to offer up words of warning and rant.

The terrible, awful, no good, very bad tragedy that occurred is... almost too painful to speak of. But I must. Last year, and the year before as well, now that I think about it, I went to several concerts. We saw, Sara Bareilles, Josh Groban, Eric Hutchinson, Regina Spektor & Switchfoot. That's not the bad thing. These concerts were AWESOME; some of them down right life-changing (corresponding posts to follow in the coming weeks). But the "terrible awful" that happened was that I made the mistake of trusting; trusting in technology too much. 

This is me yelling at my phone.
(not really me)

I'd always thought technology was my friend! Granted I'm not the most advanced dude out there but I take the fact that I've seen the sun in the last year, am happily married to a (real) girl and that I don't belong to a guild of any sort to be a fair trade. At any rate, I figured I was "savvy" enough to get away with something so simple... What I did was, when we would go a show, I would write down the set list in a memo on my phone for memory sake and so that I could eventually blog about the show and re-create the concert in playlist form. This was working fine. Hadn't actually blogged about any of the shows but that's beside the point. I had all my set lists safe and sound. So I thought. Then my phone had problems. I ended up needing to reset it. "No problem," I thought. "I've got my apps synced to my google account and supposedly "backed up" there... NOPE!! Not even Chuck Testa could save me. Lost it all. 

Needless to say, since then I've resorted to pen and paper to make sure I have a hard copy which is how I am able to bring you a recreate the Fiction Family show for you in an upcoming post. Basically I LOST EVERYTHING AND YOU SHOULD ALWAYS BACK YOUR CRAP UP!!!!That's the warning.  No, that wasn't the rant, although it might have seemed like it. Now I will rant. You've been warned (again). 

Like I said before, I've been thinking (a dangerous pastime, I know). I've come to some (semi-solid) conclusions and I wanted to share my thoughts but didn't want to have two separate posts of such ridiculous length and wanted to get it over with. Also, considering that of the small number that actually follow this blog, only about half will probably read this and only about half of them will actually make it this far and only half of them will actually have an opinion one way or the other of my ramblings, (wheeeeeew... *deep breath*) I figured I was safe in writing whatever the heck I wanted. I will now mount my imaginary soapbox (See? there it is over there) and wax semi-philosophical as I proceed to think out-loud (?) to the worldwide interwebs. Let the rambling begin!

So, those of you who actually know me or have read the feeling behind what I've written on this little ol' blog know that I don't just like music. Love it. Not just a hobbie. It's kinda my life. Aside from my religion and wife, there's nothing I love more in this world. I've thought several times that I really need a job where I do something involving music. Thought recently that it'd be fun to be the guy who picks the music for movies & tv shows. Or be a content manager at a radio station where I can get paid to just listen and listen and make playlist after playlist....(trails off with a glazed over look in eyes...) I've also thought in the past (and still a little today) that it'd be fun to be a professional music blogger. "Have you seen Matt's Music Blog? It's where I get all my new music. He's really funny/ entertaining/ whatever and has the BEST taste in music I've ever seen. Oh, and I hear he's really handsome." 

Yeah, that'd be cool. That might come someday but for now, I'm happy to just write for myself. It's less stressful and disappointing than writing to try and get people to subscribe. I figure if people like it, they'll pass it on. Sort of a "if you're awesome, they will come" field of dreams thing... "Blog of dreams"? Maybe I should get in touch with Kevin Costner... 

At any rate, I've been graduated for a year and working for a while so I've had more free time to get back into the "it's okay to spend time listening to music" mode instead of always thinking I've got an assignment of some sort due. It's been beyond glorious to be able to go to shows and listen to copious amounts of music but one adverse side effect has been a growing backlog of stuff to write about and share. Granted, what I write here ain't Shakespeare (it usually ends in caps and involves varying combinations of 'frikkin,' 'amazing' and 'awesome') but I do try to put some thought into what I offer up here and that can take some time. So one thing I've decided that needs to happen is... (are you ready for the semi-underwhelming reveal?) 

I need to write more. 

See what I did there? I need to write more? But it was such a short sentence... ha ha... okay. But, yes, it's true. I'm going to write more. It's not going to be just a Monday thing anymore. I'm going to start out slow and go two a twice a week thing but I've also played around with the idea of posting a song everyday and move away from playlists? Maybe an album on Monday's and individual songs every day? Who knows. Hence the "semi-firm" conclusions mentioned at the beginning. 

That's all. The end. That's the new development. So, be on the lookout for more frequent posts & more awesome music than you can shake a stick @! And I mean that literally. You won't be able to shake a stick at this music. Unless you actually bring in a stick, pull up each playlist and shake it at your screen/ speakers. In that case, touché. Please take & send pictures so I can post them here. I hope people don't think you're crazy but if you're shaking sticks at your computer to prove the man in your computer wrong, you might just be. Thanks for stickin' with me this long. Seeya Monday!