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Contributor Identification

11 January 2010 in General by DJ Drew | No comments

As you can tell we’ve started having contributors, yay for more updates! I am still going to keep counting up the records for The Personal Conservatory Project, but I thought it would be nice to start including albums other people have taken the time to listen and share their thoughts on (from their own collections).

The easiest way to tell a contributor’s album post is that the title of the album will be the title of the post. (ie, contributor Braden recently posted, “Whipped Cream & Other Delights“)

Whereas, the records I am randomly pulling and going through for The Personal Conservatory Project all have post titles as “Record #__”. (I recently posted, “Record #81” the other day.)

So to sum up that whooha,
Personal Conservatory stuff: Post is titled “Record #__”
Contributor items: Post is title “Album Title”

If you really want to get technical and look at the nuts n bolts of the operation; All Personal Conservatory Project items are filed under the category “Music”, while stuff from contributors is filed under “Albums” and “Contributor”.

I hope you enjoy seeing more random albums on vinyl pop up here along with the continuation of count-up for The Personal Conservatory Project. If you have any suggestions or wish to contact me, please use the contact form or leave a comment. Alright, enough of this logistical nerdy stuff, time to dust another one off the shelf!

Keeping the table alive and spinning,
-DJ Drew

Welcome Braden!

6 January 2010 in General by DJ Drew | No comments

I’d like to welcome a new contributor to the site, Braden Mikael. Braden has been a long time fan of music, especially on vinyl. For Christmas this past year Braden received a new turntable from his wife, perfect for being a contributor here! He will be adding posts and thoughts on albums from time to time (which should help the frequency of updates!)

Recently I’ve undertook the work of restoring an old house… once that project is completed, you will be seeing more regular postings from me.

Keep the tunes spinning!
-Drew

Personal Conservatory: Take 2

7 May 2009 in General by DJ Drew | 3 comments

So you might have noticed a little hiatus has taken place. What happened was nothing short of a failure on my part. I had a good run updating this site daily, then came November. After 77 days of solid turntable spinning and album posting, I was tired of the daily burden and attention this blog required – it wasn’t fun anymore and what was once an entertainment escape now felt like work. Work is something I have no problem with, so long as it’s part of the deal going in. This was something I had brought on myself. So I decided to take a step back from the project in order to regroup and go at it with a fresh [and full] cup of coffee.

Taking a step back from the project, I learned two things:
1. I still loved listening to random albums. New, old, crap, painful, splendid, whatever. I can tolorate it all when I am pulling out an unknown album for the first time. I discovered that I find apprication in just about anything – even if it’s not something I care for. I’m like that, it’s something I enjoy.

2. I also still like to blog. However, I don’t like the constant feeling that I “need” to blog. [I enjoy being able to scratch things off my to-do list.]

This project was started as a vehicle for me to chronicle what I discover while going through a massive amount of unknown albums. As I was blogging everyday, the project shifted from something fun that I was doing for myself to something that I was only doing for the blog. The problem with doing something for the blog is that it’s just that, it’s a blog – an inadament object. Why was I letting an inadament object suck the entertainment and enjoyment out of something that is fun? It’s not like I had the obligation to defend the constitution. I needed to find a way to make this fun for me again so it could be a cool escape. And if I’m able to have fun, then chances are readers, observers and onlookers will enjoy it more as well.

So what was the problem? Well a few months later I’m still listening to albums just about everyday and I’m still regularly blogging on another site. I think in the end my complaints about this blog came about from having to constantly update the site.

So here is what I’ve decided to do for Take 2:
- As time permits I am going to continue updating the blog with the albums which I listen to all the way through. My goal is to have fairly frequent posts, but I’m not holding myself to that.
- Additionally, As much as I love exploring the past, I like living in the present & future – including music. So I am also going to start including posts about the newer music that is on my radar.

How’s that sound? Like a good plan? I hope so, because I’m looking forward to Take 2. And if anyone should ever want to contribute music posts (new, old, opinionated), just let me know and I’ll gladly add you as a poster.

Cheers,
-DJ Drew

Hello Musical World

17 August 2008 in General by DJ Drew | No comments

Welcome to the blog which is devoted to exploring a music collection! 

Let’s get straight to the jist:

Everyday I pull out a record that I haven’t listened to yet and listen to it all the way through. Now you may be confused, but the collection I am exploring is over 2000 records deep… so that means I’m covered for the next few years in posts.

Each day – or most days – expect a post of what I listened to and a review and we’ll see where this blog goes from there. Feel free to comment on all posts and if you want to write your own review, I’m up for guest posts.

 

A record on the collection

A record on the collection