You know what day it is today? The 4th of May 2010. It has been 6 months exactly since I published the first post on joescholes.com.
I have been thinking about preparing a jubilee post for today. Never came along to starting it. Not much time is left now. So let’s cut it short: I am over the moon how all this went (different from my mood on the pic). From November 2009 to May 2010 there have been lots of brilliant moments. I came in contact with a bunch of lovely people, learnt tons and was ready to write about lots of stuff that I wanted to write about for a very long time. In other words: It’s been great for me. From realizing that I am able to sustain a blog writing in English to the conclusion that my love for this music is still fresh. Thanks to everyone who commented, shared or just read the stuff. Keep doing so.
Today I would like to look back on six of the 30 posts that I published during these six months. Here is the selection.
1. Kick Off – Writing Songs For A New Album
It’s the first post, the article to get the ball rolling with an outline of my plans for the blog. Oh, how naive I was.
2. Ska Polls 2009
This series of posts did very well with Google. People writing keywords like “Best Ska 2009″ into their search engines regularly land on my page. And it was fun. I will definitely repeat this at the end of 2010.
3. Ballerina Valerie
In this post I elaborated on how a song of mine was conceived (as I did in a few other posts). How long it took to get the lyrics to “Ballerina Valerie” together and where I got the ideas. I recommend listening to the audio of the song while watching Eric Prydz’s “Call On Me” video.
4. Alpha Boys Are Dead
The story of the decay of a band. The post got great comments, discussions in forums, an honorable remark by Marcoonthebass. It was worth the effort.
5. My Personal 30th Ska Anniversary
Originally meant to secure a share of the buzz around “The 30th Anniversary” tour of the Ska band The Specials this post proved to be very popular with my family. My sister, who is not into Ska, read it and commented at a meeting of the generations. And even my father had a look at the post and was mildly impressed.
6. Should All Ska Music Be Free
The opus magna among the posts on joescholes.com. Three posts in one. With the potential to overwhelm. I hope it’s the start of a controversial conversation, though it hasn’t not yet taken off.
The next 6 months
There are lots of ideas for the next six months. More pictures, more audio, more posts with fewer words. The experience of the first six months shows me that most of it will turn out differently. But with some confidence I look forward to seeing which way this blog will be going.
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