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March 27, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
What Makes A Music Collection? Are Your Files as Valid as My Records – Do My Records Mean Anything If I Don’t Listen To Them?
It’s never been easier, via the internet and the sharing/caring attitude of fans hooking up other fans, to get close to completing the set – that is to say collecting everything by your favourite artist. But, as my uncle is fond of saying, “it’s a big thing when you look in to it”. I don’t […]Archive
February 25, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Eight Simple Rules For Getting Reviewed: Advice To First-Album Makers
1. Offer up your album, DVD, book as a physical copy if you have it. Don’t just send a stream/link only – or at least check in with the reviewer, make the offer to send the physical copy. And if it costs money to download your album remember to send a free code with your […]Archive
February 25, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Owed to Collecting: An Ode To Collecting
One of the easiest things I’ve ever done is get rid of music. I’m no minimalist, never will be, but de-cluttering becomes quite addictive. Hey, I like stuff, and probably will always have too much of it – but books and records and CDs and DVDs (previously counted among the joys of my life) have […]Archive
September 5, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Moby: Long Ambients 1 – Calm. Sleep.
Moby Long Ambients 1: Calm. Sleep. (Independent) Moby’s latest “album” is a four-hour playlist available as a free download (or on all the streaming platforms) that aims to encourage you toward sleep, or at least to enjoy calm and peaceful activities. Created as part of the soundtrack for Moby’s own yoga and relax-time, Long Ambients […]Archive
August 20, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1054
Paul McCartney, NEW (2013) Have you got the time for McCartney’s “NEW” album? – I asked at the end of my review. And then, I promptly forgot about the “NEW” album by Paul McCartney. You see, as sometimes has to be the way, I was reviewing that from a link, a stream. I hardly ever […]Archive
June 26, 2014 by Simon Sweetman