| Sharing the Sharing | |
If you end up reading this blog on a regular basis you’ll come to see that I like to explain things [see earlier posts on the naming of the blog, why a blog and hey! the categories used! sick I know]. The reason I like to explain things is that I just assume other people are like me and want to understand everything. As much as possible. I have issues. I know.
So what is this post about? Explaining [introducing!!] why the blogs on my blogroll are there. Really it’s about introducing some blogs I like, but I do always wonder why certain blogs have others listed and others omitted and so on.
So today I’m going to introduce 3hive and IndieHQ
3hive.com is an MP3 blog - one of my favs. While I enjoyed their format, one band at a time, couple MP3s, short lil’ to the point write ups, daily updates, couple differrent perspectives, they had me for good when I read on their about page their reference to the “good old fashioned MP3″. Loved it.
But the site is also fun and easy to explore. You can browse by label, genre, artist and a few other options. So I suggest you go do that, you’ll almost certainly find something you like and if you don’t send them suggestions at suggestionbox(at)3hive.com
3hive’s tag line is sharing the sharing - and to me that can sum up what I feel about IndieHQ as well. IndieHQ is one of many projects of Virgil Dickerson of Suburban Home Records [busy guy, check out the label’s site for other projects such as http://www.vinylcollective.com/].
IndieHQ was one of the blogs that served as a model for what I want this to become in time, if not more self focused. Virgil regularly shares ideas and plans for his label on IndieHQ, soliciting reader’s feedback and suggestions on his ideas.
As noted in the last post, sharing ideas is a good thing and for that alone I’m glad I came across his site while thinking and rethinking whether starting an indie label was a wise decision or not.
There’s a wealth of good information on his site that any label or band can make use of. But as noted above I think one of the strongest attributes of his blog is what he shares and gets back in return from other users of his site. Amazingly beneficial to anyone else looking to or doing the same. This is invaluable as it serves as an example, can confirm [or destroy] suspicions you have had, motivate you to act on something and improves the learning experience for all involved.
My three favorite things about music blogs are the passion for music usually evident, the exchange of ideas and of course the discovery of new music. IndieHQ nails all points. [3hive doesn’t do the sharing of ideas, they are sharing the sharing and doing a bang up job, new music and passion aplenty]. Check both sites out please.
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