So a little while ago I mentioned that I had been working an a friggin' huge music feature, and even posted the first part of it. But there was still a shit ton of work to be done on it, and it hasn't really been coming along very smoothly. So instead, I thought of a better way to bring you some great music stuff.
I already started earlier this week, but I thought I'd explain it further today. At the end of every post, I have what we call a tabs section. This is basically a relic from the days of the old blogs, but I'm not the only one who keeps doing them. I start mine with a quote and a link to my Quotes Archive. I have started linking the users in these posts so you can follow them if you'd like. After that section used to be my Eargasm of the Day, followed by some links to a few other posts and stuff. This is where the bulk of the change is happening.
Instead of Eargasms, I'm now doing a running feature that highlights the albums that have released on this day, hence why I call it "On This Day In Music". In other words, for today's post I am linking the albums that released on September 27th in any given year. I am also telling you what year they released in, because that's nice to have as well. I am choosing my favorite album to embed a video for, and listing out all the other albums that released that day with links to videos for them. Typically, my favorite of the day is embedded, and the list from top to bottom goes from more favorable to less favorable. But all are recommendations, so don't simply ignore the bottom albums on each list.
There are some days of the year that actually have not seen any releases that I would recommend to you, and on those days I will instead link an album that I know released within that month, but I don't know the specific date for it. There are also a bunch of albums I know of that I have no idea what month they released in, and I might try to work them in some way at some point. I am also going to try and make an effort to include the new albums that are releasing that day, as I did earlier this week for the new Dream Theater and Ra albums. I will try to link to full albums if possible, though not for the albums releasing that day. Although we can't do this for the embedded videos, when I do use full albums, I will try to link to my favorite song of the album.
This should also help me post more often, because if I ever feel I have nothing to talk about, I can always just talk about these albums of the day! So that about covers it. What do you think of my new tabs?
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Also, please check out my four concepts for Jono's contest and tell me which one you think I should enter. Here's some links to them: Beneath The Surface - Melody: In Silence - Dr. Bognár's Brainless Bride - The Room
Also again, I'll be posting a reminder for the MyIGN Halloween Costume Contest soon after the QuOTM and all that, so keep an eye out for it.
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“You are gentle you do not like to hurt.”
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On This Day In Music (September 27th)
The Hunter by Mastodon released on September 27th, 2011. Also released on this day:
- Nightmares Made Flesh by Bloodbath (2004)