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[music] A Tribe of Listeners
Mar. 25th, 2012 02:07 pmI think I may have hit upon an interesting idea for a book or a blog/website, or maybe both.
Thursday's prompt for The Scintilla Project was asking to describe the tribe you belong to, and after a bit of deliberation about what that would be, I realized that it had to be related to music. It occured to me that I might not directly be part of a music scene--I don't normal to to shows or dress up in the latest fashion or consider myself an indie hipster in any way--but I'm most definitely part of those music fans out there who find complete joy in just sitting down to listen to music. I'd come up with the phrase "A Tribe of Listeners" to describe these people, but didn't think too much of it at the time.
Onyi (aka uncletypewriter), one of the leaders of Scintilla, really liked that phrase and commented wondering where this tribe could be found. I'd seen her comment while at work and didn't have a chance to comment right away, but the more I thought of it, the more I realized it was worth focusing on.
What about a website on music--sort of like PopDose minus the film/tv/etc sections, Pitchfork minus the apparent indie hipness, review sites without the snark, the music blogs minus the questionable download links? Just people purely talking about the music they love, and why they love it. New releases, old songs, different genres, anything. I'd have to sit down and have a good think about how I'd set this site up--a blog? A true website? A forum (if anyone even uses them anymore)? A bit of everything? And who would I invite to write? And the back of my mind...is there a way I could make money off it, even through ads?
Secondly, I came to the conclusion that perhaps it's worth looking further into as a book as well. Research concurrent with the Walk in Silence project would make sense...while interviewing and talking with various deejays and fans, why not ask a few questions about listening habits and why they listen to what they do?
More on this later...I think I may have to think this one through for a while longer, but I'm really liking the idea so far...
Thursday's prompt for The Scintilla Project was asking to describe the tribe you belong to, and after a bit of deliberation about what that would be, I realized that it had to be related to music. It occured to me that I might not directly be part of a music scene--I don't normal to to shows or dress up in the latest fashion or consider myself an indie hipster in any way--but I'm most definitely part of those music fans out there who find complete joy in just sitting down to listen to music. I'd come up with the phrase "A Tribe of Listeners" to describe these people, but didn't think too much of it at the time.
Onyi (aka uncletypewriter), one of the leaders of Scintilla, really liked that phrase and commented wondering where this tribe could be found. I'd seen her comment while at work and didn't have a chance to comment right away, but the more I thought of it, the more I realized it was worth focusing on.
What about a website on music--sort of like PopDose minus the film/tv/etc sections, Pitchfork minus the apparent indie hipness, review sites without the snark, the music blogs minus the questionable download links? Just people purely talking about the music they love, and why they love it. New releases, old songs, different genres, anything. I'd have to sit down and have a good think about how I'd set this site up--a blog? A true website? A forum (if anyone even uses them anymore)? A bit of everything? And who would I invite to write? And the back of my mind...is there a way I could make money off it, even through ads?
Secondly, I came to the conclusion that perhaps it's worth looking further into as a book as well. Research concurrent with the Walk in Silence project would make sense...while interviewing and talking with various deejays and fans, why not ask a few questions about listening habits and why they listen to what they do?
More on this later...I think I may have to think this one through for a while longer, but I'm really liking the idea so far...
