All my This Day In Music material is in the process of being edited. It would be easy to get all precious and feel that the product of two years work is being savaged by an over-critical editor. However this is their product and actually the edit requests make sense. Also every signed off piece
Category: Writing
New Year launch delayed by eleven months
Well, my ‘On This Day’ app and ‘Song By Song’ Kindle book still haven’t been released. Back at the beginning of the year, it looked as though any hope of my research and writing efforts being blessed with official recognition by the band on which they are focussed was lost. Discussions with the band’s management
Apps and Kindle books
A big chunk of my contribution to the This Day In Music Apps range is due to be released as a Kindle book too! It looks like the ‘Song By Song’ album notes I wrote will be published before the app is released. Negotiations with the band’s management and lawyers are still on-going. I’m really
It’s proofreading time
After a year of research and writing (with time off to do my day job), I’ve finished the first complete draft of all the material for the ‘On This Day’ app I’ve been working on for This Day In Music Apps. They’ve just released This Day In Classic Rock in conjunction with Classic Rock magazine
Lear and 200 Limericks
As an occasional performer at the excellent Buxton Word Wizards poetry slam group, I was asked if I’d like to contribute some limericks to an exhibition, set up to mark Sir Edward Lear’s bicentennial. The plan was to display two hundred original and new limericks in the beautiful dome at the University of Derby’s Buxton
This is the official app, or is it?
Wow, having achieved official status for the This Day In Pink Floyd app, the This Day In Music team is now in negotiations to do a similar deal for the app I’m researching and writing. If this comes off, I’ll be absolutely bowled over; these guys are real heroes of mine and to have written
Project creep and original research
I’ve boosted my existing library of material on my This Day In Music subject by making a lot of eBay and a few Amazon purchases. I’ve also dusted off a lot of old vinyls and done some hasty transfers to iTunes, so I can listen to the band’s entire back catalogue regularly. Extensive reading of
When does a hit single actually become a Number One?
Well, here’s an interesting one. I want to be able to make statements along the lines of “song / album X went to number one on date Y” for every single and album by the band I’m researching. I’ve been fortunate enough to get some extremely helpful feedback from the masters of this subject, Sir
I’m in music apps these days
Well, I got the commission from This Day In Music Apps and have just started my initial research on one of the biggest bands in rock and pop history. I’ve got until next May to complete the work, but it’s going to be tight. I have to find at least three facts for every day
Getting in on the app business
I’ve been proofreading the content for the This Day In Pink Floyd app, produced by the excellent This Day In Music team. This resulted in discussions about other bands they’re planning to produce apps for (they’ve already done This Day In Led Zeppelin), one of which is a particular favourite of mine. The project is