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…
Category: Writing
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…
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…
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…
Interrupted by clones
Once again work on Colin goes to Zobeland has been held up by another story idea. This new one stays in the science fiction genre, but so far appears to be a bit more serious than CGTZ. It revisits the…
Musical Hiatus
I haven’t completely ignored CGTZ over the past six months. However, I have been working on a couple of other projects too: I’ve had to resort to the boring but necessary expedient of working at my ‘day job’ to keep…