I’ve just downloaded and installed the first build of the latest This Day In Music app, research and content by yours truly. I’m really pleased with it and am looking forward to announcing it at last, some time in the…
Category: Music
Editing and more editing
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…
Official: It’s official!
It looks like my patience is being rewarded at last. I’ve just had a call from the This Day In Music Apps guys, informing me that the band’s management team have given the ‘On This Day’ app and ‘Song By…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…