Alina Simone’s ‘So-Called Indie Rock Blog’
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My favorite thing about MOG is the posts. It’s so refreshing to read what folks who are writing just to express themselves have to say about music. For so long, what we could read was mostly the words of professional writers. 
Her blog is fascinating.Now I’ve got nothing against professional writers. How could I? That’s what I did for a living for many years. The upside is that professional writers usually know how to write. They know how to put a sentence together. They know a good story. They avoid clichés. And so on. But there’s a downside too. Professional music journalists need to churn out words about music in order to make a living. It doesn’t matter if they have anything to day. It doesn’t matter if they feel like writing and are passionate about a new album or group or performance. If the job calls for 500 words about the new Mountain Goats album, well they’ll deliver 500 words. Professional writers sometimes burn out on writing. They go through periods – weeks, months, years – when they’re just not moved by new music. Sometimes they’re not moved by music at all. Sometimes they decide that rock ‘n’ roll is dead, that the last good music was Dylan’s Blood On The Tracks. Everyone else who writes does it because they want to write. Because they’re moved to write. Because they just have to write. Which leads me to Alina Simone, the talented singer/songwriter who has been writing what she calls “My So-Called Indie Rock Blog.†You’ll find it on her MOG:http://mog.com/alina__She’s written 11 installments thus far. They’re all good. They’re all worth reading. But #11 is the best yet. Just a powerful, moving look at the reality of the music business. Alina has been writing her story of deciding to be a musician and what she’s gone through, thus far. Her story is funny and sad, frustrating but ultimately triumphant because we know how it ends. Or at least we know where she’s at now, with a completed first album that I’m heard and that is really good. Yeah, she needs a record company to sign her on. But that will happen. Her music is just too good.
Her blog is fascinating.Now I’ve got nothing against professional writers. How could I? That’s what I did for a living for many years. The upside is that professional writers usually know how to write. They know how to put a sentence together. They know a good story. They avoid clichés. And so on. But there’s a downside too. Professional music journalists need to churn out words about music in order to make a living. It doesn’t matter if they have anything to day. It doesn’t matter if they feel like writing and are passionate about a new album or group or performance. If the job calls for 500 words about the new Mountain Goats album, well they’ll deliver 500 words. Professional writers sometimes burn out on writing. They go through periods – weeks, months, years – when they’re just not moved by new music. Sometimes they’re not moved by music at all. Sometimes they decide that rock ‘n’ roll is dead, that the last good music was Dylan’s Blood On The Tracks. Everyone else who writes does it because they want to write. Because they’re moved to write. Because they just have to write. Which leads me to Alina Simone, the talented singer/songwriter who has been writing what she calls “My So-Called Indie Rock Blog.†You’ll find it on her MOG:http://mog.com/alina__She’s written 11 installments thus far. They’re all good. They’re all worth reading. But #11 is the best yet. Just a powerful, moving look at the reality of the music business. Alina has been writing her story of deciding to be a musician and what she’s gone through, thus far. Her story is funny and sad, frustrating but ultimately triumphant because we know how it ends. Or at least we know where she’s at now, with a completed first album that I’m heard and that is really good. Yeah, she needs a record company to sign her on. But that will happen. Her music is just too good.
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