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How to Start a Music Blog

Music blogging requires a long game strategy. This post explains how to start a music blog, tools you'll need, how to write with Google in mind, and other aspects of a music blog to consider.
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Journal: Music Curation in 2020

Algorithms play a huge role in music discovery (and these algorithms are akin to have a thousand friends working together to select your music), but the personal touch is still king in music discovery.
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Listen

Puddlegum will join the music industry blackout on June 2, 2020 in response to the murder of George Floyd and the assaults on Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. It is time that the United States confronts systemic racism. Change must take place in police departments, government policies, mindsets and attitudes, and in every fibre of this nation. We also must demilitarize our police forces, and address structural issues that allow for such brutality to take place. We can’t allow this to continue. Please listen to Black, Indigenous, and People of Color.

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Journal: A waterfall of music

I can't express how good it feels to write about music again. I hope to establish Puddlegum (again) as a place to find curated music. 40,000 songs are added to Spotify every day, so this is a daunting task. It's like a waterfall of new music, and all we have is a bucket.
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