So here’s a new feature I’m going to start running and it’s called Track Of The Day. I do a little writing here and there, most notably with Film Klub, where I occasionally do some relatively long-winded overviews about films that I’m into, but lately it’s a bit of effort to write, well, what’s essentially an essay about a film and to be honest I’ve watched so many sometimes I don’t even know what to pick.
Therefore I’ve opted for an additional other avenue where I just post about tracks as they come to mind on any particular day, sometimes coming more frequently than other times. Note that any tracks in this feature are not of any particular genre or style — I listen to a lot of different music. But also, these are just tracks that pass by me by coincidental listening, in conversation, or just pop into mind. They may be tracks I love, tracks that have some interesting points and may occasionally be tracks I don’t even really like that much but have some point of discussion that I feel is worth sharing.
It had crossed my mind that I could just post these thoughts directly to social media, but I find the idea of using corporate social media platforms that pressure folks — especially artists and musicians — into constantly posting content somewhat sinister, and overall that feeling about social media in general is one that I’ve taken on in more recent years. So therefore all of these features will be on the softriot.com website. I designed, I built it, I own it and the site is hosted on a small hosting company that I’ve been with for almost 20 years that was started out by a small group of DIY punks from the prairies of Canada.
I’ll of course be linking to these features through Instagram stories as they get published and through F***book so if you find the reads interesting, you can use that little bell () icon to subscribe to this profile to get them as the come “fresh out of the oven”.
To kick things off I put up some thoughts on the track “Doomsday” by June Of 44 (I was listening to that track when this whole idea came to mind) as well as the track “Hello Hello” by Swedish synth artist Lars Falk, former vocalist for the long-running electronic/synth group Twice A Man.
Maybe you’ll find some enjoyment out of it, find out about new music, or occasionally have a chuckle.
Cheers,
JJD
