One of the main reasons I write The World In A Paper Cup is the community. I love sharing new music with people and hearing what they think of my recommendations. I love meeting other writers, readers music fans and discovering new music through them. I love helping artists pursue their craft whether is be through posting, encouraging folks to attend live shows or simply passing along a little advice. I love participating in larger conversations about the state of the music industry and how I/you/we could contribute to it’s evolution. I consider myself very lucky to be a part of this great community.
The last year and a half of writing TWIAPC has been a wonderful tumble down the rabbit hole that is music blogging; an adventure I have no intention of ending soon. I do however, want to extend the invitation to you all to join in a bit more. If there are bands you want to suggest – yours or your uncle Joe’s- I’m always interested in hearing new groups. If you like what you’re reading leave a comment. If you want to make a suggestion simply drop me an email.
While I do have a tendency to talk to myself every once in a while – just one of my many quirks – I’m much more interested in the back-and-forth with other heads interested in music. I try my best to reply to tweets so, iff’n you’re a tweeter follow me. If Facebook is your thing I’ve got that covered too. A little heads up, In the future I’ll be sneaking in some treats for you Facebook “likers.” And finally, TWIAPC has a Tumblr blog for the more random instantaneous musings that pass through my mind each day. I think I’ve made it pretty easy for you to dive into the TWIAPC community but, like I said, if you have any other suggestions about how TWIAPC could be improved let me know.
To get the conversation going I want to ask you for a little help on a series I’m assembling for the summer. If you know of a song or album that has been inspired by literature drop it in the comments. I’m hoping to start posting the series in June so any help you can give will be much appreciated.
Oh yeah there is the RSS too, for your feed reading pleasure.
As a thank you for reading, supporting, responding here are a few delectable covers I’ve collected lately…
[MP3] Ready For The Floor (Hot Chip) – Lissie Trullie
[MP3] This Must Be The Place (Talking Heads) – The Arcade Fire
[MP3] Walking On A Dream (Empire Of The Sun) – Kate Miller-Heidke
It is so awesome to have seen your blog grow, get a new layout, and it almost seems like you are more serious about it by posting more often! Keep it up! btw after you changed your twitter picture i didnt know it was you twitter for like the last couple of days!! lol thats how dumb i am..neways talk to you on the twitterverse!
Just saw this post of yours – I feel the same way about blogging. It’s great to hear somebody else say this!
-Lydia
Thanks. I think it is important to remind ourselves why we do what we do and always seek to find new ways to keep it exciting and satisfying for both reader and writer. I’ve really enjoyed reading Sunset In The Rearview lately too. Keep up your fine work lady!