One More Chance

no this post has nothing to do with Biggie Smalls or the Notorious biographical film that is coming out this weekend. i've decided to give blogspot another chance before i convert to wordpress... partially because i've spent too much time setting up this blog and maybe even more so because i'm lazy. i'll try to get at least one music-related post up today and more importantly email the group something that may be worth their time. More after the jump...

Sorry Google

i love Google services and all but i have to say that Blogger/Blogspot really sucks. i've used Wordpress before and its free services are feature-rich. i can't believe that Google is so far behind them in that aspect. the only reason i chose blogspot was because its linked to your google account and i know that some of the people who i want to contribute to this blog already have gmail accounts. do i really need to install Google Analytics on every page in order to see some of the statistics that are already included with Wordpress in a nice clean interface? no. i shouldn't have to.

that said, i am planning to move this less-than-a-day-old blog over to wordpress.com. the only problem is some d-bag already took themusicexchange and is doing nothing with it. i will post the new address when i find something suiting that is available.

suggestions are welcome. More after the jump...

Welcome to The Music Exchange!

i created this blog for the Google Group The Music Exchange in hope that it would spark some interesting conversations about the music we love. based on all the emails i've seen lately, we seem to have an eclectic taste in music. when i found out that the group had passed the 100-member mark, i figured we must have a wide-range of opinions.

so rather than clog up our inboxes, let's use this blog to share our thoughts and opinions on anything music-related like what are you listening to now? what do you hate? what's your guilty pleasure? what have you recently discovered that you love? have you been to any good concerts lately or do you have any shows coming up? share some photos and videos. what do you think of the current state of the music industry and where do you see it going?

i definitely can't do this alone so i'm hoping that some of the regular contributors from our group will also contribute to this blog. if you're interested in writing some posts, reach out to me so i can add you as blogger to this site.

happy listening! More after the jump...