tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post3030586357373536587..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Death and transfiguration of the journalistUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-79458704890547442962008-08-09T22:06:00.000+01:002008-08-09T22:06:00.000+01:00Ahaha! I haven't found Griffiths compelling enough...Ahaha! <BR/><BR/>I haven't found Griffiths compelling enough to finish; it's too high level for me. Can see it would be very good for nonspecialists.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-38127169066916554362008-08-09T21:38:00.000+01:002008-08-09T21:38:00.000+01:00Oh Lisa - I received the Paul Griffiths book as we...Oh Lisa - I received the Paul Griffiths book as well.<BR/><BR/>Thought it wonderful but struggled to write anything compelling about it. So wove a few mentions in. I felt bad as it came from the States despite being published by Cambridge University Press just down the road from my home.<BR/><BR/>http://www.overgrownpath.com/2008/01/making-case-for-contemporary-music.html<BR/><BR/>http://www.overgrownpath.com/2007/10/serial-music-exploring-labyrinth.html<BR/><BR/>Not sure we should continue this thread in case it exposes any more trade secrets ...Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-16881216914237247912008-08-09T21:26:00.000+01:002008-08-09T21:26:00.000+01:00That expectation of writing from personal interest...That expectation of writing from personal interest sounds right to me.<BR/><BR/>I've also been offered some books and CDs. I took one of each, quite a while ago; it took me ages to comment on the CD and I haven't read the book in full yet. (Paul Griffiths's one-volume history of music.) So I've declined the last few offers.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-62273756669297111762008-08-09T21:23:00.000+01:002008-08-09T21:23:00.000+01:00Lisa, this is an interesting one and is almost wor...Lisa, this is an interesting one and is almost worth a separate post.<BR/><BR/>I get offered an increasing number of free CDs and books but invariably don't take up the offer.<BR/><BR/>It's not really due to altruism. Experience has taught me that I can only get fired up to write about something I'm passionate about, and I usually don't get offered those kind of CDs or books for free. <BR/><BR/>I just end up churning out nice neutral prose about the freebies because someone has taken the trouble to send them, invariably from the other side of the Atlantic. Which is boring for everyone.<BR/><BR/>My views on this one aren't finalised. But I also have a feeling that readers expect a blogger to be writing from personal interest, not because he received a freebie.<BR/><BR/>Or am I wrong?Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-42024479352576374002008-08-09T21:04:00.000+01:002008-08-09T21:04:00.000+01:00Even some non-notable bloggers, like me, get press...Even some non-notable bloggers, like me, get press releases (mostly from S.F. Bay Area arts organizations, but also from out of town) and free tickets to some events even when I'm not reviewing for a publication other than my blog.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.com