One of the guru's of music in the Internet age has a little theory
about how music is consumed.
about how music is consumed.
Basically is goes; one – hears, likes, then buys the music.
Which is interesting, because a lot of music I bought in my youth; one - read about it,
trusted the journalist, then bought it. A subtle but important difference.
Let's use Wire's Pink Flag an example of this.
In Wilson Neate's wonderful book on that album he states, the order of the tracks had been decided before recording commenced (page 75).
With Abandoned I had a sort of vague feeling we should sort of mimic the flow of Pink Flag.
So I followed that in a half baked way, starting side 1 with a long track and side 2 with an instrumental. Even splitting something that only exists on the Internet into two sides.
Pink Flag's long first track draws you into the rest of the album. Also by then you'd paid hard cash and was at home with the LP on the turntable.
Which is interesting, because a lot of music I bought in my youth; one - read about it,
trusted the journalist, then bought it. A subtle but important difference.
Let's use Wire's Pink Flag an example of this.
In Wilson Neate's wonderful book on that album he states, the order of the tracks had been decided before recording commenced (page 75).
With Abandoned I had a sort of vague feeling we should sort of mimic the flow of Pink Flag.
So I followed that in a half baked way, starting side 1 with a long track and side 2 with an instrumental. Even splitting something that only exists on the Internet into two sides.
Pink Flag's long first track draws you into the rest of the album. Also by then you'd paid hard cash and was at home with the LP on the turntable.
(Aware of the shocking hubris of mentioning Abandoned in the same breath as Pink Flag), I had a similar idea.
Using Bandcamp's statistics it has become apparent that no one has listened all the way though Bivouac. The original track 1.
It's a mood piece (or boring, depending on my mood).
Not a good way to get people though the door. Especially now where there are so many other free doors just round the corner. Back then you had paid, walked into the room and had no choice but to listen.
Hence a restructuring of the Abandoned's order. Moving away from what I felt in my heart to... Something we all know. There are lies, damn lies and statistics. I might have just become a focus group.
Using Bandcamp's statistics it has become apparent that no one has listened all the way though Bivouac. The original track 1.
It's a mood piece (or boring, depending on my mood).
Not a good way to get people though the door. Especially now where there are so many other free doors just round the corner. Back then you had paid, walked into the room and had no choice but to listen.
Hence a restructuring of the Abandoned's order. Moving away from what I felt in my heart to... Something we all know. There are lies, damn lies and statistics. I might have just become a focus group.
Sold a bit of my soul, in a place were no one seems to want it for free.
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