Well here it is, my second blog entry, and the first “Proper” entry! During this post I will be explaining the format to which I will attempt to follow throughout the duration of my blog. This time on Geek-Boy @ Blogspot. I will devote a majority of the two posts to Reviews, both elaborating on the review scoring, reviewing 1 album (With 1 still to come). Please remember that these reviews are my own opinions and are not skewed for my own personal gain (Though I could be swayed Mr/Mrs Record Label :-D).
Format & Frequency
In terms of format and frequency, I have decided to have neither. I will attempt to post most weeks, even if it does just end up being one of the forthcoming “Regular Features”, most of which will require input from me. I will also be attempting a sort of quiz/fun-game type thing...how well this works is dependant on two factors – 1) My ability to ask good questions and update when I say I will. 2) Input from you, my audience, for without your input there will be no point in doing this sort of stuff – I'm hoping that some people seize the opportunity to show off/ridicule me for my lack of knowledge (or a combination of both) and I can get this sort of thing going on a regular basis, and inevitably come up with a type of rewards system on my website (When I get around to finally making it).
Regular Features
Certain “Features” will be more regular than others, this will be pretty much “X of the Week/Month” probably including Single (or song), album, game, film, iPod/iPhone App, website (:S) etc. This type of thing is more so that I can attempt to brainwash everyone into liking the same sort of music/games/films etc. Of course making a welcome return is the highly regarded “Fan of the Month” which will be decided on the last day of every month, and awarded to the person who I think has made the greatest contribution to the blog over the last 31/30/29/28 days, they will be immortalised on their own personal post with a photo of themselves (stolen from Facebook or Myspace) and a little golden trophy jpeg which I will need to either redesign or just use as it is.
I have also decided that rather than post everything in one big block of text I will use one of the basic, yet oh-so-useful, tools provided by the nice Google people... “Categories”. These will be assigned as required, for now I can only see about 5 categories (Reviews; Rants; Work; Leisure; Fan of the Month) and as you will expect some of those may interloop (mainly Rants and Work). I'm thinking about splitting “Reviews” into 3 to have VG Reviews, Music Reviews and Film Reviews, but I'm not sure whether I could bring myself to write that many reviews...so we'll see how it goes.
Reviews
In terms of the Reviews themselves (Only Music so far) I will write a brief little bio on the artist (as it's likely you won't have heard of most of them) then an analysis of the album itself, though how long this will be I have yet to decide (First draft review of The Incident took up two A4 pages). The analysis will be followed by a conclusion (Look at mah engleesh skillz!!) and then finally the scores. For the scores albums will be given a mark out of 10 for each of the following:-
Writing
Flow Of The Album
Originality
Overall Sound
For a total score of 40 (rather like Famitsu). Which will then be given a “Grade” like that of a exam paper split as shown below (Yes I have slightly ripped off the GCSE mark scheme, so what?).
36 + = S
31 - 35 = A
26 – 30 = B
21 – 25 = C
16 – 20 = D
11 – 15 = E
6 – 10 = F
1 – 5 = G
0 = U
I am also toying with the idea of removing a point for each “Dud” on the album (Any song which seems out of place or is just plain bad.), also I might start deducting points for the genre being listed as “Alternative & Punk” on iTunes (though admittedly this is iTunes + the record labels fault) because Alternative Rock and Punk Rock are two completely different classifications (Seriously it's like me using a “Teen-Pop & Metal” classification) and should never be crossed (even if they “are” then that itself is “Post Rock”). Let me know what you think, and I'll tell you whether your opinion means anything.
As I have discovered the wonders of Spotify I will now be able to do requests for reviews (As long as the album is on Spotify) which I will gladly do as long as it isn't you guys forcing me to listen to some drivel that no one in their right mind would listen to...trust me, I'll be able to tell...
The review this time is in a separate post BELOW this one, alternatively click on the Reviews link to be shown all of the reviews (which at the moment is only 1).
Song of the Week
With the Song of the Week (hereafter referred to as SotW) I will tell you the one song which I believe I have listened to the most that week, sometimes aided by Last.fm, along with two links, one to the iTunes Music Store (iTMS) and one to the Spotify Application (Spot) for the song listed (If they are available) I ask you to listen to the song (even if it's just the iTunes 20 second preview) for I think that most people will like the songs which I post (as usual there will be a few exceptions to that). I would also appreciate it if you could give me some feedback on the songs for future reference.
Also Song of the Week this week is:-
Biffy Clyro – That Golden Rule
Feedback
And thus we come to the most important part of this post, the section where I beg you to post comments I ask you to post your views/analysis and the like. Doing so will provide a huge incentive for me to continue, even if it is criticism. If you do not know already you can sign into Blogspot using your basic GoogleMail account (If you don't have a GM account then I urge you to get one, even if just for the customisable Google Homepage w/RSS feeds.) and I'm sure you can just post like that, although you might have to sign up for Blogspot, don't really know. I'll find out and let you guys know anyway.
And that, aside from the review posted below, is a wrap. I hope you've enjoyed reading what will be the first of many posts on Geek-Boy @ Blogspot and I trust that you will appreciate all the time and effort that I have put into this first (technically 3rd) entry. Please do read the review below and take the time to at least listen to a bit of the album. I'll try to write up and post my review of The Resistance soon. Thanks for reading and good night.
Geek-Boy
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