While I was away last week I somehow became the subject of talk (all behind my back, I found out through a friend later) about some of the things I say on my blog and on Twitter. There was a suggestion that I remove certain blogs to keep the peace but I have refused to do as just as I have in the past. Despite the nice things I say about a great proportion of the local music scene, and the fact that I am among one of its champions, I have been criticised for certain behaviours such as my policy of blacklisting artists. It has only happened a few times but people are apparently bothered that if I blacklist an artist it could be them. As I don’t name names when I add someone to my blacklist there is no way for an artist to know, but that secret stays with me. Besides, they should know who’s in favour because they’ll hear themselves on the radio every week. Not every week of course, but by paying attention to both NottinghamLIVE and The Sound of Nottingham UK, they would see how dedicated to showcasing the music on offer in this city. My professionalism has been questioned which I take as the worst possible insult; call me all the cunts under the sun but don’t call me unprofessional. There is rather a lot of emphasis on spreading a positive message, but that clouds things and prevents people from saying what they really mean. If I think something isn’t good enough then I’ll say so.

A lot of this centres around a blog I wrote in 2012, so why it has become an issue now is simply ridiculous. Now the person who brought attention to my old blog (and brought a lot of traffic my way) has shared it on Facebook and made it the most read blog of last week.

Apparently a media organisation have started to keep an eye on what I say, which is ironic as they have totally fucking ignored me so far when they could have written about me promoting Nottingham music on American radio or taking over an established radio show. This is the same media organisation that didn’t even cover music until a bandwagon passed through and they jumped on it.

In the meantime, four people have asked me to review their music, and as far as I’m concerned it is the music makers that ultimately count. I have decided to set up a separate blog for this purpose so that I can stick to my opinion.

This blog has an average of 500 reads a day which I know isn’t a great deal considering, but at the end of the day I write it for myself and myself only. The fact that even one person reads it is immaterial to me, so I am obviously doing something right. If every one of the people who read it drops even a few pence a day by clicking the PayPal button at the top of the page then that would be a big help in creating free content for them to enjoy and for the detractors to bitch about.

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