{"id":1936,"date":"2012-03-28T08:06:33","date_gmt":"2012-03-28T08:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1936"},"modified":"2012-03-28T08:10:00","modified_gmt":"2012-03-28T08:10:00","slug":"ireallylovemusic-vs-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1936","title":{"rendered":"ireallylovemusic vs the guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\u00c2\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>yesterday, this happened : <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/music\/musicblog\/2012\/mar\/26\/blog-jam-ireallylovemusic\">ireallylovemusic vs the guardian  <\/a><\/div>\n<div>\u00c2\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>now, last time anything like this happened to <u>ireallylovemusic<\/u>, my world changed dramatically.<\/div>\n<div>\u00c2\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>following a nice little write up in freebie indie mag, <u>the fly<\/u> back in the early 00s, i was contacted by all manner of cool uk based labels (hello <u>moshi moshi<\/u>, <u>memphis industries<\/u>, <u>ninja tune<\/u>, <u>warp<\/u> and <u>melodic<\/u>) who showered me with cds and treats, i ended up on promo lists for major record labels, got into concerts\/festivals for a mere few words of love, and the demands on my listening time went through the roof. <\/div>\n<div>which being truthful was not always as beneficial as it sounds!<\/div>\n<div>however, that was before the world of blogger, wordpress, tumblr et al turned everyone into an online\u00c2\u00a0music critic. <\/div>\n<div>\u00c2\u00a0<\/div>\n<div> that was before the music industry called it quits with promo cds, and starting using digital distribution.<\/div>\n<div>\u00c2\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>that was before a home made mp3 posted on soundcloud or bandcamp became the equivalent of pressing up a few hundred 7&quot; singles.<\/div>\n<div>\u00c2\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>that was before my adult like become a lot more serious.<\/div>\n<div>i suspect beyond increasing my twitter crew by 10%, and a few hopeful emails, i very much doubt the spotlight will have anywhere near as much of an impact.<\/p>\n<p>still, it&#39;s quite a thrill buzz for someone like me.<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\u00c2\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>so, if you have just found this little corner of the web : \u00c2\u00a0hello, you are most welcome.<\/div>\n<div>\u00c2\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>mark e\/ireallylovemusic<\/div>\n<div>\u00c2\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00c2\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00c2\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00c2\u00a0<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c2\u00a0 yesterday, this happened : ireallylovemusic vs the guardian \u00c2\u00a0 now, last time anything like this happened to ireallylovemusic, my world changed dramatically. \u00c2\u00a0 following a nice little write up in freebie indie mag, the fly back in the early 00s, i was contacted by all manner of cool uk based labels (hello moshi moshi, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-everything"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1936"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1937,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1936\/revisions\/1937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}