Yes, this is another attempt at a blog. Recently I ran one (called "A View from the Hinterlands") on a Wordpress platform and wasn't too happy with the options there. I needed features that they were going to make me pay for, and which Blogger offers for free. So, I made the jump.
Content-wise, I figured out that what I really want to do is review classical music recordings and offer occasional "light" commentary on various topics. The more serious ambitions of Hinterlands got to be too much. I started dreading devoting precious research energy to making meaty posts there while keeping a busy schedule as a husband, father (of young children), professor, and orchestra manager...to say nothing of the CD reviews I still do for Classical Candor. Blogging is definitely a side thing for me; my research is the main thing. Occasionally I'll offer news on that front, but if I'm going to be posting with any regularity, the lion's share of content here will be modest in scope. Let's face it, this stuff is more fun to read anyway.
By profession I am a musicologist who teaches at a large public university (you can Google which one) and manages the local orchestra as a side-hustle. You can ask my friends and colleagues, or simply read my scholarship (listed in the "Publications" page you see in the header), to know that I often wander from social and ideological consensus in my field. (Hence the name of this blog's predecessor: "A View from the Hinterlands.") I also diverge in taste from many others who review classical music professionally or for fun. In due time, I'm sure my readers will figure out how.
Stay tuned for my first review very soon! Thanks for reading.
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