Blog Comments

When I started this blog I had a couple of models. I didn't see the music blogs as being ideal models so I thought of a couple of non-music blogs that I read from time to time: Instapundit and Ann Althouse. The former is a blog by a law professor with a libertarian orientation who was one of the first bloggers and currently has something like seven or eight hundred thousand viewers a day. A link from him, of which I have had one, generates so much traffic that it is known far and wide as an "Instalaunch". Ann Althouse is also a law professor, but politically neutral. She posts a variety of different things. Instapundit, Glenn Harlan Reynolds, allows no comments, but the comment section at Althouse is very active. I was originally hoping, with some provocative posts, to spark some lively discussions, but that hasn't happened. Occasionally there are comments and even more occasionally they lead to a debate in the comments, but not often. At Althouse everyone has an opinion they want to share. But here, I have the impression that mostly people just read the posts and enjoy the music. If someone thinks I'm off base, they leave a comment as Joel Lo Observador did on this post: http://themusicsalon.blogspot.mx/2012/06/this-is-your-brain-on-avant-garde-music.html

I suppose this means that most readers are either more or less in agreement or don't quite feel qualified to question my observations. Perhaps this is because music can be a rather technical field and certainly is the way I blog about it. I usually want to get into the nuts and bolts a bit, just as a contrast to the excessively rhapsodic discussion you usually find in the mass media.

But let me encourage everyone to leave a comment if you feel moved. I find that they are very helpful. After Joel's comment I stepped up to modify and expand my original thoughts.

That's all for this morning as I have other things to get to. I'm working on a post on Music and Plato with special reference to Bach that may have, it if comes together correctly, some original thoughts. In the meantime, to get you prepped, have a listen to this: