I’d like to thank all readers, regular and occasional, for continuing to visit this site and keep it alive. After various stops and starts a few years ago, I rebooted it and turned it into a regular “thing” after moving to Houston in Fall 2010, albeit quietly and more for myself than anything. However, much to my surprise, traffic beyond myself, “paid staffers, and blood relatives” picked up, bringing it to the attention of PRISM Quartet (for this), Dave Liebman (for this), and recently Etymotic Research, Inc. (for this) among others. Those initial spikes inspired me to make more of an effort, and readership has since steadily grown. Again, thank you so much.
And now for a brief State of the Blog:
I hope it is by now clear that this blog is not intended to advertise my playing schedule, etc. While I advertise both my gigs and the blog on Twitter and Facebook (and occasionally my main music site), this site is more about ideas and information than gigs and marketing. That was the purpose from the start, and the reason I’ve kept this and separate from the “main site.” (Even though, oddly enough, this has become far more popular than the other. Ha!) In a rare moment of self-promotion, allow me to remind you that if you’re curious about Mike the musician, all relevant information – news, gigs, lore – is found at michaelteager.com. And if RSS is your thing, make sure you’ve subscribed to this site. 🙂
The weekly video series has given me both deadlines and diverse topics, which has helped. Now that the hellishly-busy-but-nonetheless-amazing year of 2011 is behind me, I can spend more time on content. I have neither the time nor the resources to be The Dish, one of my favorite blogs, but I aim to continue frequently posting. I’ve made a conscious effort to set aside time for the site, as I tend to think of each post – especially non-MTH-Vs as more of an article than a tweet or Tumblr entry. (I hope to be more than just a bibliography.) And speaking of content, this site has been and will continue to be focused solely on music (directly or indirectly). While I have many strong opinions and certitudes on a variety of topics, I don’t want to muddy the waters here by spreading topics too thin.”Music” is a wide enough net.
Enough “official business.” Thank you for supporting the site. Truly.