I've Made Enough Friends

I don't know if it's the commercialisation of the music industry or the nature of it all but sometimes listening/discovering new music can feel pretty.. business-like. You read a review of a new cd somewhere, get the cd, slip it into your player (or upload it onto your ipod, whatever), listen to it for a bit, and if you like what you hear, you talk about it with your friends, even obsess over it for a while... but when the next new thing comes along, what do you do with the now-old obsession? It's become a routine-like thing, hasnt it? After a while it can seem a little tiring even.

Sometimes rediscovering the old can be as exciting, even more so, than discovering the next CYHSY or Tapes 'n Tapes. The soundscapes project, which I am trying my darnest to put up (semi) regularly, has me digging through old cds and old times, and I realise more often than not, you will definitely find something you will love all over again.

And it's always nice when you can put a personalised touch to the music you listen to. I was ordering a Wrens tshirt (the previous post rekindled my Wrens phase) when I realise that someone made off with my Silver and Secaucus cds previously. So I emailed Greg Whelan to ask if he could hold the tshirt shipment so that I can add the 2 cds to my order. And he actually said he would send them to me free since I am the only Wrens fan he knows in Singapore! How sweet is that!?