Tonight, DiS was profiled on Radio 1 and given airtime on Channel 4. During the day today, I planned more and more things in my head, realised the magnitude of some of the things we're achieving and sat, quite contentedly, on my sofa and watched anything, nothing or whatever.
I'm so excited about Drowned in Sound right now, the 'cusp' Sean and I speak of ocassionally appears to be truly opening up now and thanks to the Radio show, the improving quality of our reviews and features, the label signing some ace new stuff and the singles club, things feel amazing and I feel really privileged to be part of it. How could I not?
Despite the fact that I'm listening to an 8/9-year-old record right now (Mansun's 'Six', for those who are intrigued), new music gets me going even more now than I did when I started this job 8 months ago.
The volcano! album helped a great deal, but being introduced (a lot of the time by the DiS message board) to exciting new things like the world of ADAADAT, Jimmy Edgar and a host of other great artists and records is already shaping this year up to be quite spectacular.
I'm scared that I'll peak too early in my life and everything will be downhill from here; I'm on 21 for pete's sake! But to be honest, who cares? Right now is so much fun, hard work and reward that little else matters.
Happy, happy times.
Remember What D-Ream said
#things can only get better#
didn't he die?
your profile says 20
I don't believe in nothing no more
Congratulations
on an amzing start to the year.
If you can just shake ho_fo, you'll probably be onto a winner with this "DiS" concept.
Just dig in, you won't poeak too soon.
Hahahahaha...
...FACE
Good one, Craig
hurrah for you...
Lovely words.
And a big well done, DiS is ace, and we all love you. LOTS.
"I'm scared that I'll peak too early in my life"
Don't be silly, Colin xx
It's all about gathering knowledge and experience to attain wisdom. I mean, it's obviously fun being a music website editor, and it's all cool and basically a dream come true for you. But ultimately there'll be more to life than the bubble you're living in now. You know. When you're on your deathbed you won't be thinking about that top flight editor's job you did on the Mogwai review.
Get some perspective outside of the DiS bubble perhaps. It may even make you appreciate it more, if that's possible. Go travelling or something! There's a world out there that isn't even IN London.
;-)
x
Yay and woo and other exclamations of joy
Hurray for DiS and
Hurray for Six. Both as interesting and impressive as each other.
why?
does life have to have one peak? Why hold back from reaching a peak when tomorrow might feed you to the sharks tomorrow?
For Pete's sake? Saint Pete I hope...