Student: John O'Donoghue 09006899
Chosen blog:
Chosen post: beatles-rock-band/

The blog has been in operation since September 2007.The blog is targeting people who have an interest in music technology and the newest advances in music technology and there affect on the music industry and how people perceive music. It target professionals in the industry as well as people who have only an interest in the topic. The blog is updated normally about once a week and is written by a number of authors. The author of the blogs is Daniel Foley. He is a musician, producer and writer and runs number of websites as well as pod complex. The website has a very simple layout and is very easy to navigate through and find post you are interested in. The blog doesn’t allow you to leave comments which is what I found to be one of the major faults on the blog.

The blog discusses many areas of music technology and it is broken down in to five sections DAW(Digital Audio Workshop), Digital Music, Live Performance, Music Technology and Sales and Promotion. The blog is very varied and most people with an interest in music would not have trouble finding a post that they would find interesting. The post I found most interesting was ‘Will The Beatle Rockband be good for music?’. The post deals with the release of the rock band series and its affect on music in general. It questions weather the game will pull people away from playing real instruments and change the perception of how we listen and view music. The blog goes on the say that it also adds a new aspect to music to people who would never have played an instrument. It goes on to describe how they went about developing the Beatle rock band game and how they acquired the master tapes for the game which I found very interesting.

The language used in the posts tend to be very easy to read which make it very easy to follow if you are trying to learn about the subjects involved in the blog. The posts seem to very objective which is refreshing when reading blogs since some blog writers now take money off companies to write favourable reviews about there product. In all I find this a very informative blog that’s has interest opinions on all topics in the music industry.
The other blogs I followed were
http://www.modernbeats.com/hit-talk/feed

http://themusicproducerblog.blogspot.com/