Zeeba Neighba
Staff member
MGers, with the lengthy 60 Years of Great Music series coming to a close, I was trying to think of another project that would be fun and also potentially keep the folks that post occasionally/checked in for the series coming back for more.
When I first discovered the MG in 2009, the thing I was searching for was an album club akin to book discussion clubs, and indeed really enjoyed the thread where someone would nominate an album, everyone would listen over the week and comment. I discovered a lot of great albums with that series (even the ones I know it was nice revisiting). I even to this day have an album club of sorts with my wife and son where we each pick an album from a certain year and listen.
Gauging interest in who would be game. I'm not expecting large numbers - I think we could have a great series with even 4-5 interested participants
My only suggestions re: format is that we randomly generate a year (perhaps between 1960-2017) and the person has to pick an album from that year (if you have a small group, perhaps everyone picks from that year or maybe the next person moves on to the next year). That way we get a range not only of styles/choices but also time frames.
Also IMO picks can be any genre and could be rare gems or well-known albums. I'm sure many will pick lesser appreciated albums but if all of a sudden one week someone nominates Dark Side of the Moon, I would gladly listen and love hearing discussion about it in the ensuing thread.
Post here if you'd be interested in participating (obviously anyone can listen to the albums suggested but looking for people who would nominate an album and join in discussion in the thread). If we have enough, we can start next week
When I first discovered the MG in 2009, the thing I was searching for was an album club akin to book discussion clubs, and indeed really enjoyed the thread where someone would nominate an album, everyone would listen over the week and comment. I discovered a lot of great albums with that series (even the ones I know it was nice revisiting). I even to this day have an album club of sorts with my wife and son where we each pick an album from a certain year and listen.
Gauging interest in who would be game. I'm not expecting large numbers - I think we could have a great series with even 4-5 interested participants
My only suggestions re: format is that we randomly generate a year (perhaps between 1960-2017) and the person has to pick an album from that year (if you have a small group, perhaps everyone picks from that year or maybe the next person moves on to the next year). That way we get a range not only of styles/choices but also time frames.
Also IMO picks can be any genre and could be rare gems or well-known albums. I'm sure many will pick lesser appreciated albums but if all of a sudden one week someone nominates Dark Side of the Moon, I would gladly listen and love hearing discussion about it in the ensuing thread.
Post here if you'd be interested in participating (obviously anyone can listen to the albums suggested but looking for people who would nominate an album and join in discussion in the thread). If we have enough, we can start next week
