Sunday, June 12, 2016

6/11/16



"Here we are again, love
Here we go again
By your side i can't pretend anymoreNow everything starts where it ends." 
~Everything Starts Where It Ends
Lovedrug, Everything Starts Where It Ends

Dear fellow listener and occasional reader,
I want to thank you for stumbling upon this blog in whatever fashion you have. This will be our final post at this particular site, but that's better news than it sounds — we're moving to a shiny new blog with shiny new tools and hopefully going to get our thoughts out to a bigger audience.

Check us out in a few days at www.learninglovesongs.com where we'll be up and running from here on out. Plus, all our archives will be available there for future perusal.

It's interesting to look at back at my earliest posts and see how some of my favorite artists back then are still my favorites today. I still love dreamy delay, I still love gut-spilling bridges, I still love spine-tingling, hair-raising, fist-pumping hooks. But so much has changed about the music I love and who I am and this blog is a mirror for all of that — the songs that I needed in dark times, or the ones that I used to celebrate on the other side, they say something about the connection between music and listener, between artist and fan. That connection, I have learned, is one of the most powerful in the world.

I've learned a lot in the course of eight years. But with all the music there is in the world, I know I've only scratched the surface.

See you on the other side,
MD



"Hey now, we're wide awake and we're thinking
My darling, believe your voice can mean something
Say hello to good times
Trade up for the fast ride
We close our eyes while the nickel and dime take the streets completely."
~Futures
Jimmy Eat World, Futures