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This blog has pushed me out of my comfort zone in the best way possible. I’ve always loved talking about music, but never would’ve gone out and made a music blog on my own accord. With that being said, I was nervous and it’s my first time doing this so it wasn’t perfect- but it was fun and informative which is what really mattered.
Some things I want to improve on is finding more content that is super interesting and that not everyone knows. I believe that getting to know the artist and the why of their work makes you appreciate it so much more.
I also wish that I exposed my work to more people. I created a separate Twitter account because I didn’t want to crowd my followers feeds with school posts, but now I wish that I would’ve been prouder and showed off my work.
Out of entire semester-long project, my favorite part was getting to talk to my friends about some of our mutually favorite works as part of my research. It was also super interesting getting to do research on some of the music I’ve been listening to for years!
This has definitely given me more confidence in not only my writing skills, but my confidence online in general. I feel more comfortable asking my followers to read an article or share a post now that I’ve kind of been forced to not be bothered by it.
I also think this is great exposure since I hope to be in the music industry in some aspect so being able to mix my major with music has been a great tool I hope to utilize in the future- as well as knowing more about working with WordPress and building a website.
My most popular week was the week of February 24, 2020 with 52 views.
Two posts are tied with 23 views each for the most-viewed spot: my first post ever reviewing Hi, This is Flume and one from this week where I reviewed a popular music blog Gorilla Vs Bear. They not only retweeted my promotion tweet, but replied to my tweet with praying hands bringing me 23 views from Twitter.
I was very surprised that I had so many views in that first week of me posting. I just didn’t expect to get any views honestly so seeing that 29 visitors in the month of February and 24 this month is a pleasant surprise that makes me want to continue this for a while.
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