Introduction

Hi, my name's Rhys Laverty and (as I write this) I am 17 years old. I love music. So much. So much as in I love it, and I love a lot of it. My loves span from Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr, Dean Martin and their contemporaries who I was introduced to by my mum and grandparents, to Bob Marley and The Clash whom my dad introduced me to, to hip-hope like Beastie Boys and Arrested Development that my brother set me onto, to Laura Marling who my friend Andy recommended to me a couple of years ago to countless bands and artists I've discovered on my own musical journey in the past few years- Jay Electronica, Elbow, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, The Coral, Nirvana, Jimi Hendrix, Kraftwerk, Los Campesinos!, Male Bonding, Bob Dylan, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Fall, A Tribe Called Quest, Nick Drake and lots more. Music is really special to me and I hope it is to you.

I'm nursing the ever growing desire to be a music journalist. I write review on www.sputnikmusic.com and write about lots to do with music on my other blog. I was surfing the net for tips on music journalism and one of the better articles I found suggested trying to write reviews of albums that you like that are no longer than about 200 words. It's a real challenge and helps to refine your reviewing skills. Lots of the reviews I've written have been too long once I've looked them over so I thought I would start a new blog where I can hone my reviewing skills.

I hope you'll read and give me some feedback on anything I've said about an album, or with writing tips. Every now and then I might just go to town on a particular album and write a biggun, who knows. I'm gonna try to do alternate between reviews of classic albums (or slightly older albums) and albums that have only been released recently/that year.

God Bless!