I just bought Tom Moon's well-respected book "1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die" and decided that while I have no plans to die in the near future, I sure as hell want to hear all 1000 of these albums.
So, that's what I'll be doing over the next several years - listening, writing, and then listening some more. How long will it take? Five years? Ten years? Your guess is as good as mine. I'm in no rush.
And while I'm not going to let this journey be governed by rules, I am following some principles along the way:
- In a slight variance from the book title, I'm not going to just hear these recordings, I'm going to listen to them. Several times for each - unless it's an album I'm very familiar with - in which case I'll probably only listen once. That's why I'm thinking I won't listen to more than one or two each week.
- I'm going to follow the book and go in alphabetical artist order. This strikes me as fun because the musical styles I hear will bounce all over the place. That will be one of the most interesting parts of this journey for me - getting to hear genres I generally haven't touched - classical, opera, world...
- I'm going to listen to the recordings on Spotify (as many of you know, this is my new addiction). If something is not on Spotify, I'll move on and come back sometime later. I'm not going to spend hours scouring the Internet for a rare recording just for the sake of perfection. It will actually be quite interesting to see how I'm digesting music when this journey is done - six months ago, I hadn't even heard of Spotify - what will music consumption be like in 2022? Crazy thought.
OK - that's all for now - keep your eyes out for #1... soon!
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