Let's get this started, then...

Music journalists are a bunch of arses, right? They think it's their job to tell you what is good and what is bad, and you're supposed to agree with them, etc etc. Well, that's not what this is for. This quiet little corner of the world wide interweb is just going to be my place to air m views on music. I'll just be telling you what I think. You don't have to subscribe to anything I say, and if you want to comment on any of the articles, feel free. So, mission statement over, let's get down to business.

There's a place for every sort of music in this world. To me, good music is music that manages to move you in some good way. Whether it's a spiritual sort of way, a "how did he write that" kind of way or just a "hey, bangin' tune!" kind of way, if this song moves you, by all means enjoy it! It just so happens that a lot of music, particularly a lot of that released recently, that fails to move me in any way whatsoever. Music means a lot to me, it's my best means of expression, so when mediocrity creeps into my ears, I don't really like it. Actually, I can't say it doesn't move me, it does. It annoys me. So those of you who know me and think I have a narrow, absolute view of what I like and what I don't, you're sort of right. I don't like mediocrity, but what I term to be mediocre is the subject of debate. (Nice and convoluted so far James, keep it going...) Actually, let's start that again.

My musical tastes are very diverse, ranging from The Who, Frank Zappa, Jethro Tull to Faure, Mozart, Beethoven... Each of these artists' work really does something for me, so what I'll try and do - note "try" - is go through pieces and explain why I like them. And I might go into some Lethal Bizzle, Damien Rice and Alexandra Burke and explain why I don't. And I'm not going to insist that my opinion is the truth, because it probably won't be for you.

Hope you understand that better than I do.

So, whaddya say? Let's boogie!