Writing Prompt: Conduct an interview...
Throughout my senior project I felt as if I was missing goals that can be meant through hard work and dedication. These goals would have proved to really show my growth and evidence throughout my senior project. I was stuck on many ideas such as; building a record player, creating a visually new blog, or just building a guitar of some sorts. These were all fun ideas, but I didn’t really feel they would help improve myself in any aspects relating to my blog.
Thanks to my Mentor (Dr. P) we were able to think of creating writing goals to further push myself in writing musically. I was a great idea and I had the resources to find these writing prompts throughout my senior project. My mentor was able to hook me up with his own copy of “How To Write About Music” by Marc Woodworth and Ally-Jane Grossan, that provided different unique writing prompts. One these prompts really surprised and kind of scared me until a couple weeks ago. It was to conduct an interview...
I didn’t really know who to interview in terms of music blogging, but yet again my mentor helped me get of hold of Chris Richards. Now before I get started about my conversation with Chris, let me just say that he’s an amazing guy. Chris really brought out his knowledge and past experience into our conversation which really struck home to me! Anyways, I was able to get a hold of Chris and do a phone interview one mid day Friday.
Thanks to my Mentor (Dr. P) we were able to think of creating writing goals to further push myself in writing musically. I was a great idea and I had the resources to find these writing prompts throughout my senior project. My mentor was able to hook me up with his own copy of “How To Write About Music” by Marc Woodworth and Ally-Jane Grossan, that provided different unique writing prompts. One these prompts really surprised and kind of scared me until a couple weeks ago. It was to conduct an interview...
I didn’t really know who to interview in terms of music blogging, but yet again my mentor helped me get of hold of Chris Richards. Now before I get started about my conversation with Chris, let me just say that he’s an amazing guy. Chris really brought out his knowledge and past experience into our conversation which really struck home to me! Anyways, I was able to get a hold of Chris and do a phone interview one mid day Friday.
We started out our conversation talking about how he got to the position he’s in right now (Music Writer for the Washington Post). It was very interesting getting to learn how Chris was able to write for his school’s newspaper and overall grew up writing little punk magazines. What was even more surprising was how his job kind of came as an accident. He was able to become the editor for a magazine in New York City without any kind of experience, in which he was fired after 6 months. His writing mentor ended up changing position in the Washington Post and told Chris to apply to take his position, in which he got.
Apart from talking about his past experiences; Chris was able to give me a lot of good advice about being a music writer. I remember him saying, “We are one in a million, everybody has their own voice about music.” It was very inspiring and uplifting for him to really encourage anybody to write about music. Chris described it as our own way of living and feeling part of the world’s music. It’s way to build connections regardless of how good you are at writing.
I can honestly write a whole book about the different topics Chris and I talked about during our 30 minute phone call, but it would take forever. I added the clips down below for download; which I highly suggest everyone listens to. Chris was amazing individual to talk to and provided some amazing advice. So once again, thanks a lot Chris!
Apart from talking about his past experiences; Chris was able to give me a lot of good advice about being a music writer. I remember him saying, “We are one in a million, everybody has their own voice about music.” It was very inspiring and uplifting for him to really encourage anybody to write about music. Chris described it as our own way of living and feeling part of the world’s music. It’s way to build connections regardless of how good you are at writing.
I can honestly write a whole book about the different topics Chris and I talked about during our 30 minute phone call, but it would take forever. I added the clips down below for download; which I highly suggest everyone listens to. Chris was amazing individual to talk to and provided some amazing advice. So once again, thanks a lot Chris!
Interview Part 1 |
Interview Part 2 |
Interview Part 3 |