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Ian Morales – Ian Loves Music
http://ianlovesmusic.blogspot.com/
My blog is honestly something I do just for fun and a way to archive my work. All my interviews and reviews are archived on my blog. I also experiment with new columns and formats before taking them to a site I write for. I also keep active with it so people can follow me as a writer/editor.
I started blogging in a class at St Edward’s University called “PR in Social Media” taught and implemented by Dr. Corrine Weisgerber. I owe much of my new Internet fame to her, as she showed me the way and sparked my interest. Although we blogged about social media related topics, I started writing show reviews for concerts I attended that same year. It was something I always did anyway, so I figured why not blog about it. I got tired of answering the same questions about how a show was, what I did last night or who people should be listening too. Now people can just hit me up online and they’ll know.
Visitor to my blog, although my stats tell me differently, are primarily people I know. It is just way to keep up with what I’m doing and a way for me to tell them about great music. I also make show recommendations, which in Austin is handy with tons of shows a night next door to each other. I know people who work and have kids but still want to catch a good band on a night out, so I make it easier for them. While my blog does not have a Latino focus, I do include many Latin music posts and Latino musicians. As the Editor in Chief of Austin Vida and being Mexican-American, it is obviously a genre of music I love and has special meaning to me. I also include it because if I didn’t, it wouldn’t reflect who I really was. If I concluded just Latin Music in my personal blog, then I’d be lying about who I was. I love all kinds of music from all walks of life. Obviously I am going to like stuff that reflects my age and where I live, but it is to be expected. People who visit my blog often return because they are my friends or they are people who don’t pigeon hold themselves to one way of thinking. They are looking for information about new bands or they’re current favs.