{"id":5744,"date":"2005-07-06T21:27:33","date_gmt":"2005-07-06T20:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.grayblog.co.uk\/index.php\/?p=5744"},"modified":"2005-07-06T21:27:33","modified_gmt":"2005-07-06T20:27:33","slug":"serious-muso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grayblog.co.uk\/index.php\/2005\/07\/06\/serious-muso\/","title":{"rendered":"Serious muso"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m so utterly out-of-touch with music these days. Back in the distant past of bachelorhood, I’d spend at least a couple of evenings each week listening to obscure music on Peel, the web or odd CDs I’d picked up for a couple of quid in those boxes that the record stores in North Laine stand on the pavement outside their shopfronts.
\nThese days, with a wife, two kittens and an all-consuming small business, time like that is a luxury.
\nBut, occasionally, an opportunity presents itself. Today, that opportunity has been doing my accounts, which has meant a long period spent at the laptop with headphones on to try and shut out the outside world (and also to help preserve my sanity when I realise exactly how many receipts I have from the Post Office).
\nBut where to start? There is so much good music on the web, as well as an awful lot of dross. I’ve got a few editions of GHC<\/a> sitting on the hard drive that I haven’t got round to yet, but somehow I wasn’t quite ready for a full two hour session with Lars. So, I cast my mind back to some of the stuff I’d heard on Peel and thought about looking a few of the bands and artists up. I’m not sure why they crept into my head, but my thoughts wandered to The Bays<\/a>. Go there now. Register (it’s free). Download. Listen. Enjoy.
\nAnd check out their "profile" section to get some background on The Bays and their whole ethos. And read "Taylor’s Tales" – somebody give the man a book deal, ok?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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