Where do you see music journalism going in the future?

We see fads come and go, even within the music industry itself, but music journalism as a whole? Ofcourse it has a forseeable future, whether it will face times of strife or not, well, I can't see it exercising the powers it used to have; back in the days of the cocky, egotistic writers of their time, where their opinion was everything. John Keenan of The Guardian stated"And I don't mean to argue that good rock writers are all dead or past it." This is a more than common thought within the music journalism world, that the great music journalists have been and gone. But thhe use of the word hasn't quite diminished yet, it's a powerful thing. We as music journalists pose the way who's the next big thing, formidably, we write the charts. At the end of the day it's all about money, about greedy conglomerates. So of course it'll stay. But as for print journalism, alas, the internet has taken a firm grip on our society, it gives us the freedom to persue much more than any flimsy magazine could.

All areas of the music industry have been impacted by blogging, and the internet in general; "The digital revolution hasn’t just impacted music creation, access and distribution — it’s also shaken up the world of reporting, criticism and publicity." The future certainly looks shaky but there is always going an area of scope for music journalists.

QUOTES FROM: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2009/jul/06/music?INTCMP=SRCH

What would be your dream blog?

Ahhh, what a sweet dream it would be. To broaden and take hold for myself a more ecclectic music taste, somewhere I can explore and develop my understanding of the way music is presented and stylised by expressing my own opinionated views, to look at what's current, what's going to be a hit in the future, and adversely not worrying whether my opinion matters. I'd like to include a variety of music genres, all the way from heavy metal and indie, to folk and hip-hop, reflecting my indulgence to discover new, exciting music.