Part 1 of my conversation with guest Jay Breitling about the evolution of the music blog.

Show notes:

• Breitling recently shut down his fine music blog Clicky Clicky

• MP3 blogs soon evolved into something less legally risky

• Wrote about music for other online pubs: Splendid EZine, Junkmedia

• Had a personal page and then launched Clicky Clicky in 2006

• Contributors had other commitments, life got busy

• Breitling now writes for Vanyaland

• In their heyday, music blogs presented artists who weren't pushed by major labels or corporate radio

• The "Celestial Jukebox" is here

• Breitling: Listening habits have changed

• Used to frantically search for new music; now digging into albums

• Peak music blog year was 2007

• Blog bands: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Bloc Party, Arcade Fire, Franz Ferdinand

• Many people started music blogs to get free stuff

• Some bloggers have moved on to mainstream gigs

• Podcasting has become commonplace

• YouTube stars are now gaining popularity

• Make way for Jacob Sartorius

• To be continued

Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.