{"id":195,"date":"2020-04-26T14:27:50","date_gmt":"2020-04-26T18:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.richbradley.org\/songs\/?p=195"},"modified":"2020-04-26T14:27:53","modified_gmt":"2020-04-26T18:27:53","slug":"a-note-on-what-this-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.richbradley.org\/songs\/201x-favorites\/a-note-on-what-this-is\/","title":{"rendered":"A Note on What This Is"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As 2019 drew to a close, I decided to write about a favorite song from the preceding decade every day in December. I\u2019ve always enjoyed writing about music, though I hadn\u2019t done it too much in recent years. This was a way to force myself back into the habit for a bit, and see if I still got out of the process what I used to. It ended up being a lot of fun, and it helped me to process this particular stretch of my life through a musical lens.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I published each entry as a Facebook post, both to keep myself accountable and because I didn\u2019t have anywhere else to put them. I\u2019d had a blog going on my personal domain years ago, but it was pretty decrepit and I didn\u2019t feel like putting in the time to resuscitate it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The self-assignment brought the writing itch back, though. I\u2019d like to be able to write about a song when I feel like it, and have a more appropriate place to do it. So, here we are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To kick things off, I\u2019ve migrated all my December 2019 posts in here. 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