My Music Journal 2025: June 30, 2025

 

Monday, June 30, 2025

Time: 3:29 PM
Song: Pyramid Scheme
Artist: Hurray for the Riff Raff
Mode of Consumption: Listening to playlist of song released in 2025 that I’ve made on Spotify.

Link to song: https://open.spotify.com/track/1j43NtqRUKUTWSiFflguz8?si=b10150af82b84f2f

 So, I started this song-a-day music journal for a few reasons:

• I wanted a reason to focus for a few minutes each day and write something. It didn’t matter what, just something.
•  I wanted to practice different writing devices. I wanted to work on telling little stories in short spaces.
•  I wanted to see if I could do it. Write something for each day of the year.
•  I wanted to get a better idea on the music that I listen to, and how it impacts my thought process every day.
•  I wanted to grow my blog’s audience.

 This week we have reached the halfway point, and I’ve had a surge in blog views. I suspect that there is some sort of bot or something targeting my site.

 Let’s look at the numbers.

 Since January, I’ve had 7,700 visitors to my blog, according to the metrics it provides. In all, I have had 11,209 views of the site since starting it several years ago.

 Bingo – this exercise is bringing more.

 Most days, I have somewhere between 20 and 60 views. Friday, I had 739 views, Saturday, 329, and Sunday 607. I’d like to think my posts that day were that good, but as I said, I suspect that AI or some sort of bot is behind that surge.

I share most of my posts on Twitter. I have interacted with a few different people, mostly online promoters looking to sell me something. There have been some fellow writers and editors who have mentioned my blog. I appreciate that.

I think it has increased my presence, a bit.

So, we’ll keep this going six more months, and maybe I’ll try something different next year.