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A hint of what's to come

Well here I am, getting ready to start off the next half of my videos of 2011 countdown, but I wanted to take a minute or so to write about what I have in the works once I finish this project. Just so everyone has a heads up of what's coming.  I'm going to be starting my song reviews and there'll probably be some video ones coming soon since it seems like there's a bunch of new ones getting ready to come out. I had the privilege of being able to attend Dierks Bentley's album release concert at the Ryman on the 2nd of this month and have a review of that in the works. I'm not going to go into details just yet, but I will say that that concert may be one of the best ones I've ever been to. And speaking of Dierks, I'll be doing a review of his new CD, Home, once I have a chance to listen to it. I think there'll be a review of Kellie Pickler's new album as well at some point. Also, I just went to a couple of Grand Ole Opry shows and I was thinking of doing recaps of both of those.

I'll also be starting what I'm roughly referring to as my series of the people behind the artists. As fans, we obviously focus on the artist themselves, but the truth is that there are so many people involved behind the scenes that contribute to an artist's success. I'm a big believer in the idea that country fans should have a good appreciation of all of these people, even if we never actually get to see them. Aside from that I'm planning on doing a post about concert etiquette and one featuring some photography tips I've learned from years of taking pictures at concert with varying levels of success. I'm not a professional photographer by any means, but I have figured some things out that I want to share with anyone who has an interest in concert photography. And in addition to all that, every now and then I intend on highlighting different artists, particularly the ones I think everyone should be listening to if they aren't already.

So yeah...I have a ton of writing to do by the looks of it. If there's anything that anyone thinks would be interesting, topics or whatnot, I'm definitely open to suggestions. Just let me know! Again, I promise I don't bite. :-)

All right, now it's time for me to get working on the next part of the countdown. The song of the moment for anyone interested: "Am I the Only One" by Dierks Bentley. A song with a video that may or may not be appearing in my countdown at some point. I'm just sayin'.
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