UPDATE: BLOG REVIVAL Y'ALL

Yo yo yo! To anybody who may read this blog or comeback from time to time, you may have noticed my posts and contributions have been a bit few and far between. Well I have excuses! Kinda...

First of all, I now write reviews for a website! Since the beginning of this month I have been contributing to a music and film reviewing site Renowned For Sound. This has mainly been a collection of album and single reviews and its been going pretty cool so far. If you fancy reading any of my work you can at www.renownedforsound.com/index.php/author/huw/

Does this mean you're stopping music reviews on this blog? No! However I'm gonna shift things about a bit. Rather than write album reviews as such I think I'll continue with a few of my slightly less conventional features. Thats means Dream Streams, Delectable Discographies and New Choons will be uploaded to this blog when theres something that takes my fancy, purely because I don't get to cover everything I'd like on R4S.

So theres going to be even less posts on here than usual? Well, thats where things get a little more interesting. Rather than have the-go-slow as a stand-alone music blog, I've decided I may as well revamp it as a bit more of an all purpose blog where I can post... well... anything. This means, Films, TV, Books, News, People, Life, etc. As I'm getting older I'm starting to become one of those annoying people who wants some physical proof of the often awesome memories I keep. I've got tons of photos of me from the age of 0-11 and then theres a massive gap with very few things to fill the void which in all honesty really bums me out. So I've decided in some way I will dedicate a section of this blog to note good days, funny stories, bad jokes and general self indulgent shit for my own benefit.

Why should we care about your life? Good question! You don't have to at all, I don't expect you to. If you want music reviews just read them. I know I don't get a massive amount of traffic anyway so it shouldn't bother anyone! This isn't an effort to make a revolutionary and new site, just one that is my own that others can read.

So if everyone bears with me over the next few days/weeks/year this blog will be under construction whilst I brainstorm some ideas for things to write about. 

If there are any new bands reading, I STILL WANT TO WRITE ABOUT YOU! I love listening to new music and would love the opportunity to interview any bands who fancy some exposure. If you want to send anything to me for reviewing or talking about feel free to do so on the Contact Me page and I will vow to get on top of things as soon as possible. Ta :)

Why don't you just get a tumblr? Oh fuck off.

Intro: Hey! Ho! Lets go!

I know right? What a cringeworthy title. I imagine Joey Ramone is spinning in his hilariously tall coffin. But anyway...

This is my blog. Welcome. If all goes well this will serve as the first of many posts on this page and by the time anybody is reading this I am sure I will be an infamously ruthless yet respected music journo. I kid, I don't really have many expectations about this blog other than it will give me a platform to write about  one of my deepest interests and passions. You guessed it, music.
I figured I could use this post as an introduction to this blog detailing the kind of things I plan to feature on this page. Firstly though its probably best to give you a brief bio of the man child you're reading the mind vomit of.

So here goes. Hello! I'm Huw. I'm a 21 year old Music Production student and a proud fool. I am a pretty able musician having played drums for 9 years and guitar for about 7. I play guitar and sing in a band (I wont mention the name as I don't really want to use this blog as a promotional tool, this is separate). While of course I love to play and write my own material my real passion for music lies with wearing a pair of headphones and losing myself in a great album. 
Over the year I've become pretty encyclopaedic with music to a few peoples annoyance. I feed off books, tv, articles, websites, videos and people in my life to add to the ever growing collection of pointless facts about bands that I tend to share with an uninterested audience of friends.
Other than that I'm interested in all the typical things; books, film, telly, food and so on. I have some cool family, pretty fun friends and a great girlfriend all of whom make my life much more interesting and enjoyable. 

Now, this blog. I've decided to title it 'The Go-Slow'. 3 reasons! Firstly its definition, the term go-slow means deliberate and careful, being a serial procrastinator I felt this fit the bill! Secondly its the title of one of my favourite Biffy Clyro songs. Lastly... well... it sounds pretty cool doesn't it? I've separated the blog into the following sections:

REVIEWS: Albums and EPs in particular I aim to review whatever new albums I listen to

MP3S & STREAMS: New songs and brief single reviews with an MP3 or Audio/video stream

VIDEOS: New promotional music videos or notable live performances

FEATURES: Music related articles e.g. Classic Albums, New Bands, Important Issues or Music News

FILM-TV-BOOKS: Films, tv and books... ahem

MIND VOMIT: A post that doesn't fit into any other category... like this one

These sections may change as time goes by but I will make sure its all organised. Thats pretty much all I can say at this stage. Hopefully I don't just neglect this and there is plenty to read soon! I will say however, if you do read any of my posts and have an opinion, please do share it! Even if you're telling me how my opinion is completely wrong I will be glad to hear your opinions. So yeah, wish me luck. Read on and enjoy!