What to do with the music?

As part of my day job I get sent dozens of CDs every week. These take the form of full albums, album samplers, white label promos and singles - even big package singles with sleeve notes.

Most of the time these CDs just end up on a shelf never to be listened to again. Sometimes I will rip the CD and put the tracks on my iPod but not often.

The problem is that I don’t really have much music on my iPod. I have an 8GB Nano  and about 80% of it is filled with podcasts, audio books, radio series and TV programmes - the final 20% is music.

But that really only allows room for a small handful of albums from my favourite bands. It doesn’t let me put new stuff on there I’ve never heard before.

Once upon a time my iPod would be filled with demos I’d been sent by bands from around the world. Tracks I would then later right about or play on air (on the rare occasion I present a show).

But, even though the music isn’t a priority for me anymore - I still get sent dozens of CDs. So the question I’m asking myself is - what should I do with them?

I can’t give them away as they’re ‘not for resale, owned by the label’ promos but I would like to see them do more than just gather dust.

So how would you feel about me writing the occasional album review - these are sent often weeks in advance of their release so might make for a good preview.

It sort of fits within the brief I’ve set myself with this blog but it does still fall slightly outside it. I was thinking of using the current ’sign up’ space on the blog homepage to house the reviews.

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