I recently heard a song play on my speakers and it was good and so my instinct almost immediately was to a write a post plugging it (which goes up tomorrow). But then a problem occurred to me. If I write a post every time I hear a song that I think is notably good, I'll very quickly write posts on all the songs I think are strong. But I'm trying to cover a list of a hundred songs. Posting whenever something stood out would lead to a long predictable slow spell for the second half of the list.
Two solutions present themselves:
1) whenever a song stands out, write the post for that, then randomly pick a song and write a post for that one also. This gives me wider coverage and forces me to write more posts. It also ensures that I check out songs that might be good if examined but which don't jump out if heard while distracted.
2) just bail on the list when I stop hitting songs that inspire me to write posts. What's the harm of missing coverage for songs that didn't grab me.
As is often the case when two choices are listed, I suspect the best choice is a mixed strategy. So when ever I pick a song to post, I'll review a random song as well. When I run out of songs that I want to post about, I'll do a few more than drop this list and move on to the next category (albums maybe).
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