Arjan Writes: Music Fanatic

February 28, 2007

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Editor’s Note: In our rush to get the awesome new Justin Timberlake remixes online, we missed properly introducing our new guest blogger: Arjan. So excuse us while we shape-shift and time-warp and allow Arjan to introduce himself.

The first song that really captured me unlike anything I heard before was Michael Jackson’s “Beat It.” It was the start of the music television era, and I remember watching that dance-gangsta video over and over again. I even rolled up my jeans to show off my shiny white tennis socks, hoping that Jackson’s coolness would rub off on me a little bit.

Of course, I looked anything but cool. I grew up in Amsterdam, and running around the historic canals pretending to be Michael Jackson was (and let me put this kindly) a bit silly. But it did show my tremendous passion for music that I’ve never lost since then.

A few years ago, I decided to start writing about music for a bunch of print publications (GENRE, Next, QVegas, Washington Blade, etc.) to share my love for music with others. Many people like to discover new music, but most of them have trouble finding it.

The popularity of sites like MySpace and also iTunes have made music much more accessible, but people now have even more trouble finding great new music in this dense web of audio streams, MP3 downloads, videos and music reviews.

That’s how Arjanwrites.com was born.

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