I got a notification this evening from WordPress that my blog turned three years old today, so Happy Birthday EclecticMusicLover! Time passes so quickly at my age, and it’s hard to believe I’ve been at this for three years already! I think my blog’s come a long way since those early days, when I knew I wanted to talk about music, but hadn’t a clue as to what to write about that I thought people would want to read. My earliest posts were either very brief, lame, or both, and I actually started out posting stuff from others (including some music reviews from youtube critics that I’ve since removed), before I had the confidence to write about music myself. I never could have predicted that I would establish a reputation as a music blogger, and become “in demand” by so many wanting me to review their music!

I’ve published 532 posts over the past three years, which is also hard to believe! It’s not easy churning out an average of 3-5 posts a week, most of them music reviews, but I receive so many requests for reviews from artists and bands that follow me on social media that I’ve got a steady stream of subjects to write about. Sometimes it almost feels like when I was back in college and had papers to write, but I do enjoy writing about music and supporting indie artists, which is very gratifying for me.

I have 343 followers, though fewer than 10% ever read my posts. Thus far, my posts have received a collective total of 70,873 views. My most-viewed posts by a wide margin are my review of the Coldplay Head Full of Dreams Concert  I attended in 2016, which as of this writing has received 6,599 views, and my 100 Best Songs of the 2000s, with 5,612 views. At a distant third is my review of the twenty one pilots emotional road show tour concert, with 1,400 views. Most of my music reviews receive anywhere from 40-150 views, however, quite a few have garnered well over 200. A few went almost viral, including those of MUTEMATH’s beautiful song “Changes”, Tears For Fears’ “I Love You But I’m Lost”, and Chris Watkin’s superb album “Lights All Askew.” My year-end Top 100 lists for the years 2015-2017 have also received many hundreds of views.

My blog has been viewed by people from nearly every country on earth, with the exception of a few in equatorial Africa. As to be expected, the vast majority of my visitors are from English-speaking countries, with the United States accounting for over half of all views. Second is United Kingdom, followed by Canada, Australia and India. Rounding out the top ten are Germany, New Zealand, Philippines, Netherlands and Italy. And it’s cool knowing that people from such exotic countries as Malta, Macedonia, Maldives and Madagascar looked at my blog!

Also interesting is seeing the various search terms that drove people to my blog. The most frequently used term is musiclover.com, followed by music lover.com, song lover.com, and coldplay. Some of the most unusual ones are for songs that people cannot recall the titles of:

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i would do anything for you 00s song
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A lot of people were really concerned about the length of the Coldplay concerts:

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A little rivalry is always good:

are 21 pilots concerts better than coldplay?

And I love this one:

what kind of songs will they play at the head full of dreams tour (uh, Coldplay songs)

I think most bloggers will agree that blogging about our respective interests can be a lot of work, but also very rewarding and fun. I plan to continue blogging for the foreseeable future, as long as I still enjoy writing about music. And a big thanks to all of you who support my blog!