One Year of All Things Beatles - Beginnings
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In June 2007, I was an underworked computer programmer, looking for a new job, with a lot of time on my hands. My sister was blogging with b5media and suggested I give it a shot. She knew I was a huge fan of music and particularly Classic Rock, and that b5 was about to launch some new music blogs. When I heard that The Beatles was an available topic, I pounced on it. The Beatles have long been one of my favourite bands and I figured there’s tonnes of material about them. I was a tad concerned about keeping it fresh and exciting, seeing as they disbanded almost 40 years ago and two of them are dead, but I thought I’d give it a shot.
So far, blogging about The Beatles, their albums, their songs, their films, their wives, their instruments and their lives has been a challenge - but a fun, rewarding one. It never became my primary source of income - I found a steady programming job shortly thereafter - but it’s been a good hobby.
Check out some of the earliest entries from when this blog was young:
- The Beatles Prehistory
- My very first post, and exactly what the title suggests. No images, no links, just the story of The Beatles before they were The Beatles.
- John, Paul, George, and Ringo
- Four entries with brief biographies of the four guys from Liverpool. First use of photos.
- George Martin, Brian Epstein, and The Other Beatles
- Three entries with bios of other influential people in the early days of The Beatles.
- After those I started three series (click links to see first entries)
- This Week in Beatles History - A series that continued for the whole year but will shortly be retired to the archives.
- This Week in Beatles Sightings - A series that proved too difficult to keep up consistently (with only two live Beatles and not enough fresh photos).
- A continuing series looking at every original song that The Beatles recorded.
Enjoy.
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