I Hereby Resolve

Typically, the end of the year is a time for people to reflect on their life, and to make any changes they see the need for. Why do it for the first of the year? No particular reason. Although, I suppose, a July 2 Resolution doesn’t have the same ring to it. A New Year’s Resolution also has the added benefit of only occurring once a year. If you make a New Month Resolution, and fail after three days…you have some obligation to make the same resolution the next month. If you make a resolution on January 1, but flop by January 2, you can wait an entire year before you have to try and make yourself a better person. That’s a handy feature. People also find it nicer to write these resolutions down. Anything written down automatically has more weight. After all, if you take the time to type it out and share it with others, it must be important. Plus, anyone why knows about your resolution will obviously shun you if you don’t stick to it. If you make a resolution in silence, it’s pretty easy to ignore it. Of course, that presumes that anyone is listening, or cares enough to hold you to it. That’s probably not the case here. But, what else am I going to write about on January 1st? 

My main resolution really requires you to all help along. I really want to be able to feature more amazing women more often in 2025. So, I could use your help in letting me know who you are and what you're up to. Are you a female artist in Boston I haven't heard about? Reach out and tell me who you are. If we've worked togethe, do you have a new song coming out? Reach out and tell me about it. With so many artists out there, its hard for me to keep track sometimes. I little heads up from you will go a long way. 

While that part depends on you, there are some things I can do to help you along with that.

I want to work on making this a place where you're more likely to want to reach out to. Starting with viewership. I want to make a dedicated effort to make sure as many eyes as possible are on your releases when we post about them. Whether that's with promotion or persistence, I need to get moving. The Instagram account passing 1300 followers is a result of similar efforts on that front. I'd like to do similar things here.

I also want to be more visible elsewhere in the music landscape. Whether that's following and commenting on social media, or reading and commenting on websites and blogs, or whatever else it may be. Part of that is, simply, your music is worthy of my support wherever it may be. The other part is just making Section 36 Music more of a community that you'll love being a part of. Reaching the point where every woman at Berklee that releases a song thinks "I better reach out to Section 36 soon". It will be on everyone's mind. That's my goal.

So, there we go. Things I want to try and do in the coming year. If you care, feel free to try and keep me honest. Mocking comments if I’m going astray are encouraged. Or, help me out by contributing to the resolutions. Or both. Or, ignore it all completely. Your call.

Happy New Year Everyone!