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http://soloblogmusingsofavocalmusicmajor.blogspot.com/2010/02/new-music-for-new-semester.html

It was difficult to get rolling on this but I finally made my first post!





Post # 2-- no comments/followers yet. I looked up similar blogs to this one and those don't have a big following either. Maybe I should have picked a different subject...

Post #3-- I finally have a comment! It's from a family member but it's nice to know someone out there is keeping up with my blog.

Post #4-- Still no followers. I think I'm going to send out a message to friends to see if they can start following etc.



I do have a few comments though. Here's one of them from a family member.



Post#5 I've decided to become more aggressive with my blog at this point. I sent out a message via Facebook to some friends to see if they could follow my blog and make some comments here and there. It worked! I have a few followers now! I also began following a few more music/voice/voice teacher blogs that are similar to my topic. I'm hoping that will give my blog more publicity after a while. I also looked at the blog's help site and it provided links to various sites that give blogs publicity and put them in a directory. However four out of the five of them were out of commission and one wasn't very clear as to where you post the link to your blog so it can be added to the directory. I also added links to some of the things I talked about to make my blog more interesting and appealing. Hopefully my blog can be more successful now.

Post #6 I've begun to make my blog a bit more personal and singing career- oriented. This time I was trying to gain votes for a local competition. It was cool having a blog as a potential way to gain voters as well as word of mouth and facebook.



Post# 7&8

Here are a few more posts. Again, another personalized one about the Glee contest and the attempt to get my name out there more. Also, I began speaking on things that have been very prominent in class lately. It's getting A LOT easier to blog now, I think the initial nervousness has worn off. I definitely think I'll keep it going once this semester is over.



Posts#9-&10 I'm finding I'm getting more comments from my followers which is nice. The information from lectures from class seem to be ringing true to people. Also, the blogs I've been following as a result are really helping me learn more about my topic.





Post#11 I'm finally finding my stride in blogging. I definitely don't have a ton of followers and I could be doing more advertising of my blog. But I do like the theme I have going and I feel like it's something that has helped me grow as an internet user and a singer. I think that if I made it more concentrated, like the other singing blogs, I could gain more followers, rather than a singing/learning/diary sort of blog.



Post#13,14,15 I made my final postings in the last few days. It's nice to see all of my hard work finished, but also sad. I really enjoyed writing this blog, and once finals are over I hope to continue it and help it grow. Although it didn't pick up many outside followers, I think it was still a very successful blog with a lot of insight on what it's like to be a voice major.