Welcome to the blog of Can Sar, a Stanford CS major. This blog is made up of my thoughts on Computer Science and the computer industry, as well as ever exciting tales from my life.
We have all heard of politicians who keep blogs, and of course some musicians do the same. Soon after Sunday's concert I discovered that Dido also has a blog about her world tour, that is somehow out of the ordinary. Instead of blogging herself, or having members of her tour band blog, she hired a friend of hers to exclusively tour with them, only to take pictures and blog.
This leads to longer if somewhat more artificial posts, that are however filled with lots of information on members of the band, and the experience of touring. Mark, the designated blogger is a mixture of fan and friend and sometimes sounds a bit overenthusiastic, but then that's probably how everyone would feel if they for the first time in their life toured all around Europe with a major record artist. And although the blog is of course somewhat propagandist it is targeted at a friendly audience; and furthermore, no blog is entirely honest. I think the idea of having somebody who is not a professional writer as a "hired" blogger is an incredible idea, somebody who shares the feeling of the audience, but has more access to what is going on backstage.
And choosing one's own friend seems to be a good way of ensuring that whoever will be doing such a blog, will be able to get along with everyone on the team. I think more bands should have somebody blog their tour, even if they themselves don't have the time.
And on the blog, people can also send in their questions and get them answered. I especially like the one below:
If you had to choose only one item to take on tour with you, what would it be and why?
It would be a tussle between straightening irons, PG tips and her iPod!