BLOG REEBOOT 2020 PLEASE TAKE A MINUTE TO READ THANKS..

I guess many of you regular readers of this blog may have thought the blog was dead and finished? I guess i kinda did too I have to be honest I lost interest and enthusiasm and as you will see I've done little but a couple of short posts and updates over the last year

This year marks 7 years since I sat down on the Google blogger page and attempted to work it out, I remember starting this in 2013 and it has gone through some trials and tribulations like the loss of a years work through 4shared banning me over copyright issues to the gradual slowing down and eventual grinding to a halt!

I have made many promises of I am going to be doing more etc and not lived up to them so if anyone is reading this I will be surprised! However this time I mean to do it and here's a show of faith....

FIRSTLY... Some changes :

You will notice the blog has been trimmed down SEVERELY that is because I am no longer going to be posting "extreme" music that is extremes of metal and punk almost all the Crust/ Grind/ Death/ Metal has gone I have left a few but not much. This is my music policy from now on I am dead with "extreme" music I am approaching 50 and really I am no longer part of it anymore it doesn't move me the same and I have subsequently sold ALL my CD's of that nature and will no longer be posting music of that sort!

REQUESTS - I will still take requests for stuff but if I don't have it or feel it's not something worth blogging I won't honour the request I have moved house since last posting and the internet here is terrible and it takes a long time to upload even the smallest of files so I won't waste my time uploading things I am not 100% behind and definitely DO NOT request extreme punk or metal (see above).

WRITE UPS - I am going to continue writing things up in my usual "anecdotal"style  but in most cases instead of doing time consuming research I will provide you with a short overview from a decent source (probably discogs or wikipedia) if I am not able to write off the top of my head as basically I would read that and re-word and expand on that info anyway. OH, AND I had a few complaints in comments over the years about my lack of correct punctuation making my write ups hard to read, well let me tell you something....I am a self confessed dumbass, I left school at 15 some 33 years ago and have done no formal study since. I recently had to do a qualification for my current job and part of that was an English course! Which I passed with a high grade mark so SCREWWWW you! I will now endeavour to edit more heavily and insert correct punctuation but no promises this is supposed to be fun for me too!!! All links will be provided by me and kept to the usual UTS quality standards

All of this is being done to streamline the process of bringing you a high quality of music and high quality downloads and also so I will not end up being discouraged by the huge task of starting a write up.

That's about it, below this post you will find no less than 19 new posts yup 19! my goal for this reboot was 20 posts to go some way to replacing the near 100 posts I deleted so it's a start I had aimed for 20 but these 19 were done and ready and my brain was fried and I decided that as these were done and nothing new was lined up and I have spent the best part of 6 weeks worth od free time doing these that I would publish these 19 and have a fresh look tomorrow and see if i can give you a 20th!

It is my intention to try and do minimum one but attempt 2 posts per week where possible.

Right now at the end of March 2020 we are in the middle of the CoVid -19 Corona Virus pandemic. Here in the UK we are on government enforced lockdown  being in the high risk group I am stuck at home on my days off for the foreseeable months I can only leave the house to work because it is literally a 5 min walk there if I had to take public transport I'd be in self isolation right now. This was the impetus behind rebooting the blog! I am bored and here I can actually do something to help other people who may be stuck at home bored with little to do, well here is a bit of reading and a shit ton of free music for you to enjoy.

I'd like to say a heartfelt thanks to those of you who have continued to drop by the blog despite the lack of activity and if you fell by the wayside then I am sorry for being a lazy dick! I guess you won't be reading this anyway ha ha!

Here's to a more productive 2/3 of 2020 here at Under The Surface

Look after yourselves, Stay home, Stay well and Enjoy the music

Love, Peace and Good Health

Your Editor

DAVE 

(^ The uncertain smile of a man in the middle of a deadly pandemic!!!^)