Let's get started

When I first designed the latest version of my website, one of my main goals was to have some sort of blog on which to publish articles, rambles, and of course the latest finished pieces of music. While I've been informally writing on services like Live Journal for some time now, I wanted something a bit more professional and tied in with my website. Originally, my front page was some sort of monthly checkup on how things were going. However, it got to a point where I felt reluctant to update the front page unless something extremely major had been added to the content of the site. Thankfully, through Blogger I've been able to create something to update whenever I want with more than just updates on my website.

The first topic I should probably address is the blog name. Some people have accused me of being too verbose at times, and I'll give them that. My love of language is pretty close to that of music, so I'll milk it for all it's got. Diffusion is, aside from its scientific meanings, a word to describe the spread of cultural elements from one area or group of people to others, to quote Mirriam-Webster's 4th definition. Gregarious is a way to describe something that associates with others of their kind, or one's liking for companionship. And so by linking the two words together, gregarious diffusion, it could become a definition for art and our inherent nature to pass it along and collaborate with others in its creation. It's that definition of art that I live with and try to further define by the act of creating more. A bit heady, sure, but I can always use the excuse that I went to a pretentious arts college.

So what exactly would the casual reader of this blog expect to see in future updates? The primary factor will be my thoughts and commentary on what's going on in the current age of music and games, and as the short description mentions, everything in-between. That is to say, how games and music come together and are represented in the interactive medium. It could be general rambles, or responses to current news. One thought is to do a bit of a weekly roundup of the articles and news bits that caught my attention. We'll see how that works out.

Another primary factor will be what's going on in my professional life. If any projects come up that I can talk about, I'll be sure to post about them to whatever degree I can. If I have a new piece that I just finished, I'll also make a point of debuting it here before it gets added to the main website.

And what else? We'll see as time goes on. For now, this is a start. I wanted to get things initiated, and so they have been! You'll notice that, initially, I've allowed for Anonymous responses to be made. I'd really discourage this, as I want to know who you are! So even if you post anonymously, make sure to sign your name or I'll be totally clueless as to who you are.

I'm going to be out of town until the 4th of July, but once I return I'm sure I'll have plenty of things to write about. Until then, I'm out!

Beginnings

This is a test to make sure this is all working. To be edited later with the actual post!

Edit: I lied. The new first post is above this one. I'll leave this here just for sheer novelty's sake.