Hello Quakers and Quakettes. Allow me to re-indroduce myself, my name is HOV– no, It’s not. My name is Nicholas (Nicky by friends, peers, and everyone except my mother when she’s  angry). I’m going to be a contributor here on Tripping Franklins, the finest music blog this side of the Schuylkill. We here at TF (see what I did there?) are going to bring you the most up to date news on the music scene on campus and in our wonderful city of Philadelphia. If you are not aware, Philly has an amazing music presence, and it is only continuing to grow.

But in addition to fun MP3s, concert reviews and Penn bands to look out for, I thought some of you would be curious to know what’s going in the music industry these days. Everything you hear talks about the tragedy, the end of the music world as we know it. Well, that’s not entirrrrely true. This semester I wrote a paper, guided by RollingStone contributor Anthony DeCurtis on the state of the industry. If you’re curious, and feel like taking part in this bit of intense self-indulging, go ahead and read it. Hopefully you too can come up with some ideas about how to save us all!

The Day the Music Died: How the Record Companies Lost their Way

While I’m participating in this bit of hedonism, I wanted to let you know what else I’ve got going on. I’ll be keeping a music blog (unrelated to Penn) over at  The Night Bird Calls, so check it out when you’ve got a minute.