How I Found The Riff
A serendipitous journey
Terry Barr asked us the other day how we found The Riff. Coincidentally, I found The Riff a mere two days after I founded Songstories. Michael Burg, MD (AKA Medium Michael Burg) sent me an email introducing me to Noah Levy because he knew we shared a passion for music and “thought we should know each other.”
In the dead of winter and the middle of a pandemic, I jumped right in and got to know the community. At the time, The Riff only had a few hundred followers. Now pushing a thousand followers, it has grown exponentially since then.
Unfortunately, I found myself unable to keep up with all the quality content. You are all music aficionados and experts and journalists. Amazing writers and storytellers adorn this group, and I was honored just to be able to read your work.
When I started writing on this platform, I focused in on music because it’s been a lifelong passion. And then I started to burn out on it, and something terrible happened.
I started cheating on music.
*GASP*. I know! I unplugged. I saw something shiny on some humor pubs and some interesting ideas about art in some others. I started writing and editing elsewhere, fell in love with a unicorn, and tried to stay sober. Writing is an interesting way to explore all areas of your…
