{Hello} It’s time to build up a head of Steem.

Hi. I’m Simon Whight. 

I’m pretty much a complete newbie to the world of all things Steemit and cryptocurrency in general, so I am currently going through the entire baptism of fire stage. What actually brought me here was the novel spin on content generation and how it started to paint a picture of an alternative world for those in the enthusiast scenes, those lost souls like me effectively writing on passion alone. While there are platforms like Patreon and concepts like Ko-Fi out there to help subsidise things, nothing seems to have encapsulated an end-to-end ecosystem vision quite like Steemit. 

Thus begins this Steem powered journey, kickstarted through an off the cuff email from my older brother and a natural sense of curiosity.

So what am I looking to bring to the community?

Well, let’s have a look at my history over the past few years. Quite by accident I found myself writing for a selection of online magazines - that are either now dead or significantly changed in ownership to no longer be recognisable as to what they were. Time spent at SHA Digital, Ibiza Voice and Data Transmission gave me a chance to discover both what my voice was, but also what I really wanted to be speaking about - tip: selecting releases for coverage has to go way beyond "I'd slap that in a DJ set." 

Eventually I ended up at the outlet I write for now - Inverted Audio. It’s a great little home, well respected by readers and artists alike, and seems to have found its own niche in an exceptionally competitive world. 

From humble beginnings, Inverted Audio hosting the Campfire Headphase stage at Farr Festival this year - bringing together some of the finest names in the scene, such as Legar Legov, Huerco S, Sad City and Terekke.

While rewarding, it’s a challenging life - countless hours sifting through new music, more through in-depth analysis, liaising with artists and PR, plus the weighty write-ups - don't get me started on transcribing Skype interviews. Plus all of this happens outside of a regular 9-to-5, fuelled by passion alone and grateful whenever a rare vinyl drop happens to hit the mat. Because of all of this, some of my greatest internal sadness comes from all the content that slips by through time constraints or not quite meeting the fit of the website. This is where blogging comes in.

Throwing it back - the early days c.2001, peak progressive tribal/bad clothes era when I lived in a house that was seemingly designed with a "give me the Geocities look" mindset. TRAINSPOTTING - I know for a fact I'm playing Datar - B (Tarentella & Redankas NYSC Remix) and Rui Da Silva - Touch Me (Peace Division Remix) here.

I’ve been searching around for a platform to just exist on and output as I see fit, indulging in the personal and less in the editorial mindset. Don't worry, this isn’t a place to copypaste my regular output but to offer something new - although I may reference the odd article, purely through the desire to share good sounds. Think first impressions, discoveries, spotlights, retrospectives, Spotify playlists. I’ve never been one to simply regurgitate a press release so there is no reason not to carry on with that mentality here. Also, tThere is a vague hope that I can reboot my commute friendly 40 minute mix series to share with you all, culled from my promo stack. But not until I manage to replace my now destroyed MacBook that my toddler graciously stepped on. (I still love him)

HIM. The destroyer of laptops.

So hello everyone, once again. I’ll be going heads down creating now, but also poking around seeing what people are up to. I like to keep an eye on the gaming world, so you might see me pop up there, but also in the many threads that will help me get to grips with the mechanics of this place. Just keyboard mashing, post button and the up arrow for now, eh? I'll be tagging my stuff electronica as one of the five tags since I don't like to get too pedantic about genres, hopefully it'll find a little niche.

Special mention here to @qsounds, a curation account passionately managed by @edje - a welcoming first encounter for my first day.