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Trent's Music Heaven
I always wonder what a site is going to be about when it is simply titled using the author’s name. When I landed upon Trent Adams (dot) com, I knew right away what the site was going to be about. A huge guitar called out to me, and I knew I was going to be reading about music.
While I’m a big music fan, I don’t know too much about guitar. However, the writing style that Trent demonstrates is fantastic. Every post is well thought out and informative. The author is truly interested in what his readers want, and helps them out anyway he can with new information. I took note that he takes requests on both tabs and lyrics.
I immediately fell in love with the design of this site. It looks really crisp and organized. The guitar in the background is definitely a plus, especially because it gives the reader a clue as to what the website is about. The archives are easily accessible and I found no errors in any part of this website, only excellence.
There are many bonus features to this site. There is a section about song lyrics as well as a section about guitar tabs, for those who play. The author also has a background page telling about him and his love of music. This is one of the few blogs that I have seen completely dedicated to the guitar and music, and that makes it unique.
While this wouldn’t be a site I would read everyday, I believe it would be a good site for a music enthusiast to read, especially those who play the guitar. This blog is aimed at musicians, not the average blog reader.
This site was reviewed on 2003-05-11 by starfish.
They felt this site belonged in the Music category.
starfish felt that Trent's Music Heaven deserved a rating of 5.
"Helping Out The Music Lover Since June 2002..."
Initial impressions were good. A good layout and a well organised, well respected source for guitar tabs and song lyrics. The site was obviously centred around guitar music, which is where I decided to call in an expert:
Enter my brother. Wearing a Jimi Hendrix T-shirt, electric guitar slung over his shoulder, humming Voodoo Chile. After some strumming of his guitar and monosyllabic grunts, he assured me that the tabs were all accurate (apparently they're not on a lot of tab sites). The site, in his opinion, didn't cover as many genres as he'd like to see, focusing more on recent music. I, however, was impressed with the list I saw, ranging from the hugely popular Coldplay, right through to the Goo Goo Dolls' Iris and Led Zeppelin's Stairway To Heaven.
My brother's interest in Clapton and Hendrix meant that he didn't stay long, but he admitted that it was a good site for the large number of guitar players interested in chart music, and he liked the tips, such as Tuning Your Guitar. He also felt that this would be an ideal site for beginners.
Viewing Trent's Music Heaven more as a weblog, there were many elements of the site that I liked. The comments are displayed on the main page under each post. Whilst on more personal sites this can sometimes override the original post, here it works well, and along with a referrals list, creates an interactive aspect.
Trent's Music Heaven is a specialist site, and to someone like myself who has no interest in guitar music there is no real reason to go there. My brother's reluctance was that he is used to sites such as guitartab.com and Olga, where everything you want is already there. He wasn't used to the weblog element, where you check back daily for updates. For guitar enthusiasts, especially those who also have an interest in weblogging, this site is a rich resource.
This site was reviewed on 2003-05-11 by Bluiser.
They felt this site belonged in the Music category.
Bluiser felt that Trent's Music Heaven deserved a rating of 4.5.
Trent's Music Heaven is not just a weblog, it also provides a service to the online music community. The site design is a little bit scattered, but Trent's main projects - the guitar tablature and song lyrics - are kept right up front.
I'm not a guitarist myself, so the tabs are a bit lost on me. I can, however, see that they are nicely presented - putting up tabs online requires a little bit of design know-how so they'll appear right, and Trent has done a great job with that. (And yes, he even has Stairway to Heaven up there!)
There aren't as many lyrics as there are tabs, but it is such a treat to view lyrics online without having seventeen pop-up windows opening while I'm trying to read the words.
The archives are a little hard to browse - I'm not terribly familiar with the Nucleus CMS, so I'm not sure if there's an easier way to view them. I tried to view the archives from Trent's "general" category to see what guitar tips and articles he's linked to, but I could only find a couple of entries in that category, even though I know there are more because they're listed on the "Previous Posts by Month" page.
Trent's also implemented some additional features, mostly Nucleus plugins. Any entry can be forwarded to a friend by e-mail, or displayed in a printer-friendly format. There are smilies available in the comments, and an option to search his site using Google.
I'm rating Trent's Music Heaven a 4 for a few reasons. First, it's nice to see a blog that's also a helpful public service. I also like that Trent interacts with his readers, responding to their comments directly on the site. He's also got some interesting links, mostly in the blogroll - and I hadn't even heard of Nucleus before! Trent's done very well with his Music Heaven, and hopefully he'll keep up the good work.
This site was reviewed on 2003-05-11 by etoile.
They felt this site belonged in the Music category.
etoile felt that Trent's Music Heaven deserved a rating of 4.
3 reviewers gave Trent's Music Heaven an average rating of 4.5000
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