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Spin To Win #3 - A Re-Introduction

Trying to shake the pre-season rust

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Ben Madden
Jul 04, 2024
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If you’ve recently subscribed to this newsletter, welcome back! If you’ve been around since the last one (which was a couple of years ago), then thank you for sticking around, and I hope this isn’t too much of a surprise in your inbox.

Since that last email, I’ve managed to tick off a couple of professional goals, including a stint as Junkee’s Music Editorial Specialist, and bylines with Esquire Australia and The Guardian. However, if a week is a long time in football, then a month is a long time in music journalism — and I can already feel the writing rust starting to form. I’m treating this newsletter like a pre-season, except instead of running laps, I’m frantically writing on the Vline.

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I’m aiming to write a newsletter each week, recommending an album/song that I’ve been enjoying, and/or conducting interviews with Australian artists that I want to write about, but might not be able to place…

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