January of 2013 is coming up . . . it's an auspicious date because it will mark five years of publishing, maintaining and babysitting ThisIsSomewhere. Five years feels like an event to me, a time to take stock and figure out where things are headed. 

That said, I do it all the time don't I? This topic comes up like clockwork around here (see links below) and I feel like a crackhead who keeps coming back to this thing. That said, things HAVE changed, even in the last year. I remember when GPN had 1100 Facebook fans - the number now is 216,000 +. I remember when Grace did not have a Twitter account, now she's at 85,00 followers. 

"Back in the day" I (and by extension WE) had an impact on the early fanbase and the success of the band. I'm sure of it. We promoted to friends and acquaintances, we posted videos, trip reports. WE were the early social media. Guess what, it worked. Which is a great thing. To be clear, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals have always had the talent to succeed and they would have whether this site was around or not.

I couldn't be happier with where the band is and whatever early help I/we were able to bring to the table but now? Now it's a fast moving train that doesn't need ThisIsSomewhere to keep the momentum up. 

Mostly, I want to work on things that "matter" and I'm not convinced that this website matters much anymore. Oh, it's great fun and enjoyable but I sure liked it more when in the early stages of the band. These days, I'm feeling like it's more like a sophisticated scrapbooking project that costs money and time. I've got three or four other "extra cirric

So what are your thoughts on this? I'd appreciate them for sure.

KC

<a href="http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/06/11/i-really-hate-to-say-it-but-i%E2%80%99m-gonna-say-it-anyway/">Goodbye Kiss</a>

<a href="http://www.bigmethod.com/2010/05/4-years-ago-today-the-video-upload-that-accidentally-launched-an-agency/">http://www.bigmethod.com/2010/05/4-years-ago-today-the-video-upload-that-accidentally-launched-an-agency/</a>

<a href="http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/05/19/four-years-ago-today-as-told-by-the-folks-at-bigmethod/">http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/05/19/four-years-ago-today-as-told-by-the-folks-at-bigmethod/</a>