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Coleman Erickson

Writer, Photographer

That's my name, that's what I do. I was born and raised in Colorado, have called Minnesota and New York home in the past, and have been writing since my high school's newspaper. I am a twice awarded photojournalist and have been shooting professionally for half a decade now. If I had a true profession, however, it would mostly be videography and production. 

When I started New Vinyl Mondays back at the beginning of 2018, I had just recently bought my first record from a record store, along with a 7 inch to go along with it. Along with a handful I had collected at shows, and inspired by the date January 8th, 2018 (making out 8.1.18 if you live anywhere but the US and east Asia), I made a commitment to bring one new album to review every week, with every month having its own theme. Since then, I've graduated high school, began college, furthered by photography and videography careers, and produced a feature film. New Vinyl Mondays, meanwhile, took an unceremonious position on the backburner of my projects. The writing took a large portion of my time that ultimately took away from my career. But, in the background the goal had always been to use my career as a means to the end of making New Vinyl Mondays happen, because I knew that in whatever capacity, I would never shut up about the music I was passionate about. 

Today as I write this in July of 2023, it has been over two years since my last attempt at a revival of the blog, the Instagram, and the playlist. I have a new gameplan and a small team of friends to make this happen the way it should! There is a lot of exciting things I have planned, and as of now the official relaunch is live. This is just the beginning!

These days, my creative energy goes into my photography and the professional video work I do, while on the side I have been learning the drums and guitar to satisfy  the songwriting I like to doodle occasionally. My writing hasn't been a focus as of recent, doing many page long project reports multiple times a semester has a way of taking the fun out of it. Personally I feel like I have grown a lot in the last year, and see this as the next goal in my journey of creative fulfillment. I hope you join along, and support myself, the other authors and contributors, as well as the artists we feature!


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