The first blog post that I wanted to read was the five best EDM albums of 2018 by  Digital Zen. In this blog he discussed five albums that he thought had captivated the Electronic Dance Music community. The reason why I enjoyed this blog was because it was consistent and the layout of the page was an easy read. The numerical list countdown from 5 down to 1 makes you want to keep reading and captures your attention as you want to see what is the number one album of the year, however you start with five and one is at the end.

Every album has the same length description as to why the blogger selected them into those locations and that gave a very non-biased approach for the reader.  The release dates were all correct and he included his favorite songs in each album to prove that he had done his research and was knowledge able of the subject. The only downfall about the article is he could have sounded slightly more professional and his grammar and punctuation could have been proofread and fixed. For example, in his last sentence of paragraph two of number 3 he forgot to capitalize the album name Visceral. Besides that the artist was knowledgeable of the subject and provided his insight of the best EDM album of 2018 without sounding biased to the audience.

The second article I chose to read was Player Development in US Soccer by ponchat. This article was a long read and that normally would turn me off as well as many other bloggers. We are taught to keep it short, keep it concise, but still be able to inform the public about what you are writing about. Ponchat had a lot of information on this blog, he compared international youth soccer players to american youth soccer players and used mathematics to help support his case.

His argument was that the US will always continue to struggle to catch up to the international level because of how much time the youth plays at a young age. He did have an opinion and his voice was vocal throughout the article as he put forth is first hand experience to show his knowledge of the topic. Ponchat was a college coach and made that his first sentence to show that he is very aware of what he is writing about. Other than the fact the article was long he keep to a strong structure, easy to read layout, statistics that helped his point, and a professional tone throughout his writing. It was an informative long read that anyone who wants to know why the US is so behind the international soccer scene can take-in and enjoy.

The pictures were taken directly from blogs I read. (Ponchat and Digital Zen)