Hi again Amaya: I'm continuing to explore your playlists, and respect especially the wide and deep taste in music. They're not just playlists, they are Conscious Playlists. I am planning to use some of your rules for a final assignment for for this semester's Writing About Music: Rock, Rap, Pop class at St. John's University, where my students have evolved/devolved into obtaining music from playlists and playlists only. They need a more rigorous sensibility than "Working Out" "Chilling" "Waking Up" as the motivators for the music. I hope to continue the discussions about this, Topsters, and the other stuff you and I have started.
Hey. I write fiction and usually have a soundtrack when I write novels like when I'm inspired by different books, and when I want to get into an action scene, I listen to "Back in Black" by ACDC and it unlocks that sense of fun. When I want to be solemn I listen to Phillip Glass. But I love all forms of music. So sometimes it just depends on mood. And I love that you do have playlists. I have always strangely catalogued music but never really talked about it. So, I love that you're doing that. Keep up the good work.
Hey Amaya, I've been compiling playlists for quite a number of years and over on medium's The Riff, I did a series from June 2020-June 2021 called The American crisis playlist Series; it's being compiled into a book by Redhawk publications, which will be out some time this fall. I'm glad Kevin Alexander, who published The Riff wrote about your site. It's good to find you!
Hi Amaya! I'm so excited I found your substack page, I feel the same as you: music curation is my first and longest love. I love making playlists and reading you talk about them is going through your picking process. I'm going to follow you on spotify as well, I want to listen to ur picks :)
I have a few playlists on my newsletters as well, I write in spanish but you can find interesting links in there since I listen mostly to music in english. I hope u have a look.
Hi again Amaya: I'm continuing to explore your playlists, and respect especially the wide and deep taste in music. They're not just playlists, they are Conscious Playlists. I am planning to use some of your rules for a final assignment for for this semester's Writing About Music: Rock, Rap, Pop class at St. John's University, where my students have evolved/devolved into obtaining music from playlists and playlists only. They need a more rigorous sensibility than "Working Out" "Chilling" "Waking Up" as the motivators for the music. I hope to continue the discussions about this, Topsters, and the other stuff you and I have started.
Hey. I write fiction and usually have a soundtrack when I write novels like when I'm inspired by different books, and when I want to get into an action scene, I listen to "Back in Black" by ACDC and it unlocks that sense of fun. When I want to be solemn I listen to Phillip Glass. But I love all forms of music. So sometimes it just depends on mood. And I love that you do have playlists. I have always strangely catalogued music but never really talked about it. So, I love that you're doing that. Keep up the good work.
Hey Amaya, I've been compiling playlists for quite a number of years and over on medium's The Riff, I did a series from June 2020-June 2021 called The American crisis playlist Series; it's being compiled into a book by Redhawk publications, which will be out some time this fall. I'm glad Kevin Alexander, who published The Riff wrote about your site. It's good to find you!
I’m a subscriber to your site. We may have some common interest in music and more. If so, I’d appreciate a mutual free subscribe. Thanks
Hi Amaya! I'm so excited I found your substack page, I feel the same as you: music curation is my first and longest love. I love making playlists and reading you talk about them is going through your picking process. I'm going to follow you on spotify as well, I want to listen to ur picks :)
I have a few playlists on my newsletters as well, I write in spanish but you can find interesting links in there since I listen mostly to music in english. I hope u have a look.
You had me at "I’ve always loved projects"!
I’d appreciate a mutual subscribe to my site. Best regards, Michael Welch “Notes from an Old Drummer”