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Bring in the New Year with me with a nestolgic stroll down my memory lane of music over the entire year!
Who doesn't get motivated, inspired, soothed, opinionated, and so many other feelings when they listen to some tunes? These are the sounds that get me through days, projects, slumps, celebrations, and everything else. I’ll rock out while I make my art for hours. Cleaning my house is a comedic show of crude dance moves because I just can’t stop groovin’ while I'm movin’. While in public I can hardly contain myself from belting out in song when my favorite ballads are playing (Toni Braxton, “Unbreak My Heart”, anyone?) while, more than likely, using the person closest to me to sing to as my “love interest”.
Plus, isn't creating a playlist, CD, or mix-tape, with the intent to share it with someone else kind of an intimate gesture? A gesture that demonstrates the universal longing for connection and belonging? It’s rare that I find the attention span to sit down and make whole lists of curated songs, so instead I create playlists in my music app (YouTube Music) and add songs to them as I hear them. I love sharing my favorite songs and albums with my friends, family, coworkers, classmates, and crushes (of course), which streaming music platforms have made pretty easy to do (RIP mix-tapes & CDs). Whenever I share something, it’s my hope that whomever it's sent to will feel something like I did when I first heard the song too. All the while, I'll be nervously awaiting feedback; wondering if I overdid it with a song that's too intense, or it's too stupid, or I missed my mark. EVEN THOUGH I KNOW LETTING GO OF THESE THOUGHTS WOULD SERVE ME BETTER because everyone is (almost) always kind in their responses. Anyone else going off the rails on this crazy train (OZZY OSBOURNE)?
Anyway…I hope this year's accumulation of songs and albums strikes a chord with all of you too! Pun intended!
What are the songs that have moved YOU over the years? Did my playlist introduce you to new music? Do you have suggestions for new music for me?? Leave your responses in the comments here on my blog or on my social media accounts:
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