00_MONTHLY PLAYLISTS
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At the beginning of each month I create a new playlist on Spotify, add a variety of my recent favorite tunes to the list, and continue to add to that list until the very last day of the month.
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Each playlist typically rounds out to around 50-70 songs, including indie, pop, jazz, electronic, rock, soul, R&B, and everything in between (except screamo or hardcore dubstep…sorry). Every playlist includes a custom album cover with a random photograph from my camera roll, occasionally paired with whatever jumbled thoughts I am thinking at the time.
I remember when Spotify first became a thing, my friend Ryan told everyone about it. We were in high school and I thought he was a bit of an idiot. At first I stuck to jurassic technologies like the radio and apps like Pandora and 8Tracks, but eventually I followed suit and began creating monthly Spotify playlists a few years later, giving birth to the first one in 2016—playlist “001”.
If my calculations are correct, and I live another 80+ years, we’ll be able to see playlist “999”.
PARTY: PLAYLISTS
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Playlists for parties, probably best for anyone considered a young adult and above (though I hear 15 year olds these days are going harder than their college counterparts).
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There are multiple playlists in this specific series—some fit for family holidays or grandma’s next birthday party, to loosen up your parents, aunts, and uncles a bit, some fit for casually drinking by the pool, and some fit for making memories you may or may not recount (or wish to remember) later.
Favorites
For starting the buzz ⇢ Party: Chill or Get Hyphy?
For a random house party ⇢ Party: Vibes
For bringing the younger selves out of your aunts, & uncles ⇢ Party: Groove
ANYTHING ★ PLAYLISTS
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Any playlist with a “★” in its name means that, in my opinion, the collection of songs is fit for a variety of situations. These are all ongoing & continuously updated as well.
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This playlist series includes one of my all time favorite playlists, “For Friends, For Trolls”, the playlist that includes any song that I find compelling—also the playlist that I naturally force all of my dear friends to listen to.
Favorites
My favorite songs ⇢ For Friends, For Trolls
Road trip tunes ⇢ Google Maps & Gas Station Coffee
Joyful, upbeat instrumentals ⇢ Another Hazy IPA, or Whatever You're Ordering
Jazzy beats & instrumentals ⇢ Coffee Shops Elsewhere
Subtle electronics ⇢ 39,000 Feet Above
Mellow vocals ⇢ Quaint Strolls
Jazzy, R&B, & soulful vocals ⇢ Mellow Jazz Hands
Outdoors-y, on-the-road friendly songs ⇢ Young Home Tunes
60’s, 70’s, 80’s ⇢ Music My Parents Taught Me to Love
Big Rap, Hip Hop, & Pop ⇢ Party with Celebrities
THE MASTER KEY TO ALL PLAYLISTS
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For those curious about how crazy a person can truly become over their Spotify playlist collection, please behold: The master key of signs and symbols for all of my public playlists…
+ THE PLUS
Indicates songs that are currently being used (or are planning to be used) for creative projects.
. THE PERIOD
Indicates playlists made for other people. ♥
~ THE SQUIGGLE
Indicates collections of my favorite or most-listened-to songs of the specified year.