I kinda wish 8tracks was still fully functional, 'cuz I actually really do like making playlists for people. It's fun, and 8tracks had this nice added qualifier that you couldn't do more than 2 songs from the same album or artist, so there was some enforced diversity and it made me think about my library more seriously. Unfortunately since its shutdown/reopening, as far as I can tell uploading music doesn't work, so I can't make any new playlists now that I've actually got taste & the interest to do so.
Anyways since 8tracks isn't an option and I refuse to use Spotify because the platform sucks I've just made a couple music playlists through YouTube. If you're looking for something to listen to, maybe try one of these?
Who The Fuck Is Inumo?
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbQvQKMZ9FSZvDz2SM0Ni4yn2rIZuXi-8
The obvious starting point, just kinda a tour through my music library and deliberately trying to catch all corners of my vibes. I tried to get most of my "these songs have important lyrics to me" songs on here, but some of them (e.g. 6pm by if BEARS were BEES) didn't have videos on YouTube and I also wanted to pad out the playlist some more. Starts higher energy & winds down.
Math Rock Vibes for Puppy-Brained Pals
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbQvQKMZ9FSYmWYbwYEVMEFEbMnmOO-KJ
A friend asked me for a math rock playlist, so I went through my library and threw a bunch of songs together, organized as best I could. Fairly constant "working chill" energy, though there are some bumps up and down.
Entertainment!
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbQvQKMZ9FSbVdeD6VbHvzYWKr98oo4VA
This one kinda had to be a YouTube playlist, mostly 'cuz a friend needed 3 hours of content and also wanted some cool video essays. It's still mostly music though; the opening video essay, "The Psychology of Extreme Rhythms" by Adam Neely is there to contextualize Threshold as a song, because it's a really cool song that also is doing some complicated stuff and I think having Neely talk about it first really helps. Then it's just kind of a tour of music rattling in my braincase. The final video, "Dirt on the Camera Lens" by Mike Rugnetta, is another video essay that I just think is neat. Starts pretty energetic, winds down, then has probably the silliest transition back to that starting energy level to finish out the playlist (thanks @grace).
Let me know which ones you like? I like hearing how people feel about my taste in music in part 'cuz I just like listening to A Bunch Of Stuff. :P
