Blog Ahead #13 Originally written on October 22, 2018
For the last several years, I've been putting seasonal playlists together. These are mostly playlists of songs that I'm really into during any given season. They can be songs that I've heard a million times (as reflected by the Fleetwood Mac & Hootie and the Blowfish songs on this list), or new favorites that I don't want to get lost in the shuffle of the floods of new music that comes out every day. For today's Blog Ahead post, I wanted to share my Fall 2018 playlist with you all to give you a taste of what I've been jamming out to this season!
I've been finding a lot of really fun upbeat music this summer which I think perfectly fits the mood of the warmer weather. I've recently discovered the running feature on the Spotify app (I'm honestly not sure how long it's been there) that syncs your steps per minute to the beats per minute in a song and then creates a playlist based on your current listening trends. You can imagine - with marathon training - that I've been finding some really great stuff on my training runs. As a result, I've built a Summer Jam playlist that I'm pretty proud of! It's the perfect mix (in my opinion) of old and new music that's upbeat, funky, light, and all around fun. Press play and see if you can find anything that you want to jam out to for the rest of the summer!
Spring has been a blur (as it usually is) and I never really had a ton of time to really search for new music. Most of this playlist consists of songs that caught my attention while they were playing in the background while answering a marathon of emails or scrambling to get last-minute project accomplished before a large on-campus event. Most of these are super upbeat EDM/pop/hip-hop jams that kept me going through the frequent 12-hour shifts that were being pulled throughout the semester! (And to be quite honest, when I wasn't jamming out to this playlist, I would be rocking out to the Hamilton soundtrack. So. There's that. :P)
I hope you find a track or two you'll want to throw on your Summer playlist. Mine is well underway and I'm already very excited about the background it has provided for these warmer summer months! If you'd like to get a sneak preview on my seasonal playlists as they develop, follow me on Spotify. You can find me here! Also make sure you leave some of your favorite tracks from the season so I can check them out! :)
I recently got back into listening to Spotify (I feel so weird and out of touch saying that - everyone uses Spotify). I was really into using this platform for my music in college, but when I moved to Dean in 2012 the wifi blocked Spotify for some reason, so I started to rely on creating YouTube playlists in order to collect the music I was really into at any given moment and kind of forgot about it. Now that I'm on my own wifi & work wifi, I'm remembering how amazing this platform is and I'm re-obsessed! :)
I'm a big fan of making seasonal playlists so when I want to look back and see what music I was into at a certain point in time, it's all collected right there! For today's Mixtape, I'm going to share my Winter 2015-2016 playlist that I've created on Spotify. I'm sure I'm going to add to it as Winter moves forward, but as I add to it, it will update! Right now I'm getting right back into some EDM and Electro-funk. The sounds on these songs are so interesting to me and I need to listen to them several times a day! And of course, I have the token New Found Glory song on there found on their deluxe edition of Resurrection. They're just. so. GOOD.
Give it a listen, and let me know what music you're currently into in the comments! <3
It's been quite some time since the last time I made a Mixtape of the Moment post! I found that I tend to listen to the same music quite often (I like what I like, I guess), and with my crazy schedule throughout grad school I never had the time or energy to look into new music that I enjoy, but now that I have more time on my hands I'm starting to dedicate a little bit of it to creating playlists of my favorite songs of the moment.
I've found that I really like to create playlists based on the season that I'm enjoying certain songs, so today's Mixtape of the Moment is based on all the songs I played on repeat throughout this summer! Hit play for a fun, summery mix of my favorite tunes!
1. "Lean On" by Major Lazer & DJ Snake ft. MO
2. "Classing Man" by Jidenna ft. Roman GianArthur
3. "Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)" by OMI
4. "Truffle Butter" by Nicki Minaj ft. Drake & Lil Wayne
5. "Secrets" by Tiesto ft. Vassey
6. "Five More Hours" by Chris Brown & Deorro
7. "Where are U Now" by Skrillex ft. Justin Bieber
8. "Get Low" by Dillon Frances & DJ Snake
9. "Can't Feel My Face" by The Weekend
10. "You Know You Like It" by DJ Snake & AlunaGeorge
11. "Don't" by Ed Sheeran
12. "Fun" by Pitbull ft. Chris Brown
13. "Let's Go" by Cartel
14. "Oh Wonder (Melvv Remix)" by Oh Wonder
15. "Giants" by Bear Hands
16. "Ways to Go" by Grouplove
17. "Bad Blood" by Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar
18. "679" by Fetty Wap ft. Remy Boyz
19. "Sugar" by Maroon 5
20. "Sing" by Ed Sheeran
21. "Good For You" by Selena Gomez ft. A$AP Rocky
22. "Something Good Can Work" by Two Door Cinema Club
If you can't tell from this list, I'm really into Drake's new album Nothing Was the Same. I love how he can mix R&B with hip hop so seamlessly. I feel like a lot of people dislike his music, but I love it! Also had to add in the new NFG (of course) as well as a handful of other songs & videos I've been obsessing over as of late. (The video for "Stay the Night" is incredible!) Hope you enjoy! :)
