Mixtape Friday

The last mix tape was about seven months ago but that doesn't mean I haven't been collecting new music in anticipation of a new mix tape.  There's been a bevy a new good music, some of which I have added to this new mix which has more of a 70's rock/psych/pop rock.  Hopefully I can start pushing these out more often.  I steered away from the 8tracks playlists since they started charging money but I think they may have switched back to free again so I'll look into that again.  (For those who don't have or don't like Spotify)

Below is a shot of the guitarist for Timmy the Teeth.

Shot with a Yashica D and pushed the Porta 800 film one stop.

Here is the latest mix tape.

My Favorite Songs of 2017

As mentioned in last year's post....this year was quite hard to collect music, go to concerts, find new music.  Time....is what I'm referring to.  I was in short supply mostly due to work....booooo.  I hope 2018 doesn't make the same mistake.

Strung together but in no particular order, here are my 102 favorite songs from 2017.

Spotify List is below:

Here are some of my concert photos from the year as well. (Some repetition of bands since I couldn't get out as much due to the fact that my camera was stolen...radical)

Star Crossed Loners

Computer Magic

Chad Valley

 Sego

Sego

Book On Tape Worm

Sego

 Book On Tape Worm

Sego

Book On Tape Worm

Mixtape Friday

Well its been six months.....seems like another lifetime ago since I posted a mixtape.  Its been tough to discover new music, go out to new shows, but I've been trying to make a push toward the end of the year.  So after a long hiatus, here is my next mix.  My next mix after this will most likely be my top albums and songs of the year.

Mixtape Friday

I started out thinking this mix was going to  be a real rowdy mix to get me excited for summer but I ended up scaling back and doing a little bit of a hybrid mix.  There is quite a bit of new music in this as well.  Mac Demarco, !!!, Spoon, Generationals, White Reaper, SWIMM (as pictured above) etc. Generally spring and fall are the hot time to release albums and 2017 has started off well.

Anyway enjoy

Mixtape Friday

New tape is out.  Starts out slow and builds, then slows, then builds again till the end.  Excited to see Sego play a couple times this weekend.

Here is a shot from their last show.

Here is the mix. Enjoy

Mixtape Friday

Well it went from winter to spring really quickly.  Although I don't think this is the last of the snow, it sure is nice to lounge around outside once again.

When I made this mix it was more wintery so the songs have a little less tempo but I added some pep to it.

Enjoy

Mixtape Friday

Well its been six months since I've posted a Mixtape.....must be Spring in the air even though its February.  (It was almost 60 degrees today in Utah).  

So I think one reason I have waited on my next mixtape was because it involved a genre that people think is silly or weird.....and it is kind of.  But for some reason I have been listening to it non-stop for the last year.  Its Vaporwave.  

Vaporwave is hard to define in a specific way but generally it is this: It is characterized by a nostalgic or surrealist fascination with entertainment, technology and advertising of the 1980s and 1990s.  

The music themes are generally lounge music, elevator music, infomerical music and smooth jazz which are either sampled or produced by the artist but can also have a more deep house sound with slowed down samples of popular music.  Most of it is instrumental but if there is anyone singing, the voice is almost always slowed down to where it nearly resembles Rick Astley.  It ranges from short 30 second clips with most repeating beats to longer 2 min songs that repeat most of the time, to longer 7 to 10 min songs that are slower and more atmospheric.

Now Vaporwave can not only be music, but it can be art which can also be called Glitch art.

Here is an example:

It usually is obsessed with Windows 3.1, VHS cassettes, palm trees and things written in Japanese.

Anyway, now that I've completely justified why I like this music, here is my first mix.  A couple of artists I wish I could add but are not on Spotify unfortunately.  I'd recommend listening to it at work with your headphones.....I've never gotten so much work done in my life.