if you're looking for curated music on spotify without having to listen to the basic ass staff generated content or commissioning some rando in their DMs, well here's what you've been itching for.
whatever genre or vibe or whatever your word for it is, it's probably on here. and if it's not, let me know, give me examples of what qualifies, and I'll work on that!
music has been my special interest ever since I was a snot nosed little bastard in my childhood home so this catalogue will just keep growing and growing til they put me in the dirt.
okay to reblog or repost or anything you wanna do with it lol
This video was spot on and perfectly articulated the struggle many (experimental) musicians and artists probably face, I know that I do.
Really dislike the whole "corporate" and playlist era of music where your song has to sound a certain way just to get on Spotify playlists. As an ambient artist it doesn't even grow my following, half my audience are just people who heard my song in a meditation or study music playlist.
Probably the last thing I'd expect myself doing on a Saturday morning: having the most unsettling but exhilarating time re-entering Tumblr a decade later. My earliest memories of this platform was: feeling like a complete gangster using my ole MySpace "coding" skills. Filling my teenage void with angsty quotes. Getting a taste of early "edginess" before social media truly kicked off. A landscape where I could connect with other degenerates who felt alone in the world.
Lovingly enough, despite all the years, Tumblr has maintained its charm. A smaller, supportive, tight-nit community evolved for the better. Sure, it’s filled with some “out there” stuff that some may immediately close their screens on. (*see tip below if you find this bothersome). But the more I dive into it, the more I’ve realized that it’s sort of become Portland's-furry-sister of the internet. Not as formulaic and contrived as Instagram. A much younger demographic compared to Facebook. A raw-dog less sterile version of Medium. I won’t even bother with Twitter/TikTok/Snapchat… It’s sort of… A dreamscape… Or is? Will I find myself doomscrolling into the abyss? Who knows? Fuck it!
What brings me here today, and I’ll probably delve into this further. Is that I realized that the technology age has fragmented our memory and experiences. Every moment has a sense of value, meaning, and purpose in our lives. Whether it be thoughts, photos, songs, quotes, dreams, etc- they all have a place in our world. Even ones that we don’t deem significant at the time, affect and enrich how we interact with the world. Paying attention to otherwise minuet details in our lives fills our life, with not even purpose, but with more love and appreciation.
My hope, with my newfound utilization as a now-adult Millenial, is that I can find that angsty outlet that no other platforms allow us to be. On this blog/site/whatever, you'll find my collages, music finds, rants, and whatever realizations come to mind throughout the week~
*You can easily regulate the content you see by turn on/off certain filters, tags and triggers. Something that seems simple. But is shockingly respectful for a platform to provide for their users. Already, I’ve turned off “Tumblr Live” which seems like a sad progression to other platforms like TikTok, so I’m grateful that there’s flexibility with the interface.
So I've made an ordered chart of my top 42 albums in terms of my personal rankings and my play counts. Bizarrely, C418's Excursions ended up in the exact same place on both!
3000° is one of my favorite albums of the year. it's hard to ever pick one song from it to share, but i feel like this song doesn't receive enough recognition (spotify)
ambré is a really singular artist -- she evokes so much vulnerability and passion in her lyrics and in her enunciation
then there's the masterful production, mastering & mixing and vocal layering (harmonizing with herself x10) et voila! a beautiful product that i will replay 10000 times
plus the strings by grandmaster vic (blxst, baby keem, and kendrick collaborator), hellloooo??
"superstitious" hits hard
Speak in tongues, we don't do laymens /
Gon' be throwing rice, going against the grain /
Gripping wood, that's good luck /
I believe in love (love, love)