My Summer Playlist!
So, a bit of a confession here– every summer I eagerly await Barack Obama’s Summer Playlist and Reading List—Somehow, I get pretty excited when I see some overlap (“Hey, I love that book/song too!” I am a bit of a fan of these kinds of lists in general because I am always looking for new and inspiring music and books. So as Part 5 of my summer inspiration series, I offer my own Summer Playlist –I will follow up with my Reading List in the upcoming days.
I listen to a lot of music when I am exercising, cooking, at my desk… I have specific music for when I am doing some deep type of writing (generally instrumental)-Admittedly my musical taste is all over the place if I was trying to sound edgy I might say “eclectic” but, “all over the place” is really more like it. Scanning the list you might think, is this a teenage boy? or a moody millennial? a crunchy boomer and well yes, all apply. There are new songs/artists that I have just discovered and old songs that have somehow made their way back into my world—usually triggering an intoxicating rush or nostalgia. Thank god for the Shazam app – watching Netflix often becomes an exercise of “name that tune”.
Interestingly the type of music I am likely to perform doesn’t make this list – that doesn’t mean I don’t listen to it–it just means that those songs are not on repeat. And when I say repeat… I mean repeat—I tend to get fixated on a song (or songs) and throughout a couple of months play them over and over and over again (a teenage habit that has endured) This list represents these songs—I even made a Spotify playlist!
What’s on your Summer Playlist?
Dr. Mamalegato 