Playlisting

If you know me at all, you will know I am an absolute music FANATIC. I don't care how much you say you listen to music, I WILL have you beat.

With a library of 300+GB, Over 1,500 unique artists, and more albums than I can possibly count, the breadth of my musical taste is nearing universal.

But ONE thing I've never really done? Build playlists. Yeah, I've made mixtapes and CDs from time to time (usually whenever I meet a new girl), but I rarely build playlists for myself.

Well, now that I'm preparing to start my radio show (Thursday @ 8pm on KPNI, for those who are interested), I've started making playlists. And it is TIME consuming. You have no idea.

To build the perfect playlist, you first have to start with a single song, and build from there. Finding each perfect song involves listening to new and old albums from start to finish, picking the very best cuts, and inserting them at the perfect point.

Finding the best song to follow up something like "I Looked To The South Side of the Door" by Current 93 isn't always that easy. You've gotta spend time crossing over genres, zoning out, spending a lot of time by yourself.

Somehow I think this would be easier if I listened to 'catchy' music, and not drones and field recordings.

Ok, I'm done pontificating for now.