I think that’s a great idea! Will you be keeping a journal of your reactions to the music? I think you should!
And will you be giving yourself permission to stop listening to an album if you just hate it? Again—I think you should.
As for me, one way I discover new music is listening to genre playlists created by my streaming platform (Apple Music). Other times I do deep dives into genres (most recently, bluegrass), listening to various artists and downloading the ones I like best.
What a fun project! When I was homeschooling my kids we always did picture study (famous art) but I could never find a way to do music study meaningfully. Turning on Bach for 30 minutes was sort of dreadful. This could have had a huge impact on exposing them to a broad range of modern music, they might have discovered some modern classics that they love!
I hope this project interests you for a while, it sounds worth your time.
As for finding new and interesting music I'm quite lucky. Living in Tallahassee I have access to their great college radio station WVFS, V 89.7. They are all over the place. (You can stream them just lookup V89 WVFS), lots of speciality show, each DJ has their own flavor and no ads for Morgan & Morgan. Good luck.
Spotify has some great curated playlists, Mixtape is a series of musicians and actors curating their own playlists by certain themes. Found some great new tunes from there.
Also, a lot of contemporary artists will make a playlist of songs they like and put them on their Spotify page. So if you like an artists check if they have one. It’s awesome to see what a musician you liked resonates with, and you probably will too.
Also, there are some great music substacks out there which give good recs.
Listening to "the 500 greatest albums of all time" is not great. Instead, forge your own path. Like a song? Check out who else covered it. Check out other tunes by the same composer. Repeat.
That's a good tip. I'm all for following one's personal curiosity, but I like how this project forces me out of my comfort zone and exposes me to a wide range of great music. I'm sure I'll take many side trips into subgenres and artists I most enjoy, but so far this has been an exciting quest.
I think that’s a great idea! Will you be keeping a journal of your reactions to the music? I think you should!
And will you be giving yourself permission to stop listening to an album if you just hate it? Again—I think you should.
As for me, one way I discover new music is listening to genre playlists created by my streaming platform (Apple Music). Other times I do deep dives into genres (most recently, bluegrass), listening to various artists and downloading the ones I like best.
Yes, I'll definitely be skipping albums that don't resonate. This is mostly for fun so I'm not really giving myself many rules.
As for a journal, that's a really good idea!
The Band is all you need for a happy life.
What a fun project! When I was homeschooling my kids we always did picture study (famous art) but I could never find a way to do music study meaningfully. Turning on Bach for 30 minutes was sort of dreadful. This could have had a huge impact on exposing them to a broad range of modern music, they might have discovered some modern classics that they love!
I hope this project interests you for a while, it sounds worth your time.
As for finding new and interesting music I'm quite lucky. Living in Tallahassee I have access to their great college radio station WVFS, V 89.7. They are all over the place. (You can stream them just lookup V89 WVFS), lots of speciality show, each DJ has their own flavor and no ads for Morgan & Morgan. Good luck.
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Spotify has some great curated playlists, Mixtape is a series of musicians and actors curating their own playlists by certain themes. Found some great new tunes from there.
Also, a lot of contemporary artists will make a playlist of songs they like and put them on their Spotify page. So if you like an artists check if they have one. It’s awesome to see what a musician you liked resonates with, and you probably will too.
Also, there are some great music substacks out there which give good recs.
Listening to "the 500 greatest albums of all time" is not great. Instead, forge your own path. Like a song? Check out who else covered it. Check out other tunes by the same composer. Repeat.
That's a good tip. I'm all for following one's personal curiosity, but I like how this project forces me out of my comfort zone and exposes me to a wide range of great music. I'm sure I'll take many side trips into subgenres and artists I most enjoy, but so far this has been an exciting quest.