A while back a friend of mine made his list like this and it was really fun to talk about and listen though. So I thought I’d take a shot and invite you to do the same.
But the biggest hurdle is this…It’s not a declaration of the Best 50 Songs or the Catchiest 50 Songs. It’s simply your favorite. No right or wrong answer. No need to argue.
Your favorite songs are you favorite because of what you feel when you hear them, what you get to think about and remember, the people and places you associate with them. Favorite isn’t concerned with Best…Favorite is concerned with experience and connection.
A fun way to become a little more known.
So go make yours and tag it with #MyFav50
***It gets really fun when you already have 50 on the list and in order to add one more you also have to remove one :)
***I started with a giant list of possible favorites. If you’re interested in that: listen here
Truly truly entertainment by committee. It’s so interesting to see a show that A LOT of people had to give thumbs up to beforehand.
The halftime show has one goal, which is: for you to watch it (aka to keep you from switching the channel)
It doesn’t matter how many people thought it was good or bad or whether you thought it was too this or too that, it only matters that you (and lots of others) watched. Then powers-that-be can take that number and charge more for ads next year.
Sure the Super Bowl halftime show gets advertised (ironically) as musical expression, self expression, culture, history, unity, etc…and true, that’s in there too. But that’s not why the show exists. If the show has all of those things but no eye balls, the show goes away.
And the interesting thing is the show only has to be good enough for people to watch it ONCE. The show doesn’t go on the road. They don’t have to do a good job tonight so the people will hear about it in the next town over and come out the following night.
It only has to be good enough so people will endure it.
It’s a low bar. And the NFL has a way of at least hitting that.
If you’re in the music business you should have a regularly updated playlist. Each week or each month. It’s a great exercise and its free and you’ll benefit a lot from it.
Since I know I need new songs each month I keep my ears open for new songs. I pay attention more. I check more stuff out. I click on the suggested artists. It’s fun.
It’s also a challenge to get better at putting the actual list together. The flow and the ups and downs. Figuring out what works together. The outro of one song going into the intro of the next.
And for those of you making records…if a song doesn’t seem to be fitting on the record, you might consider changing the outro that comes just before it. The way a song ends is the context (or background) for which the next song begins.
As always feel free to send in music suggestions.
And if you want to view past playlists you can do that on Spotify and Apple Music too.
It’s unlikely you’ll get as famous as The Beatles by sounding like The Beatles.
It’s foolish to think ‘we’ll just copy that sound and we’ll get the same result’.
It’s just not worth it to copy the tactics of their sound. Tactics change. Some evolve. Some become irrelevant. New ones are added.
Tactics are often time restricted.
But vision is timeless.
It’s worth trying to copy The Beatles (or insert your hero here) approach and attitude. Their vision. Their work ethic and willingness to take risks.
***Example: No need to try and write a new edition of All My Loving. But taking the time to write some poetry on the way to the gig and then finding a piano at the venue to work out the chords…yeah do that more.
