Looking back on the songs I compiled for the month of April I can see I was all over the place. I’m not talking about musical styles I’m talking about geographic locations. I remember hearing MGMT and Joe Dassin while watching movies back in San Mateo at the beginning of the month. Then getting recommendations for Cut Copy from Double A back in Vancouver. And the rest of the tracks were found back in whistler, I might have heard them in my ear phones while skiing or on the car ride to the mountain while listening to CBC 3. These found musical treasure have been compiled and I now submit them to you as April’s soundtrack to my life.

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I’m often asked where I find all the music for each month’s soundtrack to my life. It used to be a pretty straight forward process; I spent most of my day in a cube working on my computer and jamming away with my headphones on. I was a regular reader/listen of a handful of music blogs and podcasts such as; Daytrotter, Sterogum, Gorrila vs Bear, KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic, KEXP’s Music That Matters, and the KEXP Live Performances. But lately I don’t spend much time in a cube which has made it harder to keep up with these great sources.

Another great source for music are the soundtracks of TV shows and movies. Showtime’s Weeds has provided me with at least a half dozen songs over the past few seasons. And while Weeds is a great show - and if you have not seen it I highly recommend dedicating an entire weekend to watching the first three seasons - my favorite song from this soundtrack comes from a moment of TV weakness. I stumbled upon MC Solaar’s La Belle et le Bad Boy while watching MTV’s the Hills……it’s freaking embarrassing to admit that I was watching the Hills but I heard this song playing in the background and it was sooooo good I had to add it. I feel a bit better getting that off my chest……a bit of cathartic healing…..now onto this months combined February and March sOUNDTRACK to mY lIFE.

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What’s it take to get the first track on the sOUNDTRACK tO mY lIFE? Songs usually have to make an emotional connection or just plain get me movings. Which is what happened to January’s soundtrack. MGMT seems to psychedelic hippies (see their video for Time to Pretend) living in the hipster ground central city of Brooklyn that was formed at the yuppie school of Wesleyan University. Their song Kids has been in heavy rotation in my iTunes and every time I hear it I start tapping my feet or bobbing my head. And that’s what it takes to get the first track on January’s sOUNDTRACK tO mY lIFE.

As for the rest of the tracks in January they seems to have jumped out of the 70’s. An abundance of synthetic keyboards and funk seems to ooze all over this edition. Take a listen and let me know what part of the ooze you liked.

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