The month of April marked the return from a hiatus for the sOUNDTRACK tO mY lIFE. While there were a number of forces that conspired to keep the soundtrack out of your hands over the last six months the primary culprit was a lack of motivation.
This months soundtrack is loaded with the usual goodness but instead of telling you about the music I’d like to take some time to tell you about what’s going on with the landscape of online music.
Being a music snob I’m always disappointed when one of the songs I’ve selected for the soundtrack to my life ends up in a commercial. It’s even worse when the commercial appears before I introduce the song to you.
As the snow melts in Whistler the equipment racks around town switch from storing skis & boards to mountain bikes. And like every other action sport, mountain biking has adrenaline packed movies
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 home in San Mateo
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.
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.
A dash of Manu Chao, a pinch Gabrielle & Rodrigo and top with Thievery Corporation – bake at 400 and 20 mins later you have Federico Aubele. He’s been dominating the speakers in our apt earning him two tracks on December’s sOUNDTRACK.
As is usual the soundtrack to my life is a couple months behind. October’s soundtrack received allot of help from friends as family.
Back in September when I was putting together the Soundtrack to My Life I was excited to see new songs by Manu Chao as well as new music from Beirut, Rogue Wave, and a live song by Jose Gonzalez.
Delays in the monthly release for my mix cd The Soundtrack to my Life has become a regular problem. We’re actually backlogged with three months worth of soundtracks. The good news is that we’ve gone digital.
Warm up those CD players because the July edition of the Soundtrack to my Life has been released today. I know what you’re saying, “July’s edition? What gives?”. Production delays pushed back our release date. The good news is it’s here and it’s fantastic.
The latest edition of the soundtrack to my life has arrived. This edition spans two months and is headlined by the Ontario, Canada based band Bedouin Soundclash.
Every month I put together a mix cd consisting of the music I had been listening to over the previous 30 days. As the years and months have gone by I’ve really enjoyed looking back at bands and the songs I was listening to. Over the month of March 2007 I really enjoyed listening to [...]
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