ALBERTA | #HI54MIXCDS on MOUN.TOWN/FM
I have a complicated relationship with Alberta. I was born there + a lot of people I care about live there, but the political mindset is so frustratingly ignorant that I often feel pretty thankful to be living on the other side of the Rocky Mountains. That being said, there’s still a bunch of great people doing a bunch of great stuff, and this playlist is a good sample of that (ie. it features 95 tracks/artists and not a one of ‘em is Nickleback).
This Provincial Playlist gets refreshed regularly with different tunes from artists based in Alberta (or with significant roots there at some point in time, at least according to my “research/knowledge”), with new additions added near the top & older tracks removed from the bottom to keep the total count at a nice, even 95. Which means you can also find this playlist in the daily programming options for the ‘pretend, for real’ mountain town DIY radio station MOUN.TOWN/FM that HI54 collaborates on with B.C. mountain town cousin 95EH.CA (hence the 95 total tracks).
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And if your ears are liking what they’re hearing in the above digital mix cds, it would probably be a good idea to like/follow/listen over on Spotify so you can get future updates auto-magically appearing on your listening device throughout the year. And, as always, when you hear something you like, do the universe some good and support/check those artists out further (every little bit helps).
Speaking of which, here’s a few ‘available-on-Bandcamp’ gems that are currently featured in this Spotify playlist:
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But they’re not the only Alberta bands / musicians you could go from discovering on a streaming service that pays artists fractions of pennies to directly supporting on a site like Bandcamp, which is one of the many reasons why I keep a Buy Music Club list going for all the tracks that get added to my ALBERTA provincial playlist that are also available on Bandcamp (at the time of me checking) — so go check that list of headphone treats out whenever you find yourself wanting to reward your ears while also sending out support to those who help keep our lives nicely soundtracked (comes in especially handy on Bandcamp Fridays fyi, for all those who celebrate):
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Because the Corporate Streamers™ of the world are great for discovering and keeping track of music + streaming tools allow us to easily choose better soundtracks throughout the day than what Corporate FM™ radio stations used to drill us into submission with before the internet arrived in everyone’s pocket, but the way creators are paid out with streaming is just not very good/fair at all —ESPECIALLY in comparison to what some are making off of providing access to other people’s art.
Ideally, smart artist/human-minded people will start making some more momentum towards coming up with a better/fairer streaming model (here’s my contribution to the dialogue), but, for now, us appreciators of creativity/good things need to start doing a better job of being a bit more mindful of making sure we’re continuing to show direct support to the creation of good things. And Bandcamp is still one of the best online places going for intentionally & directly supporting the makers of the music you like (and then you get to carry around your Bandcamp music collection in your pocket).
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Anyways, I HOPE YOU HEAR A FEW THINGS YOU’LL LIKE ENOUGH TO GO INVEST MORE TIME WITH BACK IN YOUR PERSONAL ORBIT, BUT IF YOU FIND YOU’RE ACTuALLY IN THE MOOD FOR A DIFFERENT ‘95 TRACKs from 95 different artists’ SOUNDTRACK THAN THE ONE ABOVE, have a flick thru this carousel of MOUN.TOWN/FM diy programming & give a listen to whatever catches your fancy:
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OR SEARCH “MOUN.TOWN/FM” ON SPOTIFY TO BROWSE THE FULL COLLECTION OF #MOUNTOWNFM PLAYLISTS (BECAUSE THERE’S MORE THAN WHAT THE ABOVE CAROUSEL CAN HANDLE — AND EVERY ACCOMPANYING BLOG POST COMES WITH AVAILABLE-ON-BANDCAMP EMBEDS/ARCHIVES)
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And here’s hoping this year we’ll be better than the last \m/
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JEREMY / @HI54LOFI
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