This isn’t a competition. It’s a collaboration.
“Develop any skill you’ve always wished you had, be it learning a language, an instrument, getting fit, drawing or painting, it doesn’t really matter. Just make sure you really work at it.”
Here's the 25th instalment of the bi-weekly Mixcloud series where I go back to the iTunes organizational system I had setup when I used to run a 24/7 internet radio station, and then I shuffle up a selection of 95-tracks that have been rated as 'Mix Tape Radio approved' and put together an 18-track HI54 Mixed CD.
“September 30th, 2021, was Canada's first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. October 1st, 2021, is another Bandcamp Friday. This seems like a sign to go buy/listen to some Indigenous music, eh? For example, do you have this great Willie Dunn collection in your collection?”
“I would say find an instrument you like to interact with and spend a little time with it as often as you feel like it. I mean, hell, get yourself a kazoo and hum on that sucker in the car on the way to work. We should all be remembering to have fun, while we still can.”
When trying to put together a playlist that "sounds like fall", sometimes it is best not to think too much about what *exactly* that means and just go with what feels fall-ish.
A monthly playlist for the Soundcloud-linked submissions that get approved on Submithub for a HI54 Mix CD feature during the month of September 2021.
“The thing about Norm for me—besides growing up in the 90s tv run that's become so rightfully beloved on Youtube—it's the small town Canada-ness of him. The Good & The Bad. Growing up rural & now living in a small mountown, you end up with a lot of different Norms in your life.”
After watching the Leaders Debate, I figured this weekend would be a good time to officially work out where my head was at with this HOPEFULLY pivotal election… and what better way to work out where my head is at than by running it thru a blog post that other people might read so I’ll have to overthink things even more than usual?
The HI54 ‘Provincial Playlists’ idea continues, this time with 95 nice tracks from 95 different artists being carefully exported from the Canadian province of Quebec for your listening pleasure / headphone tourism needs.
“Simply a mesmerizing masterpiece, it captures and conveys tranquility, freshness and wit.”
I got my 2nd vaccine shot and I guess one of the side-effects was feeling the urge to write an Instagram post that used up all 2200 characters that Instagram allows — which made me think: might as well also make it a blog post!
