Music for very specific activities

There is no easy way to excite people about random songs. With every other media you can show something. But share a song on an Instagram story: you better be A+ top-tier smart about it. If you want even 5% of people to check out the song, then psycho-analyze the audience with strength you’ve never used.

So compared to posts like “What I’ve been watching” and “What I’ve been playing”, I think “What I’ve been listening to” is useless as a service. I could still write it for me, but — I wouldn’t learn that much, and it’s nicer to both write for me and for others.

Let’s try this: a great genre for a few activities. And I’ll give you one lovely song for each.

A walk in the sun, not a care in the world, all goof and silliness: Shibuya-kei. Here’s Scooter by Qypthone, seriously honestly do you not feel marvelous right now? As long as you try it, you can judge the hell out of me.

Blogging on Substack: melodic electronic and dance, enormous emphasis on melodic; EDM that tries to be gorgeous is in a different universe. This is basically an original song because it sounds nothing like the original song, and so so pleasant.

Reading about the Holocaust and World War II on Wikipedia: traditional British folk. For a few hours it was different Scarborough Fair performances on repeat. The Imagined Village arranges very pretty cover songs.

Coding: Super cringe, but XCOM games soundtracks. This works while reading and repeating code, but when solving new problems, maybe silence or classical is better. But who knows. Maybe you can do anything with Combat Music 6.

Sex: Obviously nothing, never ever ever anything. Have you lost your mind? What about a succession of musical tones makes you feel better while engaging in sexual activity with another human being?

See you tomorrow. :)