My music listening habits have changed over the past couple of years. For one, I dropped Amazon Music as a streaming service, because they kept taking away features I was using. So, goodbye! I tried Spotify for a while, but they didn't integrate well with Last.fm, never getting the album title correct, using the playlist... Continue Reading →
My Top 5 Albums for 2019
Numerous artists released tracks in 2019, as evidenced by my list of 100 favorite tracks for 2019 in an earlier post. Relatively few artists in that list, however, released EPs or full albums, settling for releasing one or more singles instead. In creating my list of top albums for 2019, I'm considering compilations of five... Continue Reading →
Twelve Years of Scrobbles
I started using Last.fm in January 2007 to "scrobble" my music plays, that is, keep track of the number of times I play each track, each album, and each artist. Since then, my total scrobbles have just exceeded 300,000. I've listened to 40,256 total unique tracks during that time; 16,671 unique albums; and 6,438 unique... Continue Reading →
My Most-Listened-To Music Lists for 2018
Another year has ended, and that always prompts me to review my musical preferences for the past 12 months. Ever since I was a teenager in the 70s listening to Casey Kasem, I've loved making my own lists of top songs. When last.fm came along over a decade ago, I signed up as soon as... Continue Reading →
My Musical Favorites for 2015
I heart music. Some of it anyway. I also heart top ten lists. It started when I was a kid listening to Casey Kasem and his top 40 radio show. I made up my own lists even back then. More recently, I had a music blog for a while, but maintaining two blogs wasn't for... Continue Reading →