Since 2007, when I started tracking my song plays via Last.fm, I've listened to over 11,000 different artists. My musical tastes run across several genres and decades. In this post and the Mike's Music Mix posts to follow, I'm posting a few YouTube videos from some of those 11,000 artists. I'll include a few different... Continue Reading →
My Favorite Music of 2022
Another year has come and gone, and another reason for me to write a post for this blog. I mentioned my plans for 2023 with regards to creative projects over on my publisher web site, eposic.com. I also wrote about my battle with vertigo this past year on my author web site, mkeidson.com. I'll link... Continue Reading →
Applesauce Yogurt Snack Recipe
I wanted a snack—but something different. So I started with something familiar to me and added a little something new. What I ended up with really hit the spot for me, so I thought I'd share. I generally don't like using ingredients with added sugar, preferring to sweeten my snacks with liquid Stevia instead. The... Continue Reading →
My Top 10 Most Memorable Music Moments
Over the years, some songs have stuck in my head and my heart for specific occurrences of musicality—aside from the lyrics—that effect me so viscerally, I typically find myself anticipating them from the second I start listening to the track. When the special moment comes while I'm listening, I'll often clap my hands over my... Continue Reading →
My Favorite Music of 2021
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 →
My Favorite Songs of 2019
I went on such a musical journey of discovery in 2019, and found so many artists I hadn't listened to before. As the year progressed, I captured all my favorite new songs in a playlist, and by the end of the year, I had over 160 songs in the playlist. Below are 100 of those... Continue Reading →
Favorite Music of the 2010s
The last of the 2010s flees from our grasp. The decade brought us plenty of great music. Below are my top sentimental favorites from the decade. Favorite Songs of the Decade I'm not basing this list on number of plays tracked on last.fm as I've historically done for other favorite music lists. The following are... 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 →