It's October, 2024, and I can't believe my last music mix was posted back in January this year. To make up for that, let me give you a new mix based on nearly three dozen tracks I've been listening to over the past few months. No doubt some of my readers have heard some of... Continue Reading →
Mike’s Music Mix 8
Delving ever deeper into my Last.fm artists list, here's more music I've been listening to over the past seventeen years and want to share with you. The Beatles - A Day in the Life / Come Together It's time I included a song by The Beatles in one of my music mixes. They're timeless legends.... Continue Reading →
Mike’s Music Mix 7
We're solidly into the new year, and here's my first Mike's Music Mix post of 2024. As with all the previous ones, I'm mixing it up, grabbing a variety of artists and styles from my Last.fm library to share. Here you'll find songs from the 70s—the era of my youth—to today, with a few new... Continue Reading →
Music Favorites, 2023
With 2023 in the rear view mirror, it's time for a special post of my favorite music of the year. I discovered less new music in 2023 than in previous years, and that's mostly because I listened to less music in 2023 than in previous years. I won't go into the reasons why, but suffice... 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 →
Fifteen Years and Four-Hundred-Thousand Scrobbles Later
Music plays a huge role in my life. If I'm on the computer, my headphones are on, typically with music coursing through the lines up to my ears. I keep the volume setting low—I'm not fully appreciating the music on a conscious level, but I am absorbing it. If a song comes on I don't... 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 →