Friday OT #1 - What Condition My Condition Was In

[Angie]

I was having a chat with @cyclones500 and thought of this idea; thanks for bringing it up, 500!

What sort of playlists have you made? Is there an organization within the individual playlists themselves? How are they organized in your library?

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I am Type A in my playlists, like everything else. The playlists themselves are not just "20 songs by this person, 20 by this person, etc. and hope I mix them up when shuffling." I generally don't shuffle, so I put them in an order where songs by the same artist are spaced out, and I like to sort of have a good mix/transition.

I was going nuts with my organization of the playlists themselves a few weeks ago, so I made a bunch of private-only empty playlists named "*****" and used them to delineate between areas. So my resulting playlists are sort of sorted into these categories:

[Four or five most commonly listened to]
*****
[A few related to a specific time and place/genre - so, like Early Punk, Doo Wop, etc.]
*****
[Random ones I created with a theme, but listen less often than the top few]
*****
[Holiday playlists - Christmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Fourth of July]
*****
[Really random ones I created that are not often listened to]
*****
[Lists Spotify Created for me - Daily Mixes, R&B Mix, 2020s Indie Mix, etc.]

 

[JM4CY]

I don’t have a Christmas music playlist because it all sucks.

 

[Cyclonepride]

Mine are fairly haphazard. I have a few organized by artist, some organized by era, and then some organized by the general feel of the music.

 

[Cy Hard]

Leaving this here for all that post in this thread....

 

[Cyfan1965]

I don’t have a Christmas music playlist because it all sucks.

There are only two on mine

 

[matclone]

I made two playlists for a friend's birthday party, based on the type of music I thought she would like, with an eye toward being danceable music.

I have separately made some playlists based on specific types of dance music, e.g., cha-cha, rumba, salsa, bachata, country.

 

[coolerifyoudid]

I don't actively search for new music like I used to, so I'll have Alexa play some songs I like and then have her "play songs similar to" whatever I just played. Some are garbage, but I find a lot of stuff I'd never find on my own.

For road trips, I'll have my daughter DJ.

 

[MJ29]

I have one of holiday music.
One for all the Broadway/soundtracks I enjoy.
One for running/working out.

When I used to write regularly, I had playlists for each writing project, but ... I don't have a ton of time for that anymore.

 

[Entropy]

I like to make playlists of concerts I’ve been to.

My other playlist is just a continuous one made up of songs I like.

 

[dmclone]

I remember making playlists for tailgating for every single game. I would usually start off a little mellow since it was 5 or 6 am and then we'd ramp it up before kickoff.

 

[mapnerd]

This is just a reminder to myself that I need to make more playlists.

 

[mapnerd]

I don’t have a Christmas music playlist because it all sucks.

 

[Al_4_State]

The main thing I've done with Spotify is made artist-specific playlists where I just load up all my favorite songs from a given artist into one spot.

I loved making party and tailgate playlists back in the day. I'll still make playlists for long bike rides, cabin weekends, hosting people on our deck, etc.

 

[Angie]

This is just a reminder to myself that I need to make more playlists.

It is a productive way to procrastinate.

 

[GMackey32]

I have a golf playlist that I'll play when I'm out playing alone or with friends

I have a patio playlist that we utilize when drinking on our deck

I have a running playlist that I'll play when I run

Other than that, I typically just shuffle my music when I feel like listening to music but don't have a specific thing I want to listen to. There are few albums I own that I can listen to front to back with no skips and I'll put them on more often than not.

 

[mapnerd]

Many years ago I won an iPod Shuffle. It was like 2 gb in size. I loved that thing. I could put like 1000 songs in a playlist in itunes and it would grab like 100 of the songs or whatever when I plugged it in and synced. I loved that feature. I mainly used it for running since I could clip it on my shirt or whatever.

 

[Pat]

Even if it’s more convenient to stream, I still tend to pick albums and play from start to finish, just as God (and/or the artist/producer/label moron) intended. Back in the days of Napster/Limewire/Strange Search, I had a single WinAmp playlist with every single .mp3 on my computer, and would turn it on and shuffle. It really whipped the llama’s ass.

 

[Angie]

Many years ago I won an iPod Shuffle. It was like 2 gb in size. I loved that thing. I could put like 1000 songs in a playlist in itunes and it would grab like 100 of the songs or whatever when I plugged it in and synced. I loved that feature. I mainly used it for running since I could clip it on my shirt or whatever.

I had far too many iPods over the years. I usually had at least two in my purse - one a shuffle for on the go, and then a bigger one if I was going to be stuck somewhere a while. It was around then I discovered how soothing creating a playlist can be when you don’t want to do something else.

 

[cyclones500]

Sample of my conceptual/organized Spotify playlists:

• New Encounters 2021-22 … includes new releases and recently discovered older stuff … I’ve renamed it and revised since I started compiling ca. ’19.
• R.E.M. Decade 1: (1982-91 favorites)
• Zeroes (parts 1,2,3): Favorites from 2000-09. Initially compiled in 2009 (pre-Spotify, burned it to CDs). Occasionally I revise/add.
• ‘90s (similar to Zeroes, but for 1990s, 3 segments)
• “Bestivus” series: Favorites from several artists, incl. Wilco, Meat Puppets, Camper Van Beethoven, Beastie Boys, The Beatles.
• Beck to Basics: Essential Beck tracks
• Underrated (several separate lists, by band/decade/year)
• (In progress): Cool songs I swiped from @Angie Spotify

Also have a bunch of lists I’ve made for special occasions or odds/ends, rarely re-listen to those, in process of purging.

 

[Sigmapolis]

I just have a 30,000-song playlist called "The Omega Protocol."

I like giving tech-related things silly Doctor Who-que names. See the avatar.

What you want (or really I want) is in there --

-- classic rock
-- all sorts of prog
-- various 90s revivals (e.g., swing and Beatle-que pop) and alternative rock
-- big band/swing
-- 50s and 60s smooth jazz
-- film soundtracks
-- film scores
-- Romantic classical

So you can go from Beethoven to Steve Winwood to Chet Baker to Genesis to Max Steiner and back again.