So I’m basically really proud of my May Playlist. It has great songs, varying moods, lots of new to me bands. During each month I post a #SOTD (song of the day) on Twitter. Collecting the videos in a playlist on YouTube. I’ve been recapping these playlist and my interaction with the bands on twitter on *MYFAVORITEMAOI.com. Interactions being “favorites” and “retweets” because really now, these things make me quite excited. I have yet to actually post a song every single day in a month, because I don’t just want to post any old song. It has to jump out to me in some way, and hit a nerve. It’s a reflection my month, an audio diary.

April was not a stellar month for me, and the lack of songs is a clear reflection of that. May on the other hand flowed. Not to say it was free from stress, my family experienced a loss and work had its moments. But collectively the general energy of the month was good, like a solid playlist.

Kicking off the month with a 7 minute long song by Courtney Barnett,”Porcelain”. I was passively listening to music when her song came on, it totally grabbed and held my attention. Amazed that a song this long continued to be interesting and complex throughout its entirety, that’s exactly the sentiment I tweeted. And she tweeted back!

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YuXXZ4eZe4]

Sometimes the songs I select are discovered on Birp.fm. A site which creates a long playlist at the beginning of the month. The bands on their playlist vary from popular indie artist, to just kids making music in their dorm room. Like Car Seat Headrest a guy I interviewed after hearing his work on Birp last year. Because not everyone is well known, having the song available on YouTube to share isn’t always an option. So I find an alternative song, by the same musician which is available. Unfortunately (for me) in the case of Y.O.U the song I wanted was only available on SoundCloud.

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/133526320″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]

This actually inspired me to open a SoundCloud account. You’d think a music lover like me would’ve been all about it, but I tend to check outs band through their BandCamp links before SoundCloud. Anyways I love that after a bands songs are all played out,  SoundCloud starts its own “sounds like” radio. That’s how I discovered Little Racer, it started after listening to another #sotd band Alvvays. The song Vanessa is structurally similar to “Wanna Be Adored” by the Stone Roses, calling them out on it, I loved that they retweeted the observation.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRzHcODM7Wc]

 Full playlist after Frankie Rose tweet – Love it? I love it!

What was your favorite song this month?

Follow me on Twitter and get #SOTD somewhat, sometimes, daily.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=videoseries?list=PLmobEKMtXAp1nBqphFsiwpLPD8EUiZ-Gc]

*My first dip into serious blogging was when I developed My Favorite MAOI, an art and music blog where I asked artist and musicians silly questions. I’ve put the blog on indefinite hiatus as I focus my voice here. I mean, I can still interview artists, musicians, people that inspire me; really who is stopping me from reaching out and sharing it all here. My love for art and music influence me daily, but I digress and have repeated the above endlessly. You can find out more about MAOI here and here.