Friday Playlist
For your random, but energizing, listening pleasure, let’s kick out of this Friday. Enjoy!
Music
So, what’s music got to do with UX? Emotion. The experience of music is so personal and yet can be a collective experience at the same time. It has everything to do with human experience. Humans are users. Users are human.
Hazes
Now that I found some focus, I have my coffee within reach and diagramming tool in hand. Time to crank some stuff out, finally. Time to listen to something new.
Hazes creates those sounds that you just kind of lose yourself in – the zoning kind of tune that forms a plane of creativity your brain just sort of glides along with no regard to time. Their sound is trippy and low beat enough to not send brain cells into chaos mode, but energizing enough to fuel the creative process. Maybe it’s the echoey lyrics being pulled like whispers between chords that keeps a parallel between the music and my brainwaves.
Some music you sing along to. Some music you dance to. And then there’s that music that you create to. That’s Hazes for me.
Check them out on Bandcamp. You can also find them on Soundcloud.
http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1782738168/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/
The featured image of this post belongs to Hazes band as seen on their Bandcamp profile.
Eight Knives
I’ve been in a music sharing kind of mood today, with working, snow, and kids. I have definitely been in need of some energetic jams to work to. Do you know how hard it can be to focus when you have to stop and plastic wrap your kids’ shoes and sock-mittens so they can go play in the snow? Yeah, it’s been that type of day, with little to show accomplished on my timesheet. Unless of course music and snow kids are billable.
I bring to you another interesting sound, this time from a band called Eight Knives. If you like jammy White Stripes-esque tunes, these guys are sure to help you crank out some productivity and tapping feet. Their sounds is somewhat eclectic, in that I could dig them in a gig bar or driving with my windows down steering through backroads to anywhere. I am still discovering them, but I like what I’ve been exposed to so far.
On that note, here’s a quick track list to cure your curiosity.
This post’s featured image belongs to Eight Knives as shown on their Bandcamp profile.
Rigoletto band
I love music. I cannot play any instrument. But, man, how music stirs emotion. And, awesome how it stays with a person whether the music stopped playing out loud or not. Thus, I love to discover music. I’m not some elite connoisseur of the hippest of hip. But, I unapologetically express an interest in many forms of music. Took me a while to get to that point, but I’m here, and I’m sharing with you.
A friend of mine mentioned Rigoletto in a casual skype chat one day. I checked them out and instantly liked them. I haven’t gone ape shit obsessed over them … yet. I revisited them yesterday and was drawn in once again. I can’t quite put my finger on the sound. I want to say it’s nostalgic. But, the young gents in this group look at least a decade younger than me. What nostalgia could they possibly conjure that would ring something inside of me? I’m still not quite sure. But, it’s such a sweet sound.
My favorite track so far? Queen’s Hotel, without a doubt.
Check out their Delusions of Grandeur (Deluxe) ablum. I’m still discovering each song, but each person has their own pace, as it should be. To fully appreciate music, you allow yourself to embed the sound inside, much like the way I’ve embedded their track list below. Enjoy!
And, while you’re at it, check out the video for Northern. It definitely has a nostalgic feel to it.
This post’s featured image belongs to Rigoletto, as seen on their Bandcamp profile.
Pat Benetar Day
Just because…
On the way to work I heard Invincible by Pat Benatar, which launched me into a Pat Benatar kind of day. I threw together a little Spotify playlist, just for the fun of it.
Need more Benatar?
Rina Henderson 