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Classic Endeavors. Runner-Up in The Soundtrack of Your Year Challenge.
The final ten seconds of a finicky year rushed to the finish line, never to be experienced again. The ball had dropped in Times Square, marking the end of yet another labeled chapter of this crazy thing called life...
By Lamar Wigginsabout a year ago in Beat
Shaken, but not stirred in 2024
We all seem to take a seat at the end of the year like we are all waiting in the dark theater for some allusive closure on the ‘what was’, followed by a few hope-filled previews into the ‘what will be’. This end of year review for me has always seemed to start with the ‘if onlys’ remembering certain regrets. What did I do wrong? What could I have done better? What did I learn for this challenge or that struggle?
By Verna K Gundersonabout a year ago in Beat
Juli Patchouli’s Last Miserabilist Mish-Mash Mixtape of 2024. Content Warning.
Introduction My friend Juli is a music lover, DJ, Poet, Writer, Performer, Snake Owner, and Cat Lover and publishes playlists on Facebook.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred about a year ago in Beat
Sounds of the Cottage. Runner-Up in The Soundtrack of Your Year Challenge. Top Story - January 2025.
The evening that my best friend Julia texted, I was having a glass of wine with my husband. The dogs were sprawled all over us like live rugs, the windows and sliding door were open to let in the spring breeze and we were having one of those ‘intellectual masturbation’ sessions where you randomly discuss nothing and everything about life, including its meaning.
By Marlena Guzowskiabout a year ago in Beat
Emotions and sounds of 2024
I explored a great deal of different and interesting ways to find inspiration, relaxation and peace of mind through a musical journey this year. Some followed a general theme, others just went wherever the moods led.
By Antoni De'Leonabout a year ago in Beat
2024: The Saga Continues Pt. 2. Content Warning.
2024 has been a year of roller coaster emotions, and that's putting it lightly. Music has been there through every moment... the beauty and the horror. There are always two sides to every story, including mine for 2024. The first side covered the darkest moments, the failures, the despair, the pain and the heartbreak. It becomes easy to allow the moments of hopelessness to reign and overshadow the moments of light... but what good does that bring? The moments of joy, relief, calm and love may be few and far between... but they exist and that is what makes the music of them so much sweeter as 2024 concludes.
By Luna Verityabout a year ago in Beat
2024: The Music Made It Better. Runner-Up in The Soundtrack of Your Year Challenge.
As I reflect on the music that defined my year, certain songs become more than just background noise, they are the ones that shaped my journey and provide the soundtrack to my life. Here are the songs that played a pivotal role in my 2024, guiding me through challenges and triumphs alike.
By Rick Henry Christopher about a year ago in Beat
JM's 2024 Music Recap
Introduction As 2024 ends, everyone is looking back on their Pandora, Spotify, Apple Music, etc., to review the music they listened to and enjoyed during the year. I decided to share some songs from my 2024 Recap on my YouTube Premium. I may or may not do multiple parts of this; TBD.
By JMabout a year ago in Beat
2024 Soundtrack While Enduring, Adapting, and Moving Forward
Bad Hand It was deep into a midwest winter. The skin-biting, below-freezing air relentlessly made going outside a dismal experience. Slushy, slippery snow piled up along the streets required extra caution to navigate, especially at night when we often found ourselves active. Time was running out as the month progressed seemingly faster every day. My parents, brother, and I were in the process of moving to a house after almost 20 years of renting in a much smaller place. Extracting all the settled artifacts of two decades was a mix of amusement at finding long-lost remnants of our life there and dread because of how much stuff we had tetris-ed in that we now had to move. It was a surreal time going through the moving process. We weren’t sure we would ever find a place of our own. After the many disappointments of potential homes that would meet our needs slipping away from us, our hopes were slim. Then it actually happened. Like, it was for real. I really can’t describe how utterly unbelievable it felt for us to finally be able to move on and have our own space to settle and grow in.
By Kioabout a year ago in Beat
In my Headphones. Second Place in The Soundtrack of Your Year Challenge. Top Story - December 2024.
In my mind, my year is split into three distinct chunks. The first bit of the year was consumed with putting together my first full-length ballet. The hours I spent finding the perfect music, listening to everything on repeat, shaped my first four months of 2024. A combination of classical and worship music, it helped lift my spirits during the end of our cold Alaskan winter.
By C.Z.about a year ago in Beat
2024: The Saga Continues. Content Warning.
As midnight hit and 2024 began, the struggle to leave the sorrow and pain of 2023 behind was an all too familiar challenge these days. January 1, 2024 was here and I was still here... but how much of me was there left at this point? Year after year of fighting challenge after challenge without any breaks; 2024 found me with barely anything left to give. My soundtrack of the year began with me feeling like I was "Breaking Inside".
By Luna Verityabout a year ago in Beat
The Soundtrack Of My Year
For the Soundtrack of Your Year Writer's Challenge I chose to start almost exactly a year ago when the worst Christmas topped my list. Without going into the gritty details and pitfalls of the year that were the first six months of it. If I had to force myself to see any positives I would have to say there are none. Other than this, from the collection of music I made. All of the lyrics came from my books of poems.
By Canuck Scriber Lisa Lachapelleabout a year ago in Beat