⬛️ Tried to hit 30 total mixes by the end of the year, but just missed it. I love doing these, and will continue doing them into the new year. This weird thing I started doing as a little hobby during the start of the pandemic is the one thing that's truly stayed with me from that time.
⬛️ LISTEN TO GOODNIGHT, METAL FRIEND #29 ON MIXCLOUD (includes links to all tracks used from Bandcamp).
When I started using the Headspace app to fall asleep, I loved the “Warm Engines” clip. And, well, I love metal, but falling asleep to metal is very hard. Even some of the more doom - drone stuff includes DRUMS and shrieks and stuff, so that doesn't work well for sleeping.
I didn't really know it was a genre, but "dark ambient" was what I was looking for, and even then there are many variants of this sub-genre. Some is still pretty grating, with loud parts and and shrieks and other sudden bursts of sound.
So rather than build a playlist on on a streaming music service, I start sourcing (and purchasing) music from Bandcamp, and figured out how to "mix" songs together like a DJ, and I absolutely love it.
My online pal DJ Shotski start DJing polka music around the start of the pandemic, and now she DJs at festivals and events. Maybe I can DJ some planetarium or spooky art galleries some time! DREAM BIG.
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