Thoughts About Musical Explorations
Years Ago I My Musical Exploations came via the radio and a tape recorder….. So I have been making playlists since the late 60s, early 70s. And believe me it’s a helluva lot easier nowadays! When I was straightening up some stuff the other day, I came across the following What the above is is a typed out list of songs that were recorded from the radio using my 7.5 inch reel to reel tape recorder that looked a lot like this… And what we had to do was sit and listen to the radio and when a song you liked came on, you recorded it! Of course it was often easier to get a number of songs from an album because DJs had more freedom to play more than just singles. Anyway tonight I was able to create the same playlist probably in less than 30 minutes using Spotify. I was surprised that I even found “Evil Woman” from the band Crow. I only remembered the song after I heard it! Now you may be asking what are the numbers on the far left of the list. The tape recorder had a counter and the numbers indicate where on the tape you can find the song. The point is that the technology today is light years beyond that of the 60s and 70s and it still amazes me. In some ways though it makes it too easy. For My Musical Explorations in the Mid-90s I Used CD bargain bins at…
