I’m Chris McCann. I live in Tewantin on the Sunshine Coast of Australia. I’m owner/operator of Noosa Decorating, and I specialise in artisan paint and lime based finishes.
2/ Is This Something You Always Wanted To Do? What Do You Enjoy About It?
I’ve always loved exploring and sharing new music but I’ve only recently moved over to the streaming world. I still buy copies of albums though – there’s nothing better than having the real McCoy and not a compressed file. Even back in the days of tapes, it was always a buzz exposing someone to a new discovery. The streaming platforms take it to the next level and allow you to share on a global scale. Furthermore being part of the Music to community connects you with other like minded folk, artists and new music. It has so many facets that make it really unique.
My name is Erin, I live near Lake Cootharaba, on the beautiful Sunshine Coast in Queensland Australia. I am a Writer, I have had many careers prior, Auditor, Plumber, I like this one the best, and I get to spend time at home with my family.
2/ Is This Something You Always Wanted To Do? What Do You Enjoy About It?
I think I always wanted to write, I love describing the things I see and feel. It is great curating a playlist, it creates a space to explore how a particular song makes you feel, and then explain why you love it. …
1/ So First Off – Tell Us your Name, City and Country and what you currently do for a living?
My name is Vranko, I live in Barcelona, Spain and I am a pianist and writer.
2/ Is This Something You Always Wanted To Do? What Do You Enjoy About It?
I’ve always like to write and have discovered so many ideas that are often found sleeping inside the music. I fantasize about what those ideas are and love to write out my interpretation of the track.
3/ Tell Us About Your First Musical Memory – Why Do You Think You Remember It?
My sisters used to listen to lot of pop music in the 80s when I was a kid. So my first memories are from pop artists like Michael Jackson, Madonna, Elton John or Simon and Garfunkel. These kind of people were my first listenings!
1/ So First Off – Tell Us your Name, City and Country and what you currently do for a living?
Jed, currently in Lillooet, BC (Canada). Doing graphic design, websites & video production.
2/ Is This Something You Always Wanted To Do? What Do You Enjoy About It?
No, but I enjoy graphic design and making videos. I generally like creative work — unless the assignment is particularly mundane. I like trying to create balanced and pleasing compositions, I like color, and I enjoy creating rhythm and meaning in video editing. I’m sick of building websites…
1/ So First Off – Tell Us your Name, City and Country and what you currently do for a living?
Vicky Cohn. That’s a hard one, as I see myself as a cosmopolitan that is constantly moving between Berlin / Germany, London / United Kingdom and Tel Aviv / Israel. However, I will be soon back to London and staying there for a while again…
2/ Is This Something You Always Wanted To Do? What Do You Enjoy About It?
Creating playlists is definitely something I already did a lot in my tender years, when tapes were still a thing. Music was always my first and obsessive love, but after I had to deal with a death case in my family, I asked myself, what I would do if I had only one year to live, so it became then very clear to me that I needed to start my new career within the music industry. Coming beforehand from a creative background of film/video making, I looked here too for something that could really fit me and my personality and I found that curating playlists sounded so me and so fun, so I just went for it.
This week’s Music Curator chat is with Tommi from the Music to Celebrate Life playlist. It’s another wide ranging discussion looking at the problems associated with territory restrictions in the digital age – the challenge of how to listen to all the music that’s being submitted to a great chat on the nature of song writing and what makes a great lyric – it’s great stuff – thanks Tommi!
The second Facebook Live interview with our brilliant Curators – this one is with the talented Matt Jenko, producer extraordinaire and curator of the uplifting Music to Save The World playlist. We talk a wide range of topics from – what makes a good song – the nature of song recommendation – how to beat perfectionism and why perfectionism exists – complete with wine and advice for his future self. Check it out…
1/ So First Off – Tell Us your Name, City and Country and what you currently do for a living?
Hi I’m Mert, I live in Ankara, study Philosophy at Middle East Technical University and work at Radio ODTU 103.1 as production manager.
2/ Is This Something You Always Wanted To Do? What Do You Enjoy About It?
I am always madly fond of creating playlists, I guess. As I heard a so damn unique tune, I want to hear more and search alike tunes. It’s like an obsession but you know, I can’t help it. What I enjoy so much is that I can be where I wanna be unconditionally, when I turn the playlist on. It helps me to get away with stuff especially when I am really fucked up. It’s beautiful…
Talking to musicians, even only via email, is such a treat, especially when they can offer pleasant things such as humor and real insight. Van Tastik, an American expat living in Europe, offered just that in our brief conversation on the internet. I’ve selected his song “Drag Me to Hell” for the Music to Conquer Mountains playlist (link to song here please). Because the song is just so damn interesting, Spotify even selected him for its Delta Blues Playlist. I wanted to talk to Van Tastik about all that – his songwriting, being an expat and the power of streaming. Check it out!
This was so much fun – Julia from the brilliant Music to Conquer Mountains playlist stopped in for our first Facebook Live Interview. Julia talks about the state of music journalism in Germany, being 8 when MP3s hit the market – Andrew totally lies about his age and we end up in a great discussion on what makes a great track – enjoy…
1/ So First Off – Tell Us your Name, City and Country and what you currently do for a living?
My name is Ada Bayramoğlu. I live in İstanbul, Turkey. I am a student.
2/ Is This Something You Always Wanted To Do? What Do You Enjoy About It?
I spend a lot of my time creating personal playlists and I am very happy to finally share them with the world. Before I joined Musicto, my playlists were just for me and my friends. But now, everyone can look up keywords on their laptop and find my playlist. I love that I can reach out to someone very far away from my own house. People trusting my taste of music is what I really enjoy about it.
My name is Julia, and I live in Munich, Germany. I’m a trained journalist and I do a lot of things – play guitar and sing, make awesome salsa and bread, write about music and hiking. My job is working as a marketing specialist for .objective Software, an IT company based in Munich. They build software for the automotive sector – autonomous driving, car-sharing and all that – as well as smart cities.