I hadn't opened Spotify to listen to an entire song in a very long time. I can tell that is about to change, though. I am preparing to get back to pumping some sound directly into my ears.
I realized my Spotify playlists seem to place me squarely into the nursing-home demographic. All those songs from the 70s (the decade not Fahrenheit) must have been what I was listening to the last time I was actively streaming. I had to change that and I'll let me tell you how:
I have a fairly good pair of Sony headphones that I bought seven or eight years ago. However, they've been gathering dust for very long time even if only their box got dusty.
Those black, extra-bass, over-the-ears were comfortable but I got them in the days when my cell phone had a mini jack. So although Bluetooth headphones have been popular for a decade or two, I am late in joining the bandwagon.
Yesterday, my new, lower-range set arrived in an Amazon box. I snapped a photo. They were on sale and, for some reason, the white ones were 30% cheaper than the others. Overstocked, I assume? The colour didn't matter to me. I guess white is supposed to be a sign of purity! So, perhaps they will actually fit me to a tee.
I realized my Spotify playlists seem to place me squarely into the nursing-home demographic. All those songs from the 70s (the decade not Fahrenheit) must have been what I was listening to the last time I was actively streaming. I had to change that and I'll let me tell you how:
During our very first early-retirement winter, Jay and I stayed in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. It was a great introduction to a new lifestyle. I got used to daily walks in the delightful weather when days hovered in the 70s (Fahrenheit not the decade). Back then, I refused to pay for mobile data and wound up pirating MP3s via our laptop, so I could curate my own playlists. A song had to be residing on my phone if I were to listen to it. When ambling around with even older headphones, I learned a lot about the 'current' music scene of those days. I really enjoyed what I heard. So today, I found a Spotify playlist that contains the same music. It is called 'Summer 2014'.
My new headphones, lovingly named, SNOW WHITE, have primarily played music that's around one decade out-of-date. I guess even my favourite new music is pretty old. Anyway, today's listening experience should increase my automatically-curated Spotify playlists by about four decades.