Idea 3: Curate a Spring Playlist
Remember when creating a mixtape was the coolest thing ever?
If not, you are disgustingly young, shoo, go away, get out and walk.
Hitting ‘record and play’ at just the right moment, meant you cut off the DJ but got most of the song. Except that was almost impossible.
Before Spotify and other streaming services were around, crafting a mixtape was a big deal.
It was sharing your soul in a cassette, hoping your eclectic coolness would prompt an immediate confession of undying love and then you could ‘go out’ with each other, maybe have a snog and live happily ever after.
Or, at least, the other person might listen to it.
At some point.
For me, music is the ultimate fix.
It can lift your mood, provide comfort, inspire, motivate or whisk you back in time in a matter of seconds.
That’s why creating a playlist is no trivial matter.
This Springo Bingo challenge invites you to compile a springtime playlist that is as unique and heartfelt as those treasured mixtapes.
You could use Apple Music, YouTube, SoundCloud, Amazon Music, Google Play Music/YouTube Music, Deezer, Tidal or whatever’s available when you’re reading this.
Make a collection so personal, it will make you fall in love with yourself, a little bit harder.
If it makes you dance, cry, or get photo albums out – you’ve nailed it.
Cheesy? Don’t care. That’s exactly what music’s about. Turn it up. Neighbours shmeighbours!
Embrace those grand emotions with your equally epic soundtrack.
TIPS:
- Consider the ‘journey’ you’re crafting for yourself. Should it weave through light and dark, offering surprises and reprieves, embodying spring’s varied essence?
- Will you keep to a specific genre, era, and style, or will you vary it around a theme, like my “All My Future Boyfriends” playlist from when I was ten?
It featured tracks by David Bowie, George Michael, Boy George…
Clearly, I had a ‘type’ – though in retrospect, the feeling probably wasn’t mutual. - Contemplate the sequence just like you would at a party.
Are you after a smooth narrative, or do you fancy juxtaposing highs and lows for fun or dramatic effect? - You could start with your all-time favourites or ask AI for suggestions for fresh tracks that vibe with your current list or mood.
Each Springo Bingo idea invites you to savour life’s simple pleasures.
Playlists offer endless possibilities for personalisation, reflecting who you are, your mood, and what you want – in any moment.
Maybe you’d like to share it with us?
It’s an opportunity to be a bit vulnerable and expose a slice of your world, and perhaps inspire someone to discover their next musical obsession.
(However, beware who you share it with: I broke up with Ian Bretherton when I was 12 because he gave Sarah Jones an almost identical mixtape as he did to me. I was heartbroken. Ian was a total player. Children are brutal.)