Last year in AP English Language we had a unit on classification and division. We wrote essays about the different types of people that participate in an activity of our choosing. I wrote mine on the different types of ukulele players: The Natural, The MVP, The (non) Excuse Maker, The I'm Good, The On Again Off Again, and The One Trick Pony. At any ukulele class you attend you will probably be able to find these types of players.
Today I would like to talk about the ways we make playlists and the playlist makers I have encountered.
Just like there is no wrong way to write music, there is no wrong way to group the songs you like together. One of my friends likes to put all her songs from the same genre together. My sister likes to put specific artists together. My dad has one playlist with every single song he has liked from the years 1973-2020. I personally like to group them by my moods with punny names.
The first playlist maker we have is, The Apples and Oranges, this person does not want their songs to mix. All their country songs are in one "Yee Haw" playlist. All their alternative musicians together labeled "Alternate Universe". Eazy E, Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Drake, and Eminem are in a playlist called "Wrap it Up". You get the idea. The point is this person doesn't want to hear the crisp, country apple, Blake Shelton after the tough, funky, orange, Snoop Dogg. They just don't go together to The Apples and Oranges.
Moving on to The All In. This listener likes to make their playlists by choosing artists rather than individual songs or albums. Obviously they're going to put every song they have by Harry Styles, One Direction, Louis Tomlinson, Nial Horan, Zayne Malik, and Liam Payne together under "#1D4ever". However, unlike The Apples and Oranges this playlist maker likes to put Led Zepplin, Ryan Bingham, and Harry Styles together because they are "Gifts to the Earth". It doesn't matter what decade or genre artists are from, The All In finds artists that just work for their ears. It's like pineapple and pizza, it shouldn't go together but it just does (for some people).
I'm not sure if The One Take Wonder qualifies as a maker of playlists, considering they only have one on their entire phone. However, this is still a playlist making technique that many people like. The One Take Wonder only needs one playlist to get it right. They like every song they have so why would they need to separate them? Their "Playlist 1" fits every mood, day, and occasion because it's every artist, album, and song they like.
The last playlist making technique is the technique I use. I am not an emotional thinker but I am an emotional music listener. For this reason I am naming the final playlist maker The Heart on Their Playlist. You may not be able to see their emotions through their pokerface, but you can learn a lot by listening to this persons playlist, if you can figure out the what the titles mean. This music listener puts the songs that make them cry in a playlist called "sniff*blink*voicecrack*". The songs that make them feel all the emotions at once "Da Gang's All Here" with a picture of the Whinny the Pooh characters. The songs that make them love the life they're living: "Hype House". This playlist maker makes music more complicated than most think it should be, but it's worth it to The Heart on Their Playlist.
I hope you enjoyed learning about the different playlist makers I know.
Until next time,
thanks for yielding!
Alexis
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