··· WHY CREATING THIS?
It's used as a central point to refer to when there's music talk somewhere, for example at online music boards - besides a kind of an archive function, and a way to express myself. Real life gives limited opportunities for that.
Without a place to store titles, I would spam too many YouTube links on those music discussion boards and related things. In this way, I can simply put a link in a profile/signature.
This vs. streaming services / importing lists
For some years, Spotify was the main place for those things. You could immediately play the songs and share them. But many were missing/disappearing, it's got an increasing dark side, and the future is insecure. On this site the bunch of titles is complete and safe.
And since Soundiiz and (especially) ChatGPT, it has become a lot easier to create a CSV version and transfer the lists to your favorite streaming service - if you're intrigued by them. Here I'm giving some (Excel) tips.
Btw: when it comes to Spotify, there's still an account; neatly updated. The aqua and pink sections are similar to the contents of this webspace (except for the missing songs). I'm just saying less about it nowadays. Sadly there's no good alternative.
··· SOME BASICS ABOUT MYSELF
Online I go by Christina; a part of my given name. I'm born in the spring of 1981 (hence the 'xy' in the url) and living in the south of The Netherlands.
Mid 1991 I started listening to contemporary music; till the mid 00s mostly dance. Here's a longer musical timeline.
Lyrics, albums
I prefer music over lyrics (that hasn't changed since playing a lot more genres), and tend to 'track based' listening. Both are probably remains of my dance years. Dance was/is mostly released as singles instead of albums.
Sources
Sources to find music: preferably ones created by humans instead of algorhythms/AI. Internet radio, Mixcloud streams, other music podcasts, discussion boards, home made playlists at streaming services, etcetera.
Socials/streaming services
I've got a profile at many sites/services. A couple of them: Bluesky and MusicMeter (the Dutch version of 'Rate Your Music'). And Spotify was already mentioned before.
··· MAINSTREAM VERSUS MORE OBSCURE MUSIC
I'm no 'chr radio' listener; I find it hard to connect with 2:30 long, heavily autotuned songs. In general I like songs with a relatively 'organic' undertone/a kinda 'human' aspect, even if they are 100% electronic. It doesn't have to sound squeaky clean.
But at the same time I'm enjoying music in a more loose way than the archetypical purist/music snob/etcetera. When it comes to that I'm in a strange place. Stumblin' upon good music in a relaxed way works well for me.
Basically I've got no problem with catchiness or with music becoming 'big' - as long as there's something interesting, musically. Especially in the 80s and 90s lists are many well known and/or poppy tracks.
