It’s the Monday following the Super Bowl and you may be excited the Eagles won or you’re disappointed in the Patriots’ loss, but either way we’re all recovering in one way or another. I thought it would be a great time to post a new playlist of Concentration Beats, this being Volume 2 (Volume 1 … Continue reading Concentration Beats Vol. 2
My wife’s aunt recently asked me to repair an antique radio she was using for decoration in her house. The radio is a Crosley 10-136E, a standard AA5 tube radio which was produced in Cincinnati, OH, in 1950. I plugged her into my variac and slowly brought her back to life but she wouldn’t play … Continue reading Crosley 10-136E Radio Restoration
I decided to officially “start listening” to jazz in high school. I started with the staples, John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme and Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue. This was in the CD era so I invested in buying jazz carefully because it’s easy to find something that looks great but in reality isn’t. And in … Continue reading Hartley’s Jazz Jams Vol. 1
This week’s playlist is all Eighties Babies with jams I hope would have persuaded Elizabeth Shue or Molly Ringwald to invite me on their next adventure. Appropriate for playing at work but also goes well with long night drives. Follow along below: Continue reading Hartley’s Eighties Babies Vol. 1
I have a lot of hobbies and at times I feel guilty spending time on them. Why? My best guess is I imagine others questioning the time that I could be spending on my job, working for others, networking, etc. If you google “benefits of having a hobby”, you will get plenty of articles that … Continue reading Understanding My Hobbies
I recently DJ’d a holiday party who requested all soul music to play in the background. I had to pull together over three hours of music and decided to pare those songs down to a playlist I could share. You’ll recognize of plenty of names here like Sam, Dave, Mavis, Mary and Otis, but … Continue reading Hartley’s Soul Jams Vol. 1
There is a sweet spot in hip hop culture where old school jams transitioned from banging beats to a jazz centered, almost enlightened focus. Think Tribe, Brand Nubian, Das EFX and more. This is a playlist that mixes those vibes along with some classics from Run DMC, Eric B & Rakim, EPMD and more. My … Continue reading Hartley’s Hip Hop Vol. 1
I am sucker for laid back beats as well as having access to instrumental versions of hip hop songs. Thanks to online streaming networks, access to these tracks are becoming easy to obtain. I decided to take a handful of beats and string them together to make a playlist that could be played while trying … Continue reading Concentration Beats Vol. 1
