I’ve been repairing cassette decks all week and that reignited an itch to make a good old fashioned mixtape. I know it seems silly to make a mixtape on a cassette in 2020, but for me it’s an interesting way to document a certain time in life. Some of these songs are Bandcamp purchases I … Continue reading Making a Mixtape in 2020
I curated a playlist of laid back hip hop instrumental music to play in the background while writing, editing or even washing the dishes. It features music from Rafiq Bhatia, Fujitsu, Leavv, Yo La Tengo, Dirty Beaches, Jeff Parker and more. If you enjoy this playlist and would like to hear others, I have Vol. 1, Vol. … Continue reading Concentration Beats Vol. 5
It’s time for another edition of Concentration Beats! This is the third volume of my beats playlists designed to allow you to plug in and play during those times when you need to lock out distractions and focus on that project you’ve been putting off all week. This will play for about an hour and … Continue reading Concentration Beats Vol. 3
New playlist time and this is a Valentine’s Day special which makes me worry it will turn out like a bad soundtrack to a Zach Braff movie (ha) but I carry on in the hopes it won’t. This is an updated playlist I made for my wife back in 2015 so when you get to … Continue reading Valentine’s Day Jams
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
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
Aaron Hartley 