I admit, I get a real kick out of creating playlists. In fact, I’ve been doing this since mix tapes were still actual (cassette) tapes. Of course, back then, they were incredibly difficult to create. There’d always be a blank tape in the player, all ready for me to hit the “record” button as soon as the radio plays the song. Then the dubbing process comes next and that would take forever because I’d have to rewrite the cassette several times over until all the songs flow seamlessly. You can imagine how glad I was when digital music and CD-Rs came along.

There’s something incredibly satisfying about building this musical journey from scratch, imagining it to be the perfect soundtrack for a movie that I’ve dreamed up in my head. Often, I don’t quite pay attention to the lyrics of the song and just try to fit them all together based on the music. To me, it’s all about evoking emotions and creating the right mood.

Hope you’ll enjoy this. :)

Inside These Lines, by Trent Dabbs
Windows Are Rolled Down, by Amos Lee
How Come You Never Go There, by Feist
Feeding Line, by Boy & Bear
Be Yourself, by Graham Nash
Maybe, by Ingrid Michaelson
Bloom, by The Paper Kites
Love Love Love, by Avalanche City
Travelling, by Paper Lions
You Already Know, by Bombay Bicycle Club

(My other Friday Night playlists can be found here and here.)