Deck the halls thoughts

I hope you enjoyed the post-deck in the halls. The name was a reference to a Christmas carol. I wanted to give you some insight into the process behind it. The concept came from a Spotify playlist, inspired by mix tapes and generated lists based on a single genre. Oringal playlist was created as an outlet for grief. I wanted to find some different music that put me in a Christmas mood. Both my parents loved music, radio was something always playing in the background. First November without my Dad Christmas couple of weeks away. Trying to distract myself a playlist was made, listening to songs made me cry. One month later I had to compile 25 songs. This year I wanted to do something and create something different. With some rough guidelines in mind. 

Guidelines

• No more than 2 songs of the same genre
• Include some well-known and unknown songs
• Include songs I like
• Winter-themed themed not just Christmas
• 25 songs

Sounds simple, always prided myself on listening to a range of music. According to Spofity wrapped up for 2023, I listened to over 60 genres and 1,800 artists. The year before that was genre 80, with 2,100 artists. So I started listening to random playlists and creating a rough draft of songs. That draft was updated over a week, researching songs and listening to every song. I’m trying to find the best version if it was adapted or covered. It took me about a week, 1 hour each day listening. On top of this, I spent some time writing the blog post. After many hours I was happy and scheduled the post.

Overall I’m happy with how it turned out, I couldn’t have done it without some suggestions.