My First Album As we start this newsletter journey, I felt the natural place to start was at the beginning. For me, the true joy of music, discovery, and finding my own taste started with Run-DMC’s Raising Hell.
Not only was was Raising Hell the first cassette I bought with my own (10th birthday) money – purchased at K-Mart in Lockport, NY shortly after release in 1986 – but it was the first album I listened to repeatedly, memorizing all of the lyrics.
I love this idea from Merlin Mann and Do By Friday: the “Follow Your Nose” playlist…
Pick a song you love and start a playlist Go to the artist’s page and view the Related Artists/Fans Also Like section – then pick a group you aren’t familiar with… Go to their page and start listening to their top songs & add one you like to your playlist. Repeat 2 and 3 from that artist page, building out your playlist until you are bored or hit an artist where you can’t do #2.