I had a moment of total brilliance today. For those of you who don’t know me personally I should disclose I am pretty much running on all cylinders at all times. On top of doing TWIAPC I am also a partner in a consulting firm so I usually have an email I should be reading, a call to return, an article to write, a blog entry to do….you get the idea. If I didn’t love it all believe me I wouldn’t do it. But I’m lucky enough to be one of the few people who gets to pursue the majority of my interests on some personal or professional level. Anyways, I am always looking for tricks and strategies to multitask without effecting the quality of the work. My iPhone and compulsive list making are the two main life and time savers I use. And as of this morning my shuffle will be added to that list. As I looked at the 30+tracks I have received in the last few days I was also loading up my shuffle for my daily run and it struck me; why not listen to the tracks I want to review while my attention is, for the most part, undisturbed. So I gave it a go and while I think it may take a little tweeking it just may be the secret to getting a little more done with my day. So here are a few quick tracks I pulled from the shuffle list.
This is a sweet respin of a Lykke Li tune that I already thoroughly enjoy. One of the few times great is made greater.
Dance Dance Dance Lykke Li remixed by Buraka Som Sistema
This remix really grabbed my ear when I first heard it a while back but when a friend sent it to me in response my love for the Dance Dance Dance remix I twittered yesterday I recalled my fondness for Britt’s take on the song.
I Feel It All Feist remixed by Britt Daniels
The Avett Brothers relaunched their web site this week and started stirring the pot a bit hinting at what to expect on the album they are releasing in August. Then I got this snip of their show at SXSW this year. I really hope they put a version of this song on said album.
I & Love & You The Avett Brothers(live at SXSW09)
And finally, this is a beautiful cover of Kings Of Leon. BFL give it their haunting touch and in doing so give it a slightly shiftier feel. It never fails to amaze me how many ways one song can be interpreted. A successful attempt this is!
Use Somebody (Kings of Leon Cover) Bat For Lashes
i do the exact same thing, i have a smart playlist that has anything added to itunes for the last 3 days. I can sit on my train to work and sort out the good from the bad with star ratings etc. its such a good way to keep only the songs you like in itunes and to find great new music aswell!
The kings of leon cover is pretty freakin rad. when I get some time I have to re record another kings of leon song.
p.s. ms-dos I love your screen name. remember DR-DOS? MS-DOS’s competition?!!?
I decided I wanted to leave a couple of positive comments for a change on the Hypem-linked blogs, which are normally so atrocious. I really dug the Feist remix, so thank you. Diplo’s version is great too, and Diplo rarely nails it to the cross, but he very occasionally does. That’s always the conundrum: Is it worth it to download cruddy 10 songs to find just 1 decent track? Doesn’t it depress the hell out of you that every last person on the Internet seems to be a drug-addled 11 year old (or with the intelligence of one)? Peace!
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