Finding New Music: Having Fun During COVID-19

Finding New Music: Having Fun During COVID-19

The COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic is a great time to find new things to love; like music.   

1) The Lazy, Easy Way - Spotify, Pandora, Bandcamp have ways to "discover" new music based on music you already like.  And they'll largely play songs within the genre you already know and love.  I encourage you to start a new playlist with songs and bands you're unfamiliar with.  

SUGGESTIONS:

2) All-Time Greatest Hits - https://top40weekly.com/top-100-songs-of-all-time/

3) Classical - https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/latest/change-your-life/

4) Rock and Roll - https://ultimateclassicrock.com/top-100-classic-rock-songs/

5) R&B - https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/g33896452/best-rnb-songs/

6) Pop - https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-of-all-time-pop-songs

7) Latin - https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/6760654/best-latin-songs-of-all-time

8) Hip Hop - https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-hip-hop-songs-of-all-time-105784/ltrimm-cars-with-the-boom-106252/

9) Folk - https://www.folkalley.com/lists/100-most-essential-folk-songs

10) Easy Listening - https://entertainment.expertscolumn.com/200-greatest-easy-listening-rock-songs

11) Country - https://www.countryliving.com/life/g4292/classic-country-songs/

12) Caribbean -https://www.grass-fields.com/blogs/news/the-greatest-caribbean-music-hits-bands-and-artist

13) Blues - https://mygreatmusicdebate.com/my-top-100-blues-songs-of-all-time/

14) Avant Garde - https://rateyourmusic.com/list/Voidman/500-experimental-and-avant-garde-albums-everyone-should-check-out/

15) Asian - https://www.teenvogue.com/story/asian-musicians

16) African - https://musictodiefor.wordpress.com/50-favourite-african-songs/

17) There's So Much More - This is nowhere near an exhaustive list.  And each genre has multiple subgenres.  And each of those subgenres has their own "100 Greatest All-Time Best" lists.  Here's a guide: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_music_styles

18) Mix, Match, and Assemble - Try to be eclectic.  Select a few songs from each genre and then let the streaming service discover for you.  If you like one song, listen to the whole album.  If you like a new group, discover who influenced them and listen to them.  

AND DON'T FORGET TO HAVE FUN! And, please feel free to contact if you have any questions or suggestions!

More Having Fun During COVID-19

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UNVACCINATED

Health and Safety Considerations for gathering:
1) Wear a mask and practice social distancing (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/social-distancing.html)

2) No indoor activities
3) No sharing bathrooms
4) Wash hands before and after gathering. Don't touch your face.
5) Bring your own food, snacks, drinks, and utensils.
6) Do not attend if you have asthma, heart disease, diabetes, overweight, have/survived cancer, or 50+ year old.
7) Do not attend if you have or have had Coronavirus or showing symptoms (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/symptoms-testing/symptoms.html).

8) Limit attendance to a few people. 

9) Talk with everyone about comfort levels. Expect and allow non-participation and last minute cancellations.

VACCINATED (2 weeks after final dose)
Health and Safety Considerations for gathering:

1) Wear a mask and practice social distancing in public (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/social-distancing.html)

2) Indoor activities safe with a few vaccinated people.  No indoor activities with unvaccinated people

3) No sharing bathrooms

4) Wash hands before and after gathering. Don't touch your face.

5) Bring your own food, snacks, drinks, and utensils.

6) Do not attend if you have asthma, heart disease, diabetes, overweight, have/survived cancer, or 50+ year old.

7) Do not attend if you have or have had Coronavirus or showing symptoms (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/symptoms-testing/symptoms.html).

8) Limit attendance to a few people. 

9) Talk with everyone about comfort levels. Expect and allow non-participation and last minute cancellations.

Mike Kraus was born on the industrial shoreline of Muskegon, Michigan. After earning his Fine Arts Degree from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, he attended Grand Valley State University for his graduate degree. From there, he gained varied experiences from the Chicago Architecture Foundation, Art Institute of Chicago, Hauenstein Center For Presidential Studies, Lollypop Farm Humane Society, and the Children's Memorial Foundation. And every place he worked, he had his sketchbook with him and found ways to be actively creative. In 2014, Kraus became a full-time artist by establishing Mike Kraus Art. Since then, he has sold hundreds of paintings that are displayed in nearly every state and dozens of countries. Currently, Kraus lives in Rochester, New York with his beautiful wife and goofy dog.

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