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BLANDBEATS:
A Pop Music Playlist Series
Katherine and I became friends after discovering a shared love of pop music. We had always wanted to make music, but were never that great at it. So we turned our talents towards sharing what we consider to be good music.
Some people argue we have terrible taste – we'd beg to differ.
Image courtesy of the wonderful Chris Lumain
WHAT THE HELL IS A "BLAND BEAT"?
Blandbeats is not a poorly seasoned beet – it is a series of playlists curated by Katherine Gannon and myself on Spotify.
WHY SPOTIFY PLAYLISTS?
Our iMessages overloaded from sending each other daily screenshots and links to new albums, songs, and artists we'd come across. Spotify's collaborative playlists were an easier way to share, collect, and navigate it all – not to mention free up some memory on our phones in the process.
WHEN DID "BLANDBEATS" BEGIN?
Blandbeats was born during the summer of 2016 when I was interning in San Francisco and Katherine was in NYC. An unintended consequence of this new mode of sharing: not blowing up Katherine's phone when I got overexcited after discovering a new Terror Jr song at 11pm PST, forgetting it was 2 am in NYC.
WHY "BLAND"?
I once (jokingly) produced a song that was politely described as bland – we decided to embrace that.
CHECK OUT THE PLAYLISTS BELOW:
MAY 2020
FEB 2020
NOV 2019
AUG 2019
MAY 2019
FEB 2019
NOV 2018
AUG 2018
MAY 2018
APR 2020
JAN 2020
OCT 2019
JUL 2019
APR 2019
JAN 2019
OCT 2018
JUL 2018
APR 2018
MAR 2020
DEC 2019
SEPT 2019
JUN 2019
MAR 2019
DEC 2018
SEPT 2018
JUN 2018
MAR 2018
FEB 2018
JAN 2018
DEC 2017
NOV 2017
OCT 2017
SEPT 2017
AUG 2017
JUL 2017
JUN 2017
MAY 2017
APR 2017
MAR 2017
FEB 2017
JAN 2017
DEC 2016
NOV 2016
SEPT - OCT 2016
JUL - SEPT 2016
© Mishaal Abbasi 2020