Morning mixtape

Some time in the future I want to try and write down my "laws" for what makes a good music mix, but for this first entry, I thought I would just share a couple of mixes that I made for my wife. Specifically, I wanted to put together a few 1 hour mixes that she could listen to as she gets ready for work in the morning. I did this for myself in my undergrad and found it a nice way to structure my morning. Get up, press play, and use the music as a rough guide to where I should be in my getting ready. For anyone who has a pretty regular morning routine, I highly recommend this practice.

Below are the playlists for the two mixes. Themes should be pretty clear, so if these genres are ever to your taste, I encourage you to give them a try!

1. "The Kick," Erik Lind and the Orchard
2. "What Would You Say," Dave Matthews Band
3. "Shiver," Coldplay
4. "One Evening," Feist
5. "Interstate Love Song," Stone Temple Pilots
6. "All These Things That I've Done," The Killers
7. "Do You Realize," The Flaming Lips
8. "The Con," Tegan and Sara
9. "Your Beauty Must Be Rubbing Off," Hawksley Workman
10. "Baby Did A Bad Thing," Chris Isaak
11. "Lonely Boy," The Black Keys
12. "Do What You Want," OK Go
13. "Down By The Water," The Decemberists
14. "Someone That I Used to Know," Gotye
15. "Home," Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
16. "Dog Days Are Over," Florence + The Machine

1. "This is How We Roll," Blackstreet
2. "Gold Digger," Kanye West
3. "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)," Beyonce
4. "Party and Bullshit," Notorious BIG (Ratatat Remix)
5. "The Seed (2.0)," The Roots
6. "No Scrubs," TLC
7. "You Make Me Wanna," Usher
8. "Gettin' Jiggy wit It," Will Smith
9. "Only You," 112
10. "B.O.B.," OutKast
11. "Daydreamin'," Lupe Fiasco
12. "Forgot About Dre," Dr. Dre
13. "Pretty Girl Rock," Keri Hilson
14. "Sexyback," Justin Timberlake
15. "Telephone," Lady Gaga
16. "G Funk Intro," Snoop Dogg