Since early 2024, I’ve been a part of a group sharing music with each other on a website called Music League. Connected to the music streaming platform Spotify, activity is structured around customizable public or private “leagues” in which people vie for points awarded by other participants. I was leery of joining at first because I didn’t like the thought of music sharing being a competition, but I was eventually drawn in and found that I was listening to WAY more music than I had in years and discovering lots of cool new stuff! I’m really glad I joined this group of folks — several of whom are people I know from college — in sharing enthusiasms, opinions, and personal stories connected to music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To my amazement, I recently passed a threshold of 100 songs submitted to the league. Looking at the list and my comments I added when submitting, I thought, “Hey, this is a great set of tracks! And they actually say a lot about me!” So I thought I’d put together a blog post for posterity. It’s arranged at the top level into the individual “leagues”, each of which had 10 rounds. Each round in turn had a “theme” that all of us were expected to adhere to when submitting our songs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’ve added a couple of emojis to indicate:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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songs I discovered when researching the round themes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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songs that placed #1 in their rounds<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Here’s a link to the full Spotify playlist for those who have an account. I’ve also included individual links for each song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n