Apologies in advance on this one. It was a good month musically, but if you're a little OCD like I am, well, let's just say that because of the theme of the month, the would-be YouTube playlist is a bit of a mess.
For new readers, this blog entry refers to the monthly Song of the Day list on the Sputnik Music website. Each month, one User hosts the list and names a theme. Everyone then recommends songs in line with this theme, and people rate the various song recommendations. The list of June songs can be found at Sputnik Music Song of the Day - June 2021.
1. The theme for the month was "Small Fries", which actually translates to local and independent artists. Sputnik Users were invited to submit their own music if they had any, or if not, music for a local or other independent artist whose music they admired.
2. We basically had full participation this month, except that one User did get to recommend a second song to fill out the month. I therefore submitted one rec for the month, which was a track called "Always the Cold Moon" by a young Long Island artist I found on bandcamp known as The Sere, from the Always the Cold Moon EP. It was decently received by the group in general, although it didn't come close to winning the wonth. The Sere - Always the Cold Moon
3. I had two tracks that tied for my highest rating of the month. One was a nice, piano-led composition called "Remission" by a User known as Divergent Thinking. The other was a dreamy instrumental by a User recording under the name Rota Fortunae called "Wayfarer" from the new album Hinterland. DivergentThinking - Remission; Rota Fortunae - Wayfarer
4. However, the group as a whole gave their highest rating to a neat little folk-pop track called "Pleasure Pier" by an artist recording under the name Higher Fiction. Higher Fiction - Pleasure Pier
5. So, the nature of indie music being what it is, I was only able to gather 20 of the month's 30 tracks onto this month's YouTube playlist. Sorry about that. June 2021 Song of the Day YouTube Playlist
Like I said, it was a kind of messy, but worthwhile month. See you in July.
