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lunatunes is hosting 'local music' week, so I thought I'd upload this mix from earlier this year to Box.net for the occasion.
As it turns out, I never uploaded the entire thing. *cringe* Sorry about that.
Even though I have since received additional tracks by various means and from RL friends for a future addition of this, they're not included here, mostly because it's a ton of hard work putting together a mix like this.
This part contains the first 12 tracks of the mix, thanks to Box.net's uploading limitations on free accounts.
As noted
in this post, Box.net allows you to listen before you download. For instructions on how to do it,
go here.
Just a little refresher: This is a soundtrack of songs about New England or artists from New England (the "from" is interpreted very broadly here). I ended up with something on the order of 70 songs, many of them from people you've actually heard about.
For a brief overview of New England's unique culture and heritage, here's
a good overview from Wikipedia. Upon reading the page and confirming that it's all true — yeah, I guess I can see why the rest of the U.S. thinks we're a bunch of weirdos. I like to think that it isn't us who are weird so much as it's all of you.
We are, if nothing else, an arrogant lot. (I'm joking about that last part. Sort of.)
While it's true that when someone goes through the list of U.S. regions with a strong musical tradition, New England is
not the first place anyone would pick. I'm very sure that the Mississippi Delta (Blues), Austin (Americana), Nashville (Music City U.S.A. for the Country set), Chicago (Jazz), Seattle (Grunge), Orlando (Boy Bands), L.A. (Metal and Rap), and New York City (Punk and Rap) would all be vying for a spot on the list.
New England, by contrast, wouldn't even
see the list, let alone be on it. There really isn't a typical "New England" sound. Hell, there isn't even a typical
Boston sound. Fair enough. But what New England lacks in a cohesive, identifiable musical style, it makes up for it in variety.
Other sections of this soundtrack can be found in:
Track listing is under the cut and, where appropriate, a brief description of what makes the song fit in the soundtrack. You can listen to the tracks in the Box.net Applet located at the end of this post. You can then use the applet to download whatever tracks you like.
Please comment if you download...or even if you just feel like it.
