It’s interesting to take an afternoon (or two if you are thorough) and go through a playlist like this one (I picked this one because it’s not curated by a label or hipster magazine trying to convince you of what THEY think should be successful)Īnything hit you right off the bat? (this hits me everytime): Lots of dos and don’ts to be discovered, inspiration and a solid education on the amazingly wide range of stuff that is being released and promoted these days. It’s a lot of work to sift through all of 2016’s music but it’s worth it. The US charts (the ones I know best at this point) blossomed with grooves imported from elsewhere in the world, providing much needed variety and, hold onto your chair (hold on better please) quite few really good sounding tracks were released. They stuck out.įor example, I feel there was an uptick in originality in music, or at least artists got bolder in their choices on tones and colors or grooves. NO! There were isolated signs of not sucking here and there. Aaaaah, 2016, what an awful awful year, BUT! Not everything sucked.

Into you by ariana grande free download