I always envisioned that making a year end list would be a fairly simple task. WRONG WRONG WRONG. I naively started pulling songs from my “New Jams Vol. 2” Spotify playlist (a playlist of new music/bands that I’ve been curating over the past year or so…definitely give it a listen if you want even more sweet tunes in your life) and before I knew it, my initial draft contained roughly 70 songs…oops! It took some major listening time + hours of fretting over my decisions before I was able to narrow down my list to a more manageable 15 songs.

My final 15 of 2015 represent the songs that I constantly played on repeat, that made me feel all the feels, that grabbed my attention immediately, that got me through hours upon hours of travel time, and that I sang to at the top of my lungs, and chair danced to while listening at work . These are the songs and artists that I’ve enjoyed immensely this year and I look forward to hearing more from in the new year.

Thanks for listening gang, and have a fantastic holiday!

Another thing is, I am full of emotion. Not to say my feelings are always sitting at the tip of my tongue, ready to roll off. I run around living my life and when I decide to sit down for a moment of calm, my thoughts catch up and I can’t help but release them onto a page. And music is always that pulsating force pushing my pen a little harder and forcing me to dig a little deeper.

Long story short, I have always loved writing. But I never thought anything of it… never thought to share my words, I imagined very few would have an interest in reading. But that changed when I nervously agreed to give blogging a whirl. And make note, blogging is terrifying. I felt, and still feel, very vulnerable each time I press publish on a post. Sometimes I think I’ll stop but I never do. Because I’ve decided for me to stop writing, I would have to stop feeling. And allowing myself to feel is something I will never give up.

This afternoon’s monologue was fueled by the sounds of smart and emotionally literate pop duo, Nimmo. The beat is cool and the rhythm feels fine. Their mystic and deep vocal tones match their jaded and unamused lyrics. Their song is sung with force, and you feel their spirit and energy with each breath in and drag out. Sarah Nimmo and Reva Gauntlett got perfect parts of dark seduction and light artiness to create infectious, catchy as hell disco pop.