A New Way of Sharing Music
Welcome to The Listening Room
I ran into a friend few months ago, and asked my usual question: “What are you listening to?”
She shared the name of an artist I didn’t know (this is why I ask everyone this question, because human algorithm!) and described his music. Then she ended with this:
“He’s so good, I listened to the songs all the way through.”
I knew exactly (and embarrassingly) what she meant. When’s the last time you heard something you liked, added it to a playlist, and thought, “I’ll listen to the whole thing later, when I have time”? The speed of music discovery can be, too often, quite literally blink and you miss it.
For a long time I’ve wanted to find a better way to share my music online.
Streaming is incredibly convenient, but it also has a way of making every song feel like it exists in the same endless scroll. You press play, skip around, move on to something else.
I found myself missing something that physical records and CDs always gave me: the feeling of spending time with one object.
So I’ve built something, an experiment of sorts. It’s called The Listening Room.
Rather than dropping a link to two songs, I’d like to invite you into a space that was designed for listening, for learning about the stories behind the music, and for slowing down.
There are no recommendations, no playlists, no comments, no autoplay. Just the music, the cover art, the program notes, the lyrics, and a quiet room. It’s like slow food, but for music. Slow music. About as artisanal and small-batch as it gets.
I don’t know how it’ll evolve, but for now it’s where I’ll release music before it lands on any of the major streaming services.
Headphones recommended.