🎶 Everything Has a Soundtrack
My life has a soundtrack. Music played constantly in our house growing up — which means it now plays constantly in my head. A single word, a sudden feeling, a memory? Boom. Cue the music.
My dad was the mixtape master, and I definitely inherited the gene. His best-ever tape? Simply titled Rock 1 — not the most inventive name, but the vibe was perfect.
His process was beautifully analog — turntable, cassette recorder, a stack of vinyl, and a deep love of music from around the world.
🎧 Listen to Rock 1 reborn as a Spotify playlist:
Now 84, he loves watching YouTube reaction videos — young people discovering the songs he grew up with. If you ask me, that’s legacy.
I carry it forward. What started with homemade tapes and CDs has become playlists that soundtrack every season of life — and every phase of work.
Every post I write has a rhythm. Each toolkit has a vibe. Each playlist has a jam. So, of course, they come with a mixtape. Take a listen:
