Mixtapes, Playlists, and Algorithms
CreativeCandy: GoodSong.Club
Remember the days before AI DJs and recommendation algorithms?
We used to buy records, share headphones, make mixtapes, and download the occasional virus from LimeWire.
Gosh! The nostalgia!
Recently, I came across Roby Saavedra, a designer and developer with a super sweet creative project aimed at bringing back a human touch to the way we experience music.
Roby is the mind behind GoodSong.Club, a social media web app where users post song recommendations to a chronological feed. It is a human-first platform, free of algorithms, where music lovers share songs that light a fire in their loins.
I’ve spent a few hours on the site, and it’s been a joy to use—a HEAVY dose of inspiration. I found a few new favorite tracks and made a sick little playlist and a couple of ad concepts (songs and ads below).
Finding useful and inspiring projects is a kink I didn’t know I had.
Due to these recent findings, this newsletter will continue to push high-quality content and will feature sexy, useful, and refreshing creative projects and the makers behind them.
So, if you have any cool projects and makers I should check out, just hit reply or slide in my DMs. And if you dig the ads below and want copy that sounds like Bose and prints like Epson, talk to me.
While you wait for the next letter, I made you a short playlist with songs you’ve never heard but will likely forever love.
I don’t know about you, but I like my playlists like I like my guac—handmade.
And don’t forget to check out GoodSong.Club. Let me know what you think.