The Commute Playlist, Constraint #74
Create a playlist that is exactly the length of your daily commute. Not one song more, not one less. Listen to it every day for a week without changing it.
Reference artist(s): Brian Eno.
The protocol
- Measure the exact duration of your daily commute… down to the minute.
- Create a playlist on your streaming platform. Add tracks until you reach that exact duration. The last track may be cut off by your arrival… that’s intentional.
- Start the playlist at the exact moment you leave home. Always the same song to begin with.
- For seven days, same playlist, same order, same departure time if possible.
- Note how your perception of the tracks changes with repetition. Which songs end up belonging to which moments of the journey. Upload the playlist and your notes to the site.
Variations
- Do it for the return journey with a different playlist.
- Change the playlist each week and compare the moods.
Post your trace on ouviepo.fr with the hashtag #ouviepo_TheCommutePlaylist