1/ So First Off - Tell Us your Name, City and Country and what you currently do for a living?
Cam Bigelow - Music to Curator
Cam Bigelow, San Francisco CA, USA
Outside of being a curator for the Music to Practice Yoga Playlist, I work for a tech startup called Asana in San Francisco. On the side, I teach yoga part time at CorePower and run an online men's group.
2/ Is This Something You Always Wanted To Do? What Do You Enjoy About It?
I've always wanted to go to Bali. I've been having a big travel bug lately and have had a calling to go fulfill it.
3/ Tell Us About Your First Musical Memory - Why Do You Think You Remember It?
I've been around music for my entire life as my dad always had a few guitars lying around the house. The earliest I can remember is him trying to teach me Sweet Home Alabama on the guitar when I was around 8 years old or so. I think I remember it so well is because that was the first time I successfully played anything on an instrument - and it helped launch my love for guitar and started my journey to many other areas of music.
4/ Who Did You Make Your First Mixtape / Playlist For - What Was The Result - Did They Dig It?
I made a lot of mixtapes growing up - but not really for anyone in particular, just because I loved putting together a playlist to see how I could link from one song to another.
5/ What Made You Go Online And Search About Music Curation?
I'm a yoga teacher and have been making playlists for almost every class over my 2.5 year tenure. As I kept searching for music, I came across a playlist that had 1000s of followers which sparked the idea of sharing my playlists out.
6/ Tell us about the name of your Playlist - where did that come from?
Music to Practice Yoga to - I think that one is quite obvious ;)
7/ What does a track have to have to make it onto your list, is there something special that you look for?
I'm all about nature and earthy rhythms. When you listen to my tracks, you'll see a natural progression from the beginning of the list, to the middle, to the end in terms of volume and energy. As it's designed to start from integration through savasana. But each piece has a connection to Mother Earth that drives the practitioner all the way home. Not to mention the music I choose needs to bring out authentic emotion.
8/ What can an artist do in their track submission to your list to ensure that you'll listen to their track?
Tell me where in a yoga sequence this song will go. There are quite a few different themes during a single class - you've got your slower and light integration song, to your beat driven melodic tunes to where we flow. And certainly let your passion come through when writing about the piece.
If I can't feel anything from your words, chances are I won't listen to the track.
9/ We know - these change all the time - but as of this week - what are your all time top 5 favorite tracks.
I've been rocking these 5 on repeat for a while now:
Treat You Better - Rufus Du Sol
Show Me Love - Hundred Waters
Spirit Cold - Tall Heights
Moon / Sun - Trevor Hall
You Make My Dreams - Hall & Oates
10/ And finally - which Music to Curator should we interview next?
Caitlin Moss from Music to Forget Your Feelings - you're up!