For this year at least, I gave up the idea of staying up until midnight to ring in the new year. I used to be a creature of nocturnal habits, but these days I'm ready to sleep by 10:00 PM. I'm not sure what has changed, other than my age. Maybe nothing.
This morning, I'm catching up on listening to music I bought during the last Bandcamp day. Bandcamp is going to continue to waive their fees on select Fridays for at least the immediate future, which means more money in the pockets of the artists. If nothing else, 2020 was a year where a lot of new people realized how essential art, in its myriad forms, is. I can't imagine life without it.
The first music to enter my ears this year has been:
Adrian Lane "Lekko Sketches Volume 3"
Die Geister Beschworen "Compilation Tracks"
irr.app.(ext.) "2020 Monthly Digital Single: Vesicular Distributor (November)"
Loam "Spirits" from "A Musical Benefit for the Yanomami"
Sylvie Walder + irr.app.(ext.) "Melange 1"
Now, to go do something productive.