About
A mixtape, with the liner notes left in.
A Playlist For… is a small, independent music publication. Each playlist is made for a moment, picked and put in order by a person, and published with notes on what you’re hearing.
Who picks the music
Every playlist is chosen, ordered and approved by the editor. Software helps with research, page layout and checking our records. It doesn’t choose songs and it doesn’t write the notes.
What we check before a playlist goes up
- The recording is the right one. If a playlist promises a particular live performance, we confirm it is that performance, not a studio take or a later concert with the same title.
- “Instrumental” means instrumental. No singing, spoken intros or wordless vocals. We only put that label on after listening to every track all the way through. Until then the page says the review is still in progress.
- The length is the real length. Running times are added up from the actual tracks, not rounded to sound good.
- It suits where it will be played. A Halloween porch with children is not a horror party. We listen for sudden volume jumps and anything unsuitable.
- Facts have sources. When a note says when or where something was recorded, it links to where we found that out. Where a note is our own opinion, it reads as opinion.
- The link works for you. A playlist doesn’t go up until its listening link has been opened from an account that isn’t the curator’s.
What requests can and can’t do
When you describe a moment, the site shows the closest playlists we’ve already made. That match runs on our own descriptions of each playlist, not on your listening history, and it doesn’t create a new playlist for you. If you send the idea to the editor, we read it when choosing what to make next. We can’t promise to make every request or say when. If you ask for a reply, we may get in touch.
What this isn’t
We are not affiliated with Spotify. Listening happens in your own Spotify app, on whatever speakers you use. A click on “Listen on Spotify” only tells us someone clicked. It doesn’t tell us anything was played. Nobody can pay to put a song on one of our playlists, and we never accept payment for placement.
Mistakes
If you hear a surprise vocal, the wrong version, or a link that doesn’t open, tell us. We fix the page and the playlist and update the date it was last checked.