Music to stay classy while barbering
Awoooo~ Five Six Seven O Nine!
No, its not a call for a werewolf hotline. I was immersing myself to a catchy tune from Junko Ohashi’s Telephone Number.
It liberates my vocal chords, or probably to satisfy my primal need to howl during the quiet days in the barbershop.
Funny thing is, that’s probably the only line in English. I suppose its true then that music transcend barriers. You resonate with the song that invokes your mood for the day, in this case, nostalgia and those delightful yesteryear.
I got into a newfound love for classic mixtapes which I was inspired by Marvel’s movie, The Guardians of The Galaxy.
For millennials who are absolutely clueless about mixtapes, it’s essentially a physical playlist like Spotify. Except that we have to manually record our favourite songs off the radio and into a tape cassette via a tape recorder (see below).
*Pro hack: Use a pencil to manually rewind the tapes in order to conserve double AA batteries in your cassette player.
Unfortunately, cassette tapes were no longer in style when technology favours a newer recording format in Compact Discs (CDs). The mid 90s was a transition age where music, which was conventionally stored into magnetic tapes were now being stored into digital formats, like the popular MP3.
By the year 2000, everyone celebrated the new millennia. Perhaps the downfall of the cassette tapes were drastically affected by consumer trend; embracing the future and letting go of the old.
Industry players were quick to cash in on the Y2K hype and began offering music into MP3 players. Most famously, the first Apple iPod and later on, Microsoft Zune.
And the rest is history.
Music is now available instantly, via streaming service providers.
I was casually looking around on YouTube for inspiration and found this channel by chance — Artzie Music opened the doors to a genre called City Pop, which I instantly fell in love.
My clients love it. They really do.
“Yeah, its soothing. It’s much better than the music you hear today anyway. Music is like kimchi. The longer you store it, the tastier it becomes.” My client remarked as I was busily scrutinising and making minor details on his freshly faded pompadour.
You know what? I concur, even though I’m not a fan of preserved vegetables.
What songs do you recommend? Let me know in your comments.
Arigato Gozaimasu and thanks for reading!
