Wanna have a lockdown friendly jive?
A groove with minimal space to move?
Or a dance around the drawers for your pants?
Well fear not because us lot have got 10 top ways to make you sway and hit that funky sore spot.
1. Free DJ, Producer and musician streams
Every DJ and his Grandmother are streaming during the lockdown. D-Nice bucked the trend earlier garnering 100k views and a slew of celebrity clientele tuning in From Alicia Keys to Usher and more. But artists and DJs from all scenes are making themselves heard, from A-trak doing weekly drops to producers battling it out for beat supremacy Like the 90s master songwriter Babyface taking on the legendary New Jack godfather Teddy Riley. Also youtube has a lot of live streams from many famous musicians like John Legend and Blake Shelton under the #Stayhome tag on youtube, but older artists like Gary Barlow who dominated the 90s are coming out of the woodwork so you can relive the magic. Plus there have been a few streaming festivals featuring many artists in different locations performing on the same day and best of all, mostly all the content on youtube is up to watch and re-watch at your pleasure.
2.Revisiting your old (or parents old) cd collection
Everyone currently in your household has probably owned at least one cd in their life and you are no exception. There is a reason your hairbrush got drenched as you sang Wannabe by Spicegirls, or your cd player speakers got a thrashing from something by Prodigy or Pearl Jam (thanks Hit Machine). Maybe you probably scratched a copy of Jagged Little Pill or Meteora beyond recognition? If it wasn't for CDs you would've been stuck with the radio, not have heard that sweet Todd Terry Remix and not have a box lying in the garage full of music from your childhood. That being said, maybe it's time to clean up the garage, pull out your old collection and crank it up as you finally get down to cleaning your garage (or basement or possibly attic).
3.Find an old hard drive or MP3 player.
Remember when you downloaded a bunch of viruses, and some music and a few more viruses off Limewire? Well maybe you might still have a hard drive lying about filled with classic old mp3 files, likely in 128k. If you do, dust it off (and make sure you rid it of any nasty .exe files) and relive your youth in not so glorious 128kbps. Don't blame me for the low quality, I'm just the messenger. Alternatively you should be able find, (barring the meme mp3s) the titles on Spotify, which leads me to the next point.
4. Build a playlist of favourite songs on spotify.
Self explanatory really, plus it saves you having to post your favourite songs or albums on Facebook and get chastised for being the umpteenth person to do so instead.
5. Pull out your old guitar, bust out your piano or take up that instrument you always wanted to.
What's more to say. No time like the present when going outside has limitations.
6. Get your Karaoke on
Don't have a karaoke machine? Just hook up a mic to your pc or laptop, search "your favourite song" + Karaoke and away you go.
7. Dance Dance Revolution and Guitar Hero anyone?
Ever heard of Clone Hero? Go to https://clonehero.net/ and now you have a free version of Guitar Hero with every song you could possibly imagine and the ability to edit and add the songs you can't. Just get a PS2 Guitar Hero Guitar with a PS2 to USB adaptor Found here or a USB Guitar and you are set.
As for DDR it's basically the same go but their alternative is available for free via www.Stepmania.com
8. Support your local retailers trading in store or online during lockdown.
Yes some music stores are still open during lockdown like Beatdisc and Redeye records, and others like Repressed are still running online. So give them a yell and buy a copy of your fave artists latest release. Not only are you supporting local business but you're one of the few things keeping these artists afloat, especially during this time.
9.Make a Mixtape.
I'm not exactly talking cassette tapes but Physical media is what it's about. Dig out a CDr, grab your fave MP3s some paper and Markers and draw up a cool looking cover. Also if you have a special someone maybe you can even write in a special dedication and burn them a copy.
10. Hire some headphones from us.
That's right party people. If you're bored stuck at home, turn your house into a club with one of our patented lockdown packages. We've had many happy customers during lockdown and if you wanna be cool like them hit us up for a quote. The deals we have going may surprise you and all the instagramable pics will make you the envy of all your friends.
Throw a small lockdown friendly gathering with your fam and 2 guests and have the lockdown event of your life.
