Staff Picks – Music Edition

Working at Play MPE is a lot of fun, for a lot of reasons – namely, the music industry is exciting in and of itself!  We also have an amazing team of smart, driven and kind people – and well, we love what we do.

What do we do? Well, we make it possible for the music industry to connect and collaborate from a single platform. Music and tech goodness. 

We also have a lot of fun while making this happen. We build collaborative playlists, do activities together (albeit via laptops as of late), share recipes,  have guacamole contests… 

With music in mind (it always is) – we thought it would be fun to share some of our favourites with you. Play MPE staff answered some questions about their musical tastes – check it out! 

Who is your favourite band/artist? 

  • The Beatles
  • Jay Z
  • The National
  • Mozart
  • Pink Floyd
  • Hiatus Kaiyote
  • The Weeknd
  • Kris Wu
  • Michael Bublé
  • U2
  • Eraserheads
  • Taylor Swift
  • The Clash
  • Bruno Mars
  • Kid Cudi
  • Adele
  • Jungle
  • This Will Destroy You
  • Dr. Dre
  • Tool
  • Andy James
  • Ty Segall
  • Wyvern Lingo
  • Michael Jackson

What are some of your top desert island albums? 

  • Fleetwood Mac – The Dance
  • Black Keys – El Camino
  • Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
  • Bruno Mars – 24K Magic 
  • Pixies – Surfer Rosa
  • The Beatles – Rubber Soul
  • The Weeknd – Trilogy 
  • NWA – Straight Outta Compton 
  • Lorde – Melodrama
  • The Tragically Hip – Fully Completely
  • Green Day – American Idiot 
  • Disclosure – Settle
  • Curtis Mayfield – Super Fly 
  • Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
  • Parliament – Mothership Connection 
  • The Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream
  • Black Sabbath – Blizzard of Oz 
  • Sublime 40oz to Freedom 
  • Death Cab for Cutie – Plans
  • The Cure – Three Imaginary Boys

What was the first concert you ever attended? 

  • Seal 
  • Platinum Blonde
  • Village People
  • Scorpions
  • The Feelers
  • The Who 
  • Barney the Dinosaur
  • Public Enemy 
  • Timbiriche
  • KISS
  • Duo Rendezvous
  • Guns N’ Roses
  • Peter Gabriel
  • Velvet Revolver
  • Arijit Singh
  • Matthew Good Band 
  • Jonas Brothers
  • Metallica
  • Bon Jovi
  • Barenaked Ladies
  • The Cars

What is your favourite music related movie?

  • Across the Universe
  • Whiplash
  • Almost Famous
  • 8 Mile
  • Queen 
  • Get Rich or Die Trying
  • This is Spinal Tap
  • Ladies and Gentlemen the Fabulous Stains
  • School of Rock
  • Straight Outta Compton
  • Sound of Music
  • The Doors
  • Grease
  • August Rush
  • The Bodyguard
  • Hustle & Flow
  • Moulin Rouge
  • Crossroads

What is the first album you ever owned?

  • David Bowie – Changes
  • MC Hammer – Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ‘Em
  • Clon – Are You Ready 
  • Weezer – Blue Album
  • NKOTB – New Kids on the Block
  • Eraserheads – Cutterpillow 
  • 4 Non Blondes – Bigger, Better, Faster, More!
  • Dr Dre – 2001
  • S Club 7 – S Club 7 
  • Angela Chang – Aurora
  • Queen – The Game
  • Pearl Jam – Ten 
  • Aerosmith – Get a Grip
  • Rage Against the Machine – Evil Empire
  • Bon Jovi – Crush 

 

Now to build a new playlist!