Young Sinatra

I just finished reading the fascinating book Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction Hardcover by Derek Thompson. In his book, Thompson states that studies have proven that most people stop listening to new music after the age of thirty. It’s like people lock in a permanent playlist and only listen to that. I definitely must not be the norm. I’m always on a quest to find new music to listen to. Last year, I was into listening to blue grass and traditional folk music. It seems in the last few months I have been listening to all sorts of Big Band music from the 1930s and 40s people like Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey and many others. Of course, each Big Band had singers accompany them. Young Frank Sinatra was a singer for the Tommy Dorsey Band before he struck out on his own. I did this portrait of young Frank Sinatra in watercolor and colored pencils. What’s on your current playlist? What new music have you been listening to, if any?