College Music Project


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Oct 08

PMA College Music Project: UCLA – Los Angeles, CA

PMA College Music Project: UCLA   Los Angeles, CA college music project
It has been a long time coming, but we’re finally ready to unveil the next featured school in PMA’s ongoing College Music Project! Eight from students who live or dwell with UCLA students and have embraced the 10 quintessential UCLA dorm party songs many times. I really hope more college students continue to email me with their School’s Top 10 songs played around the halls and at parties. I’d like to make this a regular series, but I need your help!

Without further ado, here is UCLA’s Top 10 Songs (According to 8 entries) Continue reading →


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Aug 08

PMA College Music Project: NYU – New York City, New York

PMA College Music Project: NYU   New York City, New York college music project

Earlier this week I ran an idea passed everyone. To my endless gratitude and surprise, I received many submissions for the PMA College Music Project! Three from students who live or dwell with NYU students and have embraced the 10 quintessential NYU dorm party songs many times. I really hope more college students continue to email me with their School’s Top 10 songs played around the halls and at parties. I really want to keep this weekly feature up. Remember, emailing me makes you the Office PMA Ambassador of your respective school (doesn’t that sound fancy)!

Without further ado, here is NYU’s Top 10 Songs (According to 3 entries)

Bloc Party – Mercury
The Ting Tings – That’s Not My Name
CSS – Left Behind
The Ting Tings – Shut Up And Let Me Go
MGMT – Electric Feel
Santogold – L.E.S. Artistes
Mystery Jets – Two Doors Down
Katy Perry – I Kissed a Girl
The Ting Tings – Great DJ
Madonna – Give It 2 Me

Download: PMA College Music Project: NYU [60 MB .zip]

Does anyone else think NYU is totally obsessed with The Ting Tings? But we all know there’s nothing wrong with that. I also love the presence of the Best Worst Song of 2008 (”I Kissed a Girl”) and Madonna’s best song since she was a cowboy (”Give It 2 Me”).


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Aug 08

PMA’s College Music Project

NYU

This summer has really been a non-stop roadtrip! Mostly, I’ve been visiting old childhood friends and family from all over the country. Growing up with 6 or 7 cousins wasn’t always fun (yeah, it was…) but now that we’ve grown up, its really great to go visit each other at school. Over the last few weeks, I’ve visited friends/family at NYU, Penn State, University of TX (UT), BYU in Utah, Uni. of Massachusetts, Uni. of Maryland, and Uni. of Los Vegas. Having fun with the college kids in those cities was great and I was excited to find out a lot of them were into some insanely cool music. Which gave me an idea.

According to Quantcast, the leading internet research service, 54% of Pretty Much Amazing readers are 18-34 years old and 64% of readers are in, or have attended college/grad school. So, in a sense, Pretty Much Amazing is a great cross-section of current or former college kids. Thus, I present the PMA College Music Project.

The basic concept of the PMA College Music Project is simple. Those of you that are or have been in college, live in a college town and are shamelessly embracing the college culture more than you’d like people to know SHOULD email me with a list of 5-10 songs that seem to be pervasively ubiquitous around the dorm parties, campus bonfires, whatever. Once a week–say, Wednesday? — I will assemble a list of a Campus-specific mixtape/playlist. This could be fun. Maybe even a possible podcast if the reception is positive enough. So, email me already!