My experience with music while on airplanes

Music has always been an important part of my life. I remember my first iPod. Before that: I remember my Sony Walkman. I remember buying my first Madonna album. I remember dragging my college friends to the club so I could dance to beats I’d never heard before. I remember making mix CDs from all my illegal Napster downloads for my Mom each Christmas.

So it’s no surprise then that when I’m traveling, I bring my music with me. Half the fun of a road trip is planning the music you’ll listen to. But when we fly, why don’t we make mixes as regularly? Truthfully: I’ve never made one for a flight! And I doubt you have either.

On airplanes, we’ve got other distractions I guess. There are the in-flight movies, the frequent overhead announcements trying to get us to sign up for credit card offers or buy duty free. On international flights, I might open up the personal in-flight entertainment and look for an album I want to listen to, but it’s often hard…