Now that Partner 1 and I live together, there are many more opportunities for sexytimes than there were in the past. However, when Partner 1 moved in, her adult daughter came with her. As an adult, of course her daughter knows that her mother and I are engaging in intimate activites, but it’s only polite to put on music to… well… not drown it out, per se (nothing can really drown out the sound of a good spanking), but at least make the attempt to cover it up.

I have a specific playlist I use when I need background music that is good to spank to — besides my spanking music playlist. It’s on YouTube Music and it’s called “Left Brain, Right Beat”. I usually shuffle it so it’s not the same songs over and over again. The music is mostly instrumental, with a good beat. Some of the songs are a little higher-tempo than I’d like and my arm/wrist gets tired from the repetitive motions, but I work around that.

Everyone has their own music that they like to play to. Many dungeons have instrumental (or mostly instrumental) background music; however, some that I’ve been to use rock or alternative music, or even hip-hop. One time I was at a dungeon during the holidays that was playing humorous holiday songs on loop — and let me tell you, it’s not easy to spank someone to “The Hanukkah Song”. Some people who go to dungeons will wear noise-cancelling headphones and play their own soundtracks where no one else can hear them. And some people like silence; when possible, I prefer to spank people when there is no music because then I can hear their noises better. Some people I spank are very quiet — their noises are tiny and hard to hear. With music on, there’s no way to hear them.

But music is often used as ambiance, or as politeness, or as noise to fill the space. It’s that last one that I’m not a fan of, although I certainly understand it. In the meantime, I guess I’ll keep shuffling my playlist.