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Trivial Pursuits => Arts & Entertainment => Topic started by: pmcd9 on January 11, 2004, 08:22:53 am
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You gotta mix 'em and shit and it's not easy to get the right blend.
~Paul
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There is a definite art to it.
I really enjoy mixing, but then it's one of my myriad jobs. But then that's mixing not making mix tapes. Although it's basically the same. Just with some extra thrown in.
I'm going to bed already...
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For me, back when I was furiously file-trading, I would wind up with a random batch of tunes that needed to be put on a CD. So I would just juggle them. I just try to make it so that there' s some kind of through-line from one song to another, even if the CD winds up taking some very strange turns.
And then sometimes you just have to find a bridging song to fill the gap. "How the fuck do I get from Jennifer Lopez's 'Waiting For Tonight' to 'Los Angeles' by X? Hmmm...wait! 'I Know What Boys Like' by The Waitresses!" That kinda shit.
The Todd CD kinda starts off as a raucous party CD, then becomes a power pop sampler, and winds down into something quiet. And that's one of my more rational mixes.
My 2 cents.
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For me, back when I was furiously file-trading, I would wind up with a random batch of tunes that needed to be put on a CD. So I would just juggle them. I just try to make it so that there' s some kind of through-line from one song to another, even if the CD winds up taking some very strange turns.
And then sometimes you just have to find a bridging song to fill the gap. "How the fuck do I get from Jennifer Lopez's 'Waiting For Tonight' to 'Los Angeles' by X? Hmmm...wait! 'I Know What Boys Like' by The Waitresses!" That kinda shit.
The Todd CD kinda starts off as a raucous party CD, then becomes a power pop sampler, and winds down into something quiet. And that's one of my more rational mixes.
My 2 cents.
I'm just about to say fuck it it's done. I wanted to make a mix of pure power pop and rock 'n roll, but instead it came out all murder ballads and country 'n western.
~Paul
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I usually try to start out with one song that I decide I NEED to have on the cd, and build around it thematically. For my "55 Years Later" mix, it was 'Papa Was a Rodeo', so I picked songs that I thought had a similar mood or tempo. I don't even think I've listened to it all the way through, so hopefully it came together ok.
Edit: Oh, and Paul, your cd sounds super rad.
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I am already frustrated that there are about two dozen more songs that aren't on my mix that I want to share with you people.
So those I haven't yet mailed may get a two volume set. If you get only a single disc and feel cheated, PM me for the other disc.
NOT AVAILABLE IN STORES
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My format: as I've done each of the past few years, I kept a list of every CD I picked up over the course of the year. Then in December, I take them, plus whatever various MP3s and so on that I think represent the year, and mix 'em up. I had about 23 or so songs but had to boil them down to 17 to fit on a disc.
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My format: as I've done each of the past few years, I kept a list of every CD I picked up over the course of the year. Then in December, I take them, plus whatever various MP3s and so on that I think represent the year, and mix 'em up. I had about 23 or so songs but had to boil them down to 17 to fit on a disc.
Yes Carlos thanks for pointing out that this would be a hell of a lot easier if I were more organized. J/K.
EDIT: J/K about my sarcastic tone, not J/K about being totally disorganized.
~Paul
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I know so little about music and am so bad at consistent themes that I just throw on whatever I feel like in any order.
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Bolstered by Andalucia's encouragement I've stepped up to the plate and taken another swing at creating a satisfactory mixtape. A few minor adjustments later and my creation is ready for distribution. Even as I write the burner is churning at a moderate 24x. Now to create a label.
~Paul