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I've been making mixed tapes since I was in 5th grade. Back then it was taping songs off the radio that I liked. When I started buying records making the tapes became more fun since I had control over what songs went on and in what order. To me this seemed important and worthy of putting some thought into. Such as, what song starts the tape, how to end the tape (usually drum or guitar solos, cutting them off isn't as disturbing as cutting off a singer; and now that I can burn cd's cutting off the ending song isn't a consideration), the moods of the various songs and how the mood changes over the course of a side of a tape. Over the years I've come up with some interesting combinations. I've even gotten comments from friends expressing concern over my mental well-being for putting Skynard, then Metallica, and then to the part of Stairway to Heaven with the backwards message played forward, then backward (spun the turntable with my finger), then the Beatles, then Yngwie Malmsteen, etc. You get the idea.

So, the big question. Do you put much thought into your mixes? Do you just throw together a bunch of songs that you like, or do you carefully plan out what song should follow this or that etc.? Would you care to post a song list of one of your favorite mixed tapes/cds?

Here's one of mine (from a set of 17 mixed cd's I burned when I first got this computer; all songs from my cd collection, none from KaZaa):

Industrial Disease - Dire Straits
Whirlpool - Meat Puppets
Rain When I Die - Alice In Chains
Still...You Turn Me On - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Alone + Easy Target - Foo Fighters
Shinin' On - Grand Funk
Down In A Hole - Alice In Chains
Shock The Monkey - Peter Gabriel
Would - Alice In Chains
Army Ants - Stone Temple Pilots
Breakout - Foo Fighters
Hold Me Down - Gin Blossoms
Long Way Down - Goo Goo Dolls
New Sensation - INXS
Straight To Hell - The Clash
Aurora Borealis - Meat Puppets
That Smell - Lynyrd Skynyrd

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