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vermin · 06-24-2003, 07:56 PM

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

Melllvar · 06-24-2003, 08:51 PM

I love making mix discs (or tapes in my earlier life)

I usually make a collection that's diverse and sometimes energetic. So, here's a list from a classic cd I made in sometime in the year 2000:

Metallica - Until it Sleeps
Alice In Chains - Man in a Box
Coal Chamber - Shock the Monkey
The Urge - Brainless
Voodoo Glow Skulls - Bulletproof
Fono - Round and Round
Live - The Dolphins Cry
Marillion - Rich
Styx - Best New Face
Not CNN (a funny piece on Saddam, that I made in audio production)
David Bowie - The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell
Buckcherry - Lit Up
Elastica - Connection
Faith No More - Last Cup of Sorrow
Liz Phair - Supernova
Blur - Parklife
INXS - We are the Vegetables
Pearl Jam - Wishlist
Naked - Mann's Chinese
Toad The Wet Sprocket - Whatever I Fear

and vermin, we oughta get together, I need an excuse to return to Wisconsin! Nice to know I share the same music tastes.

cheese · 06-25-2003, 12:44 AM

the mix CD's i make are acculy mixed so yea thought goes in to it.. ANd Mellvar lookme up when you come to wisconsin

Fly · 06-25-2003, 03:18 AM

i usually burn shit that either my kids or myself can jam too.

i've got my 5disc changer hooked up through my P.A. so it gets loud in there.whatever the boy wants to practice the drums too,then we burn him a bunch 'o tunes.

i've a little different tastes in music than him so i do my own mixes.

assorted shit #1,2,3 you get the point.

grapeape · 06-25-2003, 03:52 PM

ever hear of www.artofthemix.org ? it's an entire community devoted to mix tapes/discs. you can post your mix on the site and people can leave comments and set up trades. it's cool.

vermin · 06-25-2003, 05:03 PM

Melllvar:
Oddly enough, I used to live in Anchorage in '75-'77 (3-5 grade), in a trailer court on the south edge of town. Lake Otis Parkway is all I can remember about the address.

grapeape:
Thanks for the link.

06-24-2003, 07:56 PM	#1 (permalink)
vermin Indifferent to anti-matter Location: Tucson, AZ	Mixed tapes/cds 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 __________________ If puns were sausages, this would be the wurst.

06-24-2003, 08:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
Melllvar Crazy Location: Anchorage, Alaska	I love making mix discs (or tapes in my earlier life) I usually make a collection that's diverse and sometimes energetic. So, here's a list from a classic cd I made in sometime in the year 2000: Metallica - Until it Sleeps Alice In Chains - Man in a Box Coal Chamber - Shock the Monkey The Urge - Brainless Voodoo Glow Skulls - Bulletproof Fono - Round and Round Live - The Dolphins Cry Marillion - Rich Styx - Best New Face Not CNN (a funny piece on Saddam, that I made in audio production) David Bowie - The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell Buckcherry - Lit Up Elastica - Connection Faith No More - Last Cup of Sorrow Liz Phair - Supernova Blur - Parklife INXS - We are the Vegetables Pearl Jam - Wishlist Naked - Mann's Chinese Toad The Wet Sprocket - Whatever I Fear and vermin, we oughta get together, I need an excuse to return to Wisconsin! Nice to know I share the same music tastes. __________________ "They shoot without shame In the name of a piece of dirt For a change of accent Or the colour of your shirt Better the pride that resides In a citizen of the world Than the pride that divides When a colorful rag is unfurled" -Neil Peart

06-25-2003, 03:18 AM	#4 (permalink)
Fly see the links to my music? Location: Beautiful British Columbia	i usually burn shit that either my kids or myself can jam too. i've got my 5disc changer hooked up through my P.A. so it gets loud in there.whatever the boy wants to practice the drums too,then we burn him a bunch 'o tunes. i've a little different tastes in music than him so i do my own mixes. assorted shit #1,2,3 you get the point. __________________ BASTARD SterlingStudios

06-25-2003, 05:03 PM	#6 (permalink)
vermin Indifferent to anti-matter Location: Tucson, AZ	Melllvar: Oddly enough, I used to live in Anchorage in '75-'77 (3-5 grade), in a trailer court on the south edge of town. Lake Otis Parkway is all I can remember about the address. grapeape: Thanks for the link. __________________ If puns were sausages, this would be the wurst.

06-25-2003, 12:44 AM	#3 (permalink)
cheese Psycho Location: In your bath tub with all your other rubber toys	the mix CD's i make are acculy mixed so yea thought goes in to it.. ANd Mellvar lookme up when you come to wisconsin

06-25-2003, 03:52 PM	#5 (permalink)
grapeape Upright	ever hear of www.artofthemix.org ? it's an entire community devoted to mix tapes/discs. you can post your mix on the site and people can leave comments and set up trades. it's cool.