( just saving the playlist )
This one was tough - guidelines involved only using tracks given to my by other people on their mixes. I also chose to make it on my stand alone CD burner, which is a very different process for me than making a mix on the computer. The stand alone burner makes a mix seem a lot more like a mixed tape used to - it's slower, more deliberate, makes me listen to the lyrics more, and how they fit together, not just how the beginning of one track sounds after the end of another. I cheated a few times - used two songs from one person, and one song that I also have on CD outside of the compilations. The mix came out pretty pensive, almost melancholy, so I put a couple of more uplifting tunes at the end. I haven't listened to it all the way through again yet, so we'll see what I think in the morning.
This one was tough - guidelines involved only using tracks given to my by other people on their mixes. I also chose to make it on my stand alone CD burner, which is a very different process for me than making a mix on the computer. The stand alone burner makes a mix seem a lot more like a mixed tape used to - it's slower, more deliberate, makes me listen to the lyrics more, and how they fit together, not just how the beginning of one track sounds after the end of another. I cheated a few times - used two songs from one person, and one song that I also have on CD outside of the compilations. The mix came out pretty pensive, almost melancholy, so I put a couple of more uplifting tunes at the end. I haven't listened to it all the way through again yet, so we'll see what I think in the morning.