Mix CD Archives

[kismet09]

My computer sounds like it's on its way to dying. Mostly, I think the fan wants to give out, but with every new noise, I feel compelled to back up my hard drive onto the external drive. Right now, I'm organizing my musicdocs folder. I have over 150 items in this music folder, most of which are track lists. There are CDs I don't even remember making. I think my favorite one that I've found so far is a dessert-themed mix:

1. Incense and Peppermints - Strawberry Alarm Clock
2. Candyman - Aqua
3. Apple Pie a la Mode - Destiny’s Child
4. 32 Flavors - Alana Davis
5. Cherry Pie - Jayhawks
6. Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie - Jay and the Techniques
7. I Want Candy - Romy and Michelle sdtrk
8. Candy Everybody Wants - 10,000 Maniacs
9. Sunshine and Chocolate - Semisonic
10. Sugar Sugar - The Searchers
11. Vianne Sets up Shop - Chocolat sdtrk
12. Sugar and Spice - The Archies
13. Bonomo’s Turkish Taffy - Blue Oyster Cult
14. Candy in the Sun - Never Been Kissed sdtrk
15. Candy Floss - Wilco
16. Candy - Presidents of the USA
17. Fortune Cookie Prize - Beat Happening
18. Sugar High - Empire Records
19. Sex and Candy - Marcy Playground
20. Ice Cream - Sarah McLachlan
21. Caramel - Suzanne Vega
22. Chocolate Brown - Cranberries
23. The Sweetest Thing - Fugees
24. Sweetest Thing - U2

I'm going to guess that this was made for the Grinnell radio show, but I have no recollection. There are some mixes that I outgrow almost as soon as I've made them, and some that I love years later. There are many songs that find their way onto a ridiculous number of mixes, especially as I reshuffle tracklists based on friends' differing but similar tastes. I hope to have a xmas mix done that I can give to a number of people, but the things seem to take me longer to get "right" these days. The art of the mix CD can't be rushed.

Comments

[lunatopaz.livejournal.com]

and with you, it is an art.

that dessert mix sounds fun.

[hiddensarah.livejournal.com]

I found you via raencloud's latest entry on the Paperclip Audio Conference....we have some similar interests, and figured I'd add you :)

[hiddensarah.livejournal.com]

Oh...probably should clarify. I'm a second year csp master's grad in Illinois.

[kismet09.livejournal.com]

cool! i know of one alum from western, but he would've finished 5 or so years ago now. i came up through miami of ohio, and then somehow ended up on the academic administration side, but my heart is still in student affairs.

[hiddensarah.livejournal.com]

Way old comment, so I apologize....

Was just going to say that student affairs needs as many allies as we can get in ac. affairs - someone's gotta help each side understand and work with one another!

[allofadoodah.livejournal.com]

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