ill do it!

i put off doing it last time...

ill do it tonight, or atleast get the tracklist ready.

im exicted, i think.

Well you did buy your entire record collection in one go now,havent you golden child??(just joking,don't worry)

was on nathan barley where they have a bit about someone whose job it is to buy a record collection for people? i reckon i'd make a mint if i did that.

Yep.Especially if they'd have no choice after you bought the records.Force feed them basically.

This is actually really cool.
I wish I could join but you know.
I'm lazy.

Go on, join in!

I had a fairly strict criteria for the first mixtape, so this time I will either choose a different strict criteria or just be random. There's quite a mix within that first tape's strict criteria though.

I was going for a theme of sorts for the second tape, but that quickly changed. So its semi-themed. Whatever that may mean.

I think there must be some second tape syndrome because I was going to go for a theme this time. I might still, hmmmm (the sound of me pondering).

I want to avoid using mostly the same artists as I did in tape one.

I think its harder to carry a theme, because rather than just picking songs, you're picking songs that are about something, or fit into a specific genre or what have you.

It seemed like there were so many songs I wanted to add to the first one, but now I find my self searching.

the thing that makes me hesitant to enter this is that i kind of imagine i'll put time and effort into making a tape for someone only to receive a tape with multiple tracks by dino jr/mudhoney/SY/MBV/pavement or whatever. however, seeing which people are involved i doubt this will actually be the case.

i just try to just line up tunes that will sound good after each other whilst gradually traversing styles or moods, rather than create a concept for the mix, it's much easier.

ha, totally.

Not a single one of those bands are featured on my tapes. I would not have it any other way. I can't imagine anyone else who sent a tape to do that either. Porky sending some Dino? Golden Child picking Mudhoney? No way.

Also, look at who is participating. You should take part because you have a lot to offer! I think the same can be said for Savage Clone, but I assume he isn't interested for the same reason you are leary.

I wanted mine to be space related. But....I ran out of options. Most of the stuff I have that involves space is from Sun Ra (nearly everything he recorded).

What about us younger fans that don't have tape recorders? :(

At the very least, you've got to have an old boom box laying around some where.

I might have to ask my dad and go digging through our garage. But can they even record to tapes? Man, I'm so out of the cassette loop...

what do they teach in the schools these days?!

Not much...

what the fuck is so wrong with making mixed cds & posting those?

nothing, what's wrong with tapes?

I don't think they are against CD-R's they just want tapes. I don't understand why either...

It takes us back to our youth.

Anyone want to trade 8-tracks?

I'm in, by the way. I got my 7"s down from the attic yesterday evening.

Yay!!The thing is with mixtapes there is a certain intimacy that is definately missing from mix cds.I haven't got a problem with cds at all.Why would i own so many if i did?

Mix tapes are so much less hassle to make too. I mean, how many people here have the facility to convert vinyl to digital format? I don't have it, but from what I understand it's a real chore.

No it's not sonicl.Once you get to know what to plug into what socket it's piss easy.

I'm stoked. I'm even brainstorming cover art ideas. I uncovered an old scrapbook containing a bunch of my grade school stuff, report cards, school pix, spelling bee ribbons, and odds and ends. I might do something with that stuff.

The second one was easier than the 1st for me(no second tape syndrome there).I just put music that i would have listened to at that particular time regardless.

I don't know what the overall theme will be, or if there will even be one, but my little sub-theme is absolutely top drawer.

I'm doing the same. Kind of a compilation of the things that interest me at the moment.

What about the people that don't need to convert vinyl to digital format? lol. I don't own any vinyl or even own a turntable...

Okay, whatever.

You don't own a turntable!? Dude, what century do you live in!? ;)

Personally, I have no interest in receiving a mix cd for the reasons stated by Porky and others. I have a pile of cd's that people have done for me that I NEVER listen to. But I have mix tapes more than 10 years old that I still play.

That's why I started a mix tape thread. When cryptothingy suggested adding mix CD's, I suggested it might be an idea to start a separate CD swap thread. He did this, but I understand that it wasn't all that successful. I don't think many people signed up to it. Maybe it's worth finding that thread and seeing if the people who did sign up are still interested.

I also don't have a turntable and only buy CD's these days by the way.

ok i'll do it. how many people signed up last time and actually did it?

At the risk of sounding pretentious and snobby, there is a different "feel" or aesthetic to a mix tape as opposed to a mix CD. For one thing, you've got two sides to a tape. That automatically creates two arcs.

You also have to slow down, both when you make the tape and when you listen. The taping is "live," you have to record as you play and listen, there's no quick downloading and so on.

And when you're playing back, there's no instantaneous forwarding to another track; you either have to listen to the whole tape or shuffle through the tape sequence searching for a track.

There were 9 in total last time. I think most people from last time are taking part in Round 2.

Confirmed from last time:

Me
sonicl
gmku
Hip Priest
Porkmarras
Пятхъдесят Шест

I'm not sure about Glice, finding nobody, Danny Himself

Plus:

Everyneurotic
golden child
jon boy

Maybes:

pokkeherrie
Toilet & Bowels

Couldn't have put it better.

And i'm glad you liked the Stilluppsteypa ep. And I'm even more glad that two people have got pleasure from something that would have just gathered dust indefinitely.