After yesterday's awesomeness involving in-store plays, today contained just about the only experience that surpases it: I recieved a trio of what passes for a mixtape these days. There was a two volume set that SL made just for me, and then a single disc that she passed on because others have called it her best work in the medium.
Best part of the whole thing? All 3 discs have:
1) songs I know by bands/artists I love.
2) songs I don't know by bands/artists I love
3) songs I don't know by artists I am unfamiliar with.
This, to me, is the key to a successful mix. There need to be a few touchstones... things the other person will already know, then there needs to be a few things by those artists that are either less familiar or totally unfamiliar. Those are the songs that will set the table for the completely unfamiliar songs on the mix.
That doesn't even consider the other aspects, like track order and pacing and emotional content/reaction. Those topics, however, will have to wait for a time when I have heard and fully absorbed all that is waiting for me on those 3 mixes.
Best part of the whole thing? All 3 discs have:
1) songs I know by bands/artists I love.
2) songs I don't know by bands/artists I love
3) songs I don't know by artists I am unfamiliar with.
This, to me, is the key to a successful mix. There need to be a few touchstones... things the other person will already know, then there needs to be a few things by those artists that are either less familiar or totally unfamiliar. Those are the songs that will set the table for the completely unfamiliar songs on the mix.
That doesn't even consider the other aspects, like track order and pacing and emotional content/reaction. Those topics, however, will have to wait for a time when I have heard and fully absorbed all that is waiting for me on those 3 mixes.
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