I am sick and tired of the image of making a mixtape for someone becoming something huge and meaningful. Please discuss.

it's not necessarily meaningful, but it's a nice thing to give/receive.

np- new order 'perfect kiss' :cool:

the only mix that ever worked out was the Belle and sebastian mix i made for my sister. But most of the time the get listened to once, and are left to collect dust.


Personally i really dislike listening to mixtapes/cds. I prefer listening to entire albums. I can't stand listening to radio either.

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Originally posted by Hyperbole
a couple years ago 2 of my friends asked me to make a mixtape of SP stuff for them. neither of them listened to it, ever.

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Yeah, I hate it when you make a mix for someone and they never listen to it. That's insulting.

a friend of mine has made me like, 3 mix tapes and 2 mix CDs since i've known her and i discovered some of my favorite bands and songs through it.

so, i say thumbs up to mix tapes/CDs.

I like mixed CDs. My ex-boyfriend and I used to exchange them as gifts for each other when we had no money to get anything nice. My friend and I still exchange them so we could keep up with what the other one is listening to.

Originally posted by Salem
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hottttt.

I've loved mixtapes since I was like ten, when I would tape stuff off the radio. I didn't even know they were called mixtapes.

I make mixtapes (cds) for some of my friends, I give a little write out about why I like that song or why i'm including it, and they seem to really like them, so...
i also trade mixtapes (cds) with another friend who has good taste in music, so it exposes me to some new stuff.

so i like them.

Making them makes me feel like I'm participating in some cliched indie cultural ritual.

I don't like mixtapes. If you've never heard the song/band before, and then you listen to the full album later, it's kind of jarring.

Originally posted by Mason R Butler
Making them makes me feel like I'm participating in some cliched indie cultural ritual. the only reason one needs, isn't it?

i made a few mix md's for a nephew of mine, which he really seems to like. and it's a nice way to get the young kids away from mainstream radio....

Originally posted by Mason R Butler
Making them makes me feel like I'm participating in some cliched indie cultural ritual.

Yeah, me too, but that doesn't stop me from obsessing over them so much. :-/

Maybe I'm just bitter. Everyone I make something like that for never reciprocates. I haven't gotten a mix in years and have been putting them together for fun since I was 14 and made an REM mix for a girl.

I'm old. Fuck Mixtapes.

Hey, I'll make you a mix.

someone make me a mixtape. please. i don't know which door to take out of this dark, cold claustrophobic room i call my taste in music.

and reccomend some neil finn, too. and frank zappa.

basically anything 70s that involves zappa is good, john

and i'd make you one too, but i don't think our tastes are really compatible

Originally posted by sawdust restaurants
and i'd make you one too, but i don't think our tastes are really compatible it doesn't matter. seriously. it doesn't at all.

and you'll have to be more specific. zappa released over 20 albums during the 70s.

Originally posted by sawdust restaurants
Hey, I'll make you a mix.
Are you a pretty girl? Then it hardly counts, does it? Oh, who am I kidding, make me a mix. :)

John, as far as Zappa goes, there's a lot of musical ground to cover. I would recommend starting with something like Hot Rats or Burnt Weenie Sandwich.