The Beauty of Mix-Tapes

well, this post will be short and sweet.
recently i met someone who has reminded me of the beauty of the mix-tape/mix cd, and I don't mean the cd where you just throw on all your favourite songs on in some random order.

no, the mix cd i'm talking about is where you spend time planning the order, the artists, the tracks and the overall theme that the cd will convey to the audience.

y'see, the mix cd is something complex. as Rob Gordon put it in Nick Hornby's novel, and movie, High Fidelity;

"The making of a great compilation tape, like breaking up, is hard to do and takes ages longer than it might seem. You gotta kick off with a killer, to grab attention. Then you got to take it up a notch, but you don't wanna blow your wad, so then you got to cool it off a notch. There are a lot of rules. Anyway... I've started to make a tape... in my head... for Laura. Full of stuff she likes. Full of stuff that'll make her happy. For the first time I can sort of see how that's done."


Its all about making a compilation that the person will enjoy.

thats what i'm trying to do for this person.

Just wanted to share a great quote.

Wish me luck.