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Old 08.09.2006, 08:47 PM   #61
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what the fuck is so wrong with making mixed cds & posting those?
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Old 08.09.2006, 09:00 PM   #62
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nothing, what's wrong with tapes?
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Old 08.09.2006, 09:24 PM   #63
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what the fuck is so wrong with making mixed cds & posting those?
I don't think they are against CD-R's they just want tapes. I don't understand why either...
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Old 08.10.2006, 03:16 AM   #64
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It takes us back to our youth.

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Old 08.10.2006, 03:17 AM   #65
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Old 08.10.2006, 03:27 AM   #66
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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?
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Old 08.10.2006, 03:33 AM   #67
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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.
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Old 08.10.2006, 03:56 AM   #68
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Old 08.10.2006, 09:42 AM   #69
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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.
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Old 08.10.2006, 10:09 AM   #70
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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.
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Old 08.10.2006, 10:13 AM   #71
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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.
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Old 08.10.2006, 10:14 AM   #72
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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'm doing the same. Kind of a compilation of the things that interest me at the moment.
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Old 08.10.2006, 10:55 AM   #73
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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.
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...
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Old 08.10.2006, 10:58 AM   #74
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Okay, whatever.
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Old 08.10.2006, 11:01 AM   #75
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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...

You don't own a turntable!? Dude, what century do you live in!?
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Old 08.10.2006, 11:05 AM   #76
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what the fuck is so wrong with making mixed cds & posting those?

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.
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Old 08.10.2006, 11:05 AM   #77
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ok i'll do it. how many people signed up last time and actually did it?
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Old 08.10.2006, 11:17 AM   #78
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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.

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.
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Old 08.10.2006, 11:23 AM   #79
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ok i'll do it. how many people signed up last time and actually did it?

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

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Everyneurotic
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jon boy

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pokkeherrie
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Old 08.10.2006, 11:25 AM   #80
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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.

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.
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