Art Of the Mix

I awoke too early this morning. After about an hour of tossing and turning my girlfriend kicked me out of bed. So the gf and I have set a date for the big day. Oct 7, 2007. Now with almost two years to go her inner chick has kicked in and I'm up to my eye balls in wedding website, magazines, and what-nots. Currently I'm sitting here with a cup of coffee adding more music to my iTunes and discovering that maybe the 120GB external HD may not be big enough. Did I mention I have a lot of music. So that brings me to another point. I have been trying to make a few mixes for a few friends and have had a block. I've discovered the source of this block so I think I am now able to work through it. In my younger years I have wasted many a day at the stereo making the perfect mix, fine tuning, fading into and out of. There is something about the total hands on process of making a cassette mix that is for the most park lost on CD's and playlist. I've even gone as far to get the RoughGuide to Playlists to help me out. Now I realise just what it is that I've been missing from the process of making a solid mix. Art work too is another thing in my way. Everything fits so nice in a cassette. I was the kind of person who spent many a time prowling the net in search of the perfect pre-made j-card or cool graphic. I was so simple to just open up any magazine and bam! there you go instant cover art. I used to have a file folder with various picture and what-not that made good cover art. So I am hooking up my old stereo and getting down to business. Those of you who I was planning to burn a few mixes for will still receive your mixes in CD format, but for my own sanity and creativity I will being again to mix in cassette.


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