Mix Exchange

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

Reading Todd's five year thread and packing up my house and finding mixes from todd, ft, opa, mojo, nakedprey, chase, radcliffe, billzebub, cotton, timmyjoe, wrongsteeple, and many others has made me think. Its been awhile since we've done an old fashion mix exchange. No YSI's -- mailed copies with artwork. And of course, REVIEWS ARE MANDATORY.

Who's up for it? It's probably good timing with lots of folks having put together year end best of's anyway.

Edit:

So far, looks like we've got:

billy g
oldbullee
z
timis
beachy
dog on wheels
drinky
dnorwood
radcliffe
billzebub
zeke the moody drifter
Vanlandingham
Nakedprey
paranoidandroid
Dalen
The Mayor of Simpleton
aFreshStart4Me
bgl3

np: Kay gees

Kingfish · **Posted:** Wed Feb 01, 2006 8:41 pm

I'm in.

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

cool...in the spirit of this:

np: Drinky's "Folk Songs and various oddities"
current song: Bardo Pond "Walking Clouds"

Z · **Joined:** Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:38 pm **Posts:** 7979

i'm in. i usually don't do artwork, but i suppose i could punch out something.

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

I'm not picky about the artwork really. I'm just trying to make it a more tangible thing. I suspect the ysi mixes often get listened to once with a gee thanks token reply and then are deleted. I'd like these to generate some discussion of the mixes and bands/songs which will hopefully happen with a more tangible product and evidence that some work went into it.

Timis · **Posted:** Wed Feb 01, 2006 9:07 pm

count me in

d · **Posted:** Wed Feb 01, 2006 9:12 pm

I don't have a ton of time at the moment to do a mix, and unfortunately, my mixes are usually cobbled together from other people's suggestions! Good idea, though.

(I'm really a charlatan, you know.)

beachy · **Posted:** Wed Feb 01, 2006 9:18 pm

Count me in.

alongwaltz. · **Posted:** Wed Feb 01, 2006 9:20 pm

I have never received a mix, though I have made dozens for friends. So I am solidly in.

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

dnorwood Wrote:

I don't have a ton of time at the moment to do a mix, and unfortunately, my mixes are usually cobbled together from other people's suggestions! Good idea, though.

(I'm really a charlatan, you know.)

I bet if you put your mp3 player on random and just wrote down the first 20 songs it picked you'd probably have the basis of a decent mix.

If you don't have the time I understand...but really I think people make this harder than it needs to be. A lot of the mixes where people try too hard to fill it with obscurities end up being among my least favorite. Not that I'm not guilty of doing that myself on ocassion.

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Wed Feb 01, 2006 9:31 pm

billy g Wrote:

cool...in the spirit of this:

np: Drinky's "Folk Songs and various oddities"
current song: Bardo Pond "Walking Clouds"

oh shit. Sorry about that song. Don't know what I was thinking there. Can't remember what the rest of the tracklist was, but hopefully it's better.

I want in on this one. I've been thinking about making a single disc mix of the Fonotone box. Or I might do something else.

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

Drinky Wrote:

billy g Wrote:

cool...in the spirit of this:

np: Drinky's "Folk Songs and various oddities"
current song: Bardo Pond "Walking Clouds"

oh shit. Sorry about that song. Don't know what I was thinking there. Can't remember what the rest of the tracklist was, but hopefully it's better.

I don't think its a bad song at all. I like the mix although it can be a bit much freak folk for one sitting.

np: Iron & Wine "Hickory"

d · **Posted:** Wed Feb 01, 2006 9:39 pm

alright, count me in, although I doubt I'll stick with 2005 releases. I tend to dig the older stuff on occasion.

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

I wasn't trying to suggest a 2005 best of required format. Mine might end up being mostly early 70's soul and funk or it might be a kitchen sink of genres and time periods. I'm not sure yet.

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:10 pm

I wish I could quit you.

paper · **Posted:** Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:14 pm

Radcliffe Wrote:

I wish I could quit you.

You're not gonna believe this rads, but I sent out your mix and the hold steady tonight...only like two months late, ha.

Billzebub · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:26 pm **Posts:** 6459

Mais bien sur!

zeke the moody drifter · **Joined:** Tue Jul 19, 2005 9:24 pm **Posts:** 557

I'd participate.

Vanlandingham · **Posted:** Thu Feb 02, 2006 12:17 am

Sounds fun, I'll give it a go.

Kit · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:47 pm **Posts:** 3052

I'm in.

I don't have the means of providing sexy artwork tho...

Any theme this go round? best of 05? Or is it just random shit we want people to hear?

Leon · **Posted:** Thu Feb 02, 2006 12:42 am

I'll do it

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Thu Feb 02, 2006 1:00 am

Nakedprey Wrote:

Any theme this go round? best of 05? Or is it just random shit we want people to hear?

My vote would be to leave it up to each individual. IMO themes, best-of's, and random whatevs are all welcome.

Dalen · **Posted:** Thu Feb 02, 2006 1:11 am

I'm in. It's not going to feature any new tracks. More of a "tunes that have influenced my life" kinda score.

My cover will be a biodegradable, recyclable, organic paper cover for you hippies. Hopefully that will be a "tangible product."

Also, if i owe anyone mixes from last year, please PM me. You'll get one of these.

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

Radcliffe Wrote:

Nakedprey Wrote:

Any theme this go round? best of 05? Or is it just random shit we want people to hear?

My vote would be to leave it up to each individual. IMO themes, best-of's, and random whatevs are all welcome.

Yeah that was my thought as well.

Z · **Joined:** Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:38 pm **Posts:** 7979

Nakedprey Wrote:

Any theme this go round? best of 05? Or is it just random shit we want people to hear?

what i put on this mix will definitely depend on who it's being sent to.

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