Sure, there's something really brings people together, you know people usually associate their own personal feeling and memories to some tracks, like the Pavlvo's dog reations...bringing back all these bitter sweeet memories....what'r good way to express yourself!!!
Peace,
P
>From: "John C. Tripp"
>To:
>Subject: Mixed Tapes
>Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2002 23:42:11 +0000
>
>Anybody remember back in the day when you used to make tapes for your
>friends and especially lovers? A lot used to go into those 60 or 90 minutes.
>It was like laying one's soul on the line, expressing a love for music and
>sharing a side of oneself. It was DJing before there was DJing 'cause it was
>all about sharing and turning people on to what you liked. I had a couple of
>friends who always made the freshest tapes for different occasions and I
>still hold onto 'em like worn jewels (DJ Headd and Steve Holloway this goes
>out to you). I still have tapes that mix everything from the Clash to
>Scritti Politti to Grandmaster Flash. Too bad these days we've sort of let
>others take over that job. I don't know if I'm unique in this respect but
>I'm almost insulted to pay money for CD series like 'Another Late Night' or
>'Inspirations' or 'Whateva' (that's my title) which are essentially mixed
>tapes by currently trendy artists. Is this cashing in or what? If it isn't
>then I'd like to see Johnny Cash do one, or how about Gil Scott Heron? These
>guys would laugh at the notion 'cause it's a pretty vain concept. Granted,
>there are some decent tracks featured on some of these CDs but none that we
>don't discover on our own if we're so inclined. It privileges the artist a
>bit too much in my opinion. We all have influences and inspirations, which
>is the universal quality of music. I say, make your own late night comps
>from an old vinyl collection and by some good weed or dontate to a charity
>with the money saved.
>