New Renditions of the "Mixtape"

This is sort of a follow up to my last blog entry, which was written like a million years ago. Haha, it's usually easier to blog during the school year for some reason. During the summer I have no reason to procrastinate :) Anyway, to the zero readers out there reading this...last entry I wrote all about making mixes for someone and the significance of the "mixtape". Well since then, I've found some awesome new versions of the mixtape for the avid 21st century music / technology user. Take a look:


|Mixtape USB Drive |
I was shopping around Urban Outfitters when I caught this little gadget in the corner of my eye. How awesome is this thing?! Instead of just burning a CD, or even recording songs onto tape one by one, you can just put it on this flash drive. The flash drive fits perfectly into a cassette template and you can even write on the flap what songs you put on the drive, and why they remind you of your special person. I thought this was the cutest thing. I was about to buy it, but it was kind of pricey for being a one time use 64 MB drive and I kind of don't have a significant other to give it to yet. But in my own time, I think I may find myself buying this for my significant other. It's such a clever version of the mixtape and it makes for such an original gift. And it could be a great flashback for those who used to record songs off the radio in order to create the perfect mixtape, without having the convenience of a computer to download music off of.

| Muxtape | http://www.muxtape.com
I discovered this site while browsing around an old classmate's facebook. Signing up for it is 100% free and easy. Kind of like a blog, you just create your url and it gives you your own webpage to upload (up to 12) songs according to your liking. The webpage can be themed toward a certain person or it could just be a mix of songs that you're fond of. The webpage mixtape is made public and can be seen by anyone really. Other muxtape users can also claim themselves fans of your mix. One of the reasons I really like muxtape is that not only are the tracks listed on your webpage, but you can listen to the tracks as well. The streaming is very quick and you can basically just go on other peoples' muxtape pages and discover new music. I've already made my own muxtape, and it was kind of a funny experience making one. One drunken night a couple months ago, in the midst of discovering that I was in love with someone that I couldn't have, I came home and signed up for this muxtape thing and uploaded some random songs. The next day, all hung over, I looked at the songs I uploaded, and each song was actually perfect in portraying how i felt about him. I thought that was funny that even when intoxicated, we are still capable of choosing the melodies that correspond to our heart's desire. Maybe I'll save that for another post of this blog.

http://www.gr0uch.muxtape.com
My Drunken Muxtape. Haha.

Again, I encourage everyone who gives this blog a passing glance, to try out the mixtape... maybe even trying out the new kinds of mixtapes I chose to share with you. You'll be surprised, just like I was, in how much you discover about your own feelings just within the songs your heart chooses.