Comments on: ex-tapes http://17dots.com/2008/05/20/ex-tapes/ notes from the digital underground Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:04:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Patrick http://17dots.com/2008/05/20/ex-tapes/#comment-14221 Patrick Tue, 20 May 2008 21:36:02 +0000 http://17dots.com/?p=775#comment-14221 I can't even count the hours I've spent devoted to this, making the sleeve, struggling with whether or not to include a track list, asking yourself that age old ethical question - if it's ok to re-use a song that you used for someone else - when it's just so good you have to. What I like about this site is that you see the story, the person, and the actual tape itself. It's hard for me to remember back now on all of them, only the really bad ones stick out, like "I can't believe I showed her that Rachel's song, what a waste..." What's funny is I remember being 17 when High Fidelity came out, and watching it and feeling robbed of what I thought made me special. I honestly thought I was the only one who took making mixes that seriously. Which may have been the case for my high school, but certainly not the rest of the world. I can’t even count the hours I’ve spent devoted to this, making the sleeve, struggling with whether or not to include a track list, asking yourself that age old ethical question - if it’s ok to re-use a song that you used for someone else - when it’s just so good you have to. What I like about this site is that you see the story, the person, and the actual tape itself. It’s hard for me to remember back now on all of them, only the really bad ones stick out, like “I can’t believe I showed her that Rachel’s song, what a waste…”

What’s funny is I remember being 17 when High Fidelity came out, and watching it and feeling robbed of what I thought made me special. I honestly thought I was the only one who took making mixes that seriously. Which may have been the case for my high school, but certainly not the rest of the world.

]]> By: alex http://17dots.com/2008/05/20/ex-tapes/#comment-14219 alex Tue, 20 May 2008 20:38:23 +0000 http://17dots.com/?p=775#comment-14219 No prob MiDoJo - I was never tech savvy enough to add movie dialogue and stuff. Otherwise something smartass from Spaceballs probably would have found its way onto a tape created by 14 year old me. This site actually has inspired my upstairs neighbor and I to make actual mix TAPES for each other - pretty exciting... No prob MiDoJo - I was never tech savvy enough to add movie dialogue and stuff. Otherwise something smartass from Spaceballs probably would have found its way onto a tape created by 14 year old me.

This site actually has inspired my upstairs neighbor and I to make actual mix TAPES for each other - pretty exciting…

]]> By: MiDoJo http://17dots.com/2008/05/20/ex-tapes/#comment-14218 MiDoJo Tue, 20 May 2008 20:24:57 +0000 http://17dots.com/?p=775#comment-14218 I'm Definitly a Mixtaper (CDs and M3Us now though) This site is awesome. I often think about the fact that I've never (ok three time in almost 20 years of making tapes) made a tape/cd for anyone but 1)A girl I Like or 2)myself. I used to (Late 1980s-Early 1990s)Hook My Tapedeck to the back of my Mono-Vcr and record bits of Movies (like Army of Darkness for instance) just to have little interludes and stuff. My Mix making was definitly one of my main reasons for becoming the Recording Engineer. I used to Have a rule that at least one Nine Inch Nails Track be on every Mix. Thanks Patrick and Alex for the Memories and the Solidarity. :) I’m Definitly a Mixtaper (CDs and M3Us now though) This site is awesome. I often think about the fact that I’ve never (ok three time in almost 20 years of making tapes) made a tape/cd for anyone but 1)A girl I Like or 2)myself. I used to (Late 1980s-Early 1990s)Hook My Tapedeck to the back of my Mono-Vcr and record bits of Movies (like Army of Darkness for instance) just to have little interludes and stuff.

My Mix making was definitly one of my main reasons for becoming the Recording Engineer.

I used to Have a rule that at least one Nine Inch Nails Track be on every Mix.

Thanks Patrick and Alex for the Memories and the Solidarity. :)

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