I agree with your comment about the cassette mix being more genuine. With CD mixes, you're basically placing all your song titles in a folder, arranging them in order and then hitting the burn button before going off for a smoke. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but cassettes require a lot more time and effort. I guess you can tell I don't have a CD burner yet! Oh, and your mix is sublime BTW.

i don't have the cd burning facilities...and i doubt i'd change anyway. there's something very theraputic about mix TAPING...more natural, less machinery, more of a rosie thing to do. nice mix brandt...very nice vinyl collection!

Hmmm. I don't know about not listening to a CD mix as you make it. Me, I tend to listen to it before I make it, line up the .wav files and making sure everything works before committing it to disc...

Nice mix, Brandt. I understand the "cassettes are more genuine" argument... it has real appeal. But it pales when the sound of a burned CD is compared to something whose speed varies from player to player...

Very nice selections--I especially like the Chaucer as it reminds me of college when this former English/Premed major used to have aspirations of sophistication. Unfortunately, those days are long dead.

Nice mix, Brandt.

Nice mixage! There is a lot to be said for the mix tape vs. CD argument. Indeed, there is something timeless about putting together a stack of records or CDs, making the right order to suit the mood and praying it all fits onto one tape side. Ever have the perfect last song get cut off with about 15 seconds left?? I must admit that I love the CD burner for making a mix. You throw all your songs into a folder, then you arrange, then record. Very simple with better, yet more clinical, results. That said, the tape is better as a listener because you are forced to take the whole thing as a package. You can not instantly skip a track with the push of a button. The listener must sit and listen to everything the creator had in mind. This way songs you weren't as much into the first listen have a chance to grow on ya!!

I dont know, I use a home audio cd burner, and it is alot like the old days of tape making, same process for me, just faster to make the copies later, and higher sound quality. perhaps home audio cd burner is the place for you to look in the future. I rec. the Harmon Karmon home audio one with Mp3 reading and playing. it smokes.

my fav. billy bragg AND make up tracks on one tape. can it be?

great mix, brandt (of course - do you make anything other than great mixes?). i don't think there's necessarily anything more genuine about cassette mixes, though - maybe just something a bit more nostalgic about the process itself of making a mix tape. i know i listen to my mix cd's over and over (and over. and over) again, looking for the right transitions and sequences before sending them out, just like i did with tapes. digital stuff makes editing and re-arranging much easier (sorta like word processor vs. pen and pad), but you definitely give up control over stuff like lag time between tracks and other fun stuff with the pause button and taping over other songs to get weird bleeds. new formats present new opportunities and have new challenges. not that there's anything wrong with doing stuff the old school way, either. stuff like sound forge makes digital stuff pretty exciting, though.

Hey english student...you think you might have learned how to spell "Garfunkel"