August CD Mix Club

[MW_Jimmy]

Current Participants for August are listed below. This list will be updated in this post. Final List will be made on Sunday 8th August and PMs will be sent the same day.

MW_Jimmy

michael

McNeillR

jrisgod

jeff mills gran

David Heath

Looper

ukdas

Stebbo

biggerbob

Duncan

Nada Surf

Palo Alto

Seedy Gord

cowtipper

Mustard Monkey

Johnny Gambler

le sai

jonny_rat

Billy Brown

the_debaser

Strawp

Barrow48

darrylstott

Couk

Q&As

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How does this work?

Every month you make a CD of whatever music you wish, which you send to another forumite. You will also receive a CD of music but from another different forum member. A PM will be sent to everyone taking part (normally a week into the month) with the name & address of the forum member you must send your CD to.

Can I join in?

Sure. If you want to join in just send a PM to me with your name & address and you'll be added to the list.

Similarly if you are on the list and wish not to take part this month then either PM or reply in this thread.

Any rules?

Nope, you are free to send whatever music you wish, and CD length can be as short or as long as you like. However please burn a CD of music and not MP3s as not everyone can playback mp3 CDs easily.

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Oh, and I promise I won't include any McFly on mine this month

[McNeillR]

I've already made half of mine. And it'll be a million times better, as I've now got most of my MP3s onto the new laptop so I can focus on more sunny tunes rather than a random splatter of aceness.

Keep up the good work Jimmy, we appreciate it!

[Belbo]

Looking forward to this months Mix Club; should be good.

This idea rocks.

[Looper]

Argh, my fucking iTunes XML file keeps dying on me and I've lost two seperate playlists that I've made out in the last week or so. I'm going to have to start writing them down.

[michael]

Mine's nearly ready to go - I've put a lot of thought into this one, and reckon it's a winner.

Not that my last one was crap. Just a bit rushed and poppy.

[ChrisN]

Can I be removed ... my CD Writer is fucked. It'll burn DVDs, but trying to burn CDs just makes a nasty whirring noise.

[Billy Brown]

Yep, I'll be up for this please. I shall get thinking about possible playlists.

[futureshock]

I'll be skipping this month's activities seeing as my desktop is packed away until September.

[Guest]

I've pretty much made mine for whoever is lucky/unfortunate enough to receive it.

[sladie]

I might do a late night-y type compliation this month...

[jrisgod]

I've just done mine, it's a funk soul disco samba celebration of the summer!

[the_debaser]

Mine's got a bit of rock, rebel, garage, hip hop, dancy vibe. Make of that what you will.

[Strawp]

I'm all set for it this month because I watched High Fidelity again the other week.

Track one has to start with something that'll grab them, draw them into the tape.

Track two then raises the stakes, ups the pace a little.

Track three then cools it off. You don't want to play all your aces in your first hand.

In track four, we start to rebuild perceptions...

[The Liberal Elite]

i haven't even started mine.

they're getting whatever the hell is on my desk.

[Belbo]

i haven't even started mine.

Nor me; I'll spend tomorrow constructing it.

[Strawp]

I spent probably over a month with this one. Future mix club CDs are going to come from past playlists.

[biggerbob]

I've done mine for this month. In contrast to last month it's 78 minutes long, and insufferably smug. Sorry.

[MW_Jimmy]

Ive done a fairly simple one with a nice concept backing it up.

Got a fantastic idea for my next one but Im gonna have to do some hunting to make it really work.

[jeff mills gran]

I'm all set!

[Seedy Gord]

Theres a few ideas Ive got floating around.....

[darrylstott]

Do you just shove songs together or are you all virtual DJs beat-matching tracks (and other such jargon that means nothing to me)?

[le sai]

mine's going to be gay. really really really really gay.

haha

HA.

take that good taste.

[Strawp]

Do you just shove songs together or are you all virtual DJs beat-matching tracks (and other such jargon that means nothing to me)?

I'm compiling mine in Winamp before writing off to CD, so no

[Billy Brown]

We've been doing something similar to this over at chutney's for over a year now, and my music collection has got some real gems in it thanks to the cd's I've recieved.

The only difference with ours is that you burn a CD for everyone who wants it, so everyone gets a copy.

You can see our past tracklists (with the exception of half of electro's who never updated his - lazy git) here:

http://abtm.blogspot.com

There looks like some good compilations there, I'd especially like to hear that cover versions 2-discer. What's Chutney all about, then?

[darrylstott]

Ok, i'm in. Are these CDs supposed to have a theme or stick to a genre or can you mix genres?

[KRP]

Mines pretty much done, but its largely commercial stuff. It was/is intended for an up and coming barbeque, so apologies if you were hoping to hear loads of new music receptant. I think I've got the track list down to a T though.

[cowtipper]

Done mine, only 9 tracks, but its quality, not quantity. I hope whomever gets it is funky ! Otherwise they wont like it

[Dimahoo]

Where do you send these too?

[MW_Jimmy]

Ok, i'm in. Are these CDs supposed to have a theme or stick to a genre or can you mix genres?

Put on whatever you want to. There are no rules with regards to musical choices.

Where do you send these too?

Have a look at the first post of this thread. Its all explained there.

[Space Renegade Ulala]

I'm up for this month's but it'll probably be a week at least before I have something ready.