I Suck At Making Mix CDs

awhile ago, my friend (jen) asked if i would make a mix cd for her. naturally, i agreed. unfortunately, i suck at making mix cds.

i have not make a mix cd in ages. in fact, i can't remember the last time i created a mix cd. awhile ago, i made a cd of songs that my friend (andrea) had requested, but it wasn't a mix cd per se because she wanted those songs. of course, this topic then got me thinking about when the term used to be called a "mixtape".

according to my friend wikipedia,

"A mixtape is a compilation of songs recorded in a specific order, traditionally onto a compact audio cassette.

A mixtape, which usually reflects the musical tastes of its compiler, can range from a casually selected list of favorite songs, to a conceptual mix of songs linked by a theme or mood, to a highly personal statement tailored to the tape's intended recipient... many mixtape enthusiasts believe that by carefully selecting and ordering the tracks in a mix, an artistic statement can be created that is greater than the sum of its individual songs, much as an album of pop music in the post-Beatles era can be considered as something more than a collection of singles.

With the advent of affordable, consumer-level digital audio, creating and distributing mixes in the form of compact disc or MP3 playlists has become the contemporary method of choice, but the term mixtape is still commonly used, and will be used throughout this article to refer to mixes in different media (CD, MP3, MiniDisc, audio cassette 8 track, etc.). Video mixtapes have emerged as well."

ah.. the good o' days when when we used to make mixtapes and give them to our significant others growing up. needless to say, i'm a bit rusty in my dj skills and threading songs together. perhaps i'll need to take lessons from dj hot amy. who knows?

anyway, i just finished creating a mix cd for jen. i hope she enjoys it. i figured that she would like the dance/pop genre of music, so i tried to create something that she could possibly dance to and have fun with, especially when working out. as well, i tried to keep the music list to recent songs.

here is the song list:

"about you now" by the sugababes
"now you're gone" by basshunter
"what hurts the most" by cascada
"what's it gonna be" by h two O
"break up" by Kim Sozzi
"wow" by kylie minogue
"fascination" by alphabeat
"something good 08" by utah saints
"love like this" by natasha bedingfield
"work" by kelly rowland
"low" by flo rida
"scream" by timbaland
"young free and simple" by urbnri
"4 minutes" by madonna
"crank that" by soulja boy
"foundations" by kate nash
"still figuring out" by elliot minor
"better in time" by leona lewis
"with you" by chris brown

anyway, hopefully jen will enjoy the song list.