my life//in medias res*

It’s all in the mix…

March 2nd, 2005 at 1:32 am by sillyjoe (Music)

The making of a great compilation tape, like breaking up, is hard to do and takes ages longer than it might seem. - Rob Gordon, High Fidelity

I’ve recently made a few mix cds, one or two for pleasure and one or two for a girl….and, well, I’m actually quite proud of the flow of them. I very cautiously went through listening at the beginning and end of each song, making sure that one went well into another…Rob’s right, it IS a very painstaking process.

First, I made a Rock mix…just some assorted rock n roll that I thought would go good together…I wanted it to be an assortment of bands, as well.

Here’s the tracklist:

1. Time and Time Again - Chronic Future
2. Blue Side - Rooney
3. Don’t Hold Back (Full On) - The Normals
4. The Fight Song - Sanctus Real
5. I’m A Terrible Person - Rooney
6. Way Away - Yellowcard
7. What You Want - Caedmon’s Call
8. In God’s Country - U2
9. This Story - Ten Shekel Shirt
10. We Are Tomorrow - Bleach
11. Mistake of My Life - Caedmon’s Call
12. Stumblin’ - Powderfinger
13. Pain - Jimmy Eat World
14. Bombs Away - Paris Texas
15. Nothingwrong - Jimmy Eat World
16. Bullet the Blue Sky - U2

So I used a few bands, twice, but in the end, made what I consider a pretty good mix of rock music from all ends of the spectrum.

Next, I took it upon myself to make a love mix (which I have dubbed the “Looooooooooooove Mix”) for her. Here’s the tracklist for that one:

1. Bigger Than Us - Andy Davis
2. As Lovers Go - Dashboad Confessional
3. Yellow - Coldplay
4. Somewhere North - Caedmon’s Call
5. Until You - Dave Barnes
6. Magic - Andy Davis
7. Be Mine - David Gray
8. Try - Bebo Norman
9. Counting to 100 - Matt Wertz
10. Cupid - Jack Johnson
11. More Than Anyone - Gavin Degraw
12. You And I Both - Jason Mraz
13. Sweetness in Starlight - Matt Wertz
14. She Changes Your Mind - Copeland
15. With or Without You - U2
16. On A Night Like This - Dave Barnes

So that’s that. I’m currently making a “cruisin’ mix,” and a “rainy day mix.” I’m hoping to eventually have a compilation cd for every mood I might be in at the moment. I think that would be pretty flippin’ cool.