Mix Tapes and Mashups

    Hello everyone, it's the night of the 26th. It's already been 2 days since my last post, but I'm watching basketball and I'm tired from playing in a badminton tournament and coaching soccer today, so I'll pick up this tomorrow morning. See you then. Oh, and I'll make it another double post. I feel like this may be quickly becoming a trend.


    Okay, I'm back. Good morning. Well I'm guessing it was just me who was sleeping between these two paragraphs because you probably didn't go to sleep in the middle of reading this post, and if you did I apologize for being so boring. As promised, I will discuss two topics again today. They are sort of related because they both start with M, also they are about music, which also starts with M. Hopefully you find them awesome, and maybe I can share some links to help you waste hours of your time. Enjoy.


Your pal,
Meeky

Mix Tapes

Level of Awesomeness: Toe tappin'

What Is It:

This is a mix tape

Originally mix tapes were made using tapes, or cassettes, but no one knows what those things are anymore. The image on the left might help jog your memory. No? Well it's like an iPod, but you can't change the order of the songs, or get new songs, and you only have like 10 songs. Anyway, mix tapes evolved into mix CD's, and more recently into playlists. For the sake of tradition I will continue to refer to these as mix tapes because this name is more awesome than the crappy new names. Playlists allow for mix tapes of nearly infinite length, but in my opinion mix tapes should be kept to around 20 songs maximum. Mix tapes are a collection of songs by different artists. Generally there is a theme that drives what songs are chosen for the mix (eg. Songs I Like or 18th Century Trance). Mix tapes are often used by humans as a sort of mating signal to attract attention from potential mates. If you have music or a radio you can make your own mix tape (I would definitely recommend this, as it is fun and makes you awesome), but if you are lazy like me you can head on over to 8tracks, where there are thousands of mixes pre-packaged for your listening enjoyment.


Why Is It Awesome: Everyone likes music, and if you don't you should jump on the music bandwagon <- even the wagon is in a band. Of course, some songs are better than others, so wouldn't it be awesome if you could skip all the crappy music and go straight to the awesome music? Yes it would be. You can do that and more with a mix tape! Awesome songs are awesome and lots of awesome songs are awesomer.

Mashups

Level of Awesomeness: Super Combine

What Is It: Like a mix tape, a mashup combines all of your favourite songs, but instead of being combined back-to-back the mashups combines them all into ONE SONG!!! How awesome is that? Answer: Very. But how do you make a mashup? I'll let my friend Sue explain.

Why Is It Awesome: If mix tapes are awesome, which they are, then mashups are a more concentrated form of awesomeness. This topic is one where I think you can best understand the awesomeness by experiencing it for yourself, so I'll leave you with a couple of links where you will find the illest beats. Remember, becoming awesome is not a spectator sport.

Mashup Germany

DJ Earworm