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Ever miss just listening to music without thinking about streaming, subscriptions, or algorithms? I miss mixtapes man - crafting a perfect mixtape was an art in the 90s. Recording your favorite tracks off the radio, trying to hit stop before the DJ started talking, man, that was living on the edge! Once you had a dozen or so songs, handwritten the track list, doodled on the sleeve, your mixtape was ready to be heard, shared, and danced to. Now THAT was the original playlist. Mixtapes were personal - a reflection of you, a message to the person you were making it for - not some AI recommendation. Who else was a mixtape master?
Submitted 1 year ago by TheTapeCollector
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For some, making mixtapes remains an art practiced to this day. I for one still prefer the hiss of a cassette, complete with the slight warble in sound that digital formats lack. And aesthetically, can you beat the look of a well curated cassette cover filled with colorful gel pen doodles? I think not.
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Mixtape nostalgia hitting hard! Remember the trick to record a track without the DJ's chatter? It was all about the timing, a few seconds too early or late, and it was ruined. Mixtapes were practically love letters. My girlfriend back then knew I was into her when she received that 60-minute Memorex with Duran Duran, REM, and Guns N' Roses!
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