butnz (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} butnz) wrote,@ 2007-12-31 19:37:00 |
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a very special episode 3: up
Download up (73.2mb, 79m 58s; YouSendIt link) (Link expired.)
A belated Christmas gift, or on-time New Year's gift. This is a CD-length mix I made for a handful of people. I'll post the other half, down, when I get a chance.
I always think of mixes as 80-minute dramas in song. Each song should contribute to the overall fabric of the entire mix, and should progress in a flow that punctuates each dramatic rise and fall. The first song is generally an overture, after which the body of the mix begins. The final track should likewise be a parting shot, a memorable close to the work. I made these two mixes with the aim of being the best I'd ever done--I'm not sure I succeeded, but a lot of thought went into the songs. Both mixes are reflections upon this past year, so perhaps it's more fitting that I post it on New Year's eve rather than Christmas as I originally intended.
Up is made up of thirty-five different tracks, but twelve of these are interstitial tracks made up of static and snippets of random songs, designed as transitions as if the listener is switching to different radio stations. Most of these transition songs are recognizable, some are more obscure. One interstitial contains a song embedded at a barely audible level.
This is the cover for the mix.
A belated Christmas gift, or on-time New Year's gift. This is a CD-length mix I made for a handful of people. I'll post the other half, down, when I get a chance.
I always think of mixes as 80-minute dramas in song. Each song should contribute to the overall fabric of the entire mix, and should progress in a flow that punctuates each dramatic rise and fall. The first song is generally an overture, after which the body of the mix begins. The final track should likewise be a parting shot, a memorable close to the work. I made these two mixes with the aim of being the best I'd ever done--I'm not sure I succeeded, but a lot of thought went into the songs. Both mixes are reflections upon this past year, so perhaps it's more fitting that I post it on New Year's eve rather than Christmas as I originally intended.
Up is made up of thirty-five different tracks, but twelve of these are interstitial tracks made up of static and snippets of random songs, designed as transitions as if the listener is switching to different radio stations. Most of these transition songs are recognizable, some are more obscure. One interstitial contains a song embedded at a barely audible level.
This is the cover for the mix.
