How Do You Make A Perfect Mix Tape Or CD?
As mentioned in the book High Fidelity, there is a certain art to making a great mix tape or CD. What songs you choose, and how you choose them, will largely affect how much your efforts will be appreciated. A compilation of songs recorded on a tape or burned onto a CD can be a thoughtful gift for someone you appreciate. • Consider your intended audience. Is this compilation for yourself? Your friends? A significant other? Select music that will challenge the listener. There’s not much point in making your grandmother a CD of the best death metal from 2001 (unless she likes it, of course), but she may enjoy listening to a compilation of rare recordings of her favorite jazz artists that she listened to when she was young. • Consider whether you want the mix to convey a certain emotion or message. Pick music that you like and appreciate. How much you enjoy making the mix will be apparent in the final package. • Don’t always focus on a genre and a theme. Putting widely different tracks in
