Summer Mix Swap?
I've been binge mixing lately, something I haven't done in nearly a decade, and was curious is anyone here might be interested in swapping mixes. My ears are thirsty for some new sounds and flows and maybe yours are too?
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Craig
I haven't even gotten beyond the initial "this would be cool", anyone ever organize one of these things? What's the best way to facilitate the swap?
Enjoy (or not) my first attempt to create a FMA mix.
- what Kez said ^^ generating one-on-one swaps
- simply pairing up people (randomly? non-randomly?) before the mixes are made and you get what you get (part of the appeal of this to me is actually that I could get sent stuff I would never have chosen to listen to and have a reason to pay attention to it)
- each posts lists of tracks like kez said but as many people from the thread as whisper their address in response get sent a copy (so variable numbers of copies of mixes get sent out depending on demand)
- figure out how many people are in on this and everyone makes that many copies of their mix, so everyone gets everyone's (there is something I really like about the idea of not knowing what is coming until it arrives; this option is more work but if we pulled it off it could be fun)
- all the names of those involved go in a hat and someone sends three of those names back to each participant (checking that each name is sent out roughly the same number of times), so each person sends their mix to three randomly assigned other people and receives mixes from three people.
- create a circular chain in which everyone sends one copy to the next person and receives one, gets a week to listen and then sends it on to the next in the chain, so one copy of each mix circulates
- ?
Craig
Do we actually have a way of deciding a procedure and timeline based on the above discussion?
Possible procedure given the above cautions (last few comments):
Post here when you have a mix ready (maybe with a very broad description of genres/mood but my vote would be no tracklist, to preserve the surprise, though I think the actual mix sent should include a tracklist). Try to get it done by August so that it is still summer when we listen. Indicate how many copies you are willing to send out. Interested parties can whisper their address; those too late can plead their case the same way.
Does that sound a useful way forward? Not really wanting to take charge (elwoodicious, you have the most right to step back in here and give us some rules), just looking to avoid us drifting indecisively around this for the rest of the sumnmer...
edit: Forgot to say that I don't think it's necessary to have your CD ready before you offer to send it as long as you're going to follow through. If you've never done this before and you want to make sure you can pull it off first, that's fine too. It's doesn't have to be rocket surgery. Mixed and crossfaded like GP is doing is more the exception based on the swaps I've been in. Most of the CDs I got in the Summer Burn play like albums.
GP, I consider you to have a CD on offer for purposes of requesting mine.
I won't be publishing theme or track list ahead of time.
Please post an offer before whispering a request for my CD.
As of 2013-07-09 23:25 GMT-4 there are
2 non-US available
2 US available
Offer open to folk who have already posted on emusers as of July 8 2013. I am going to go with Dr.M's levels of 4 US copies and 2 non-US copies but if this should fill up I am also willing to make exceptions for regular posters, because I enjoy your company.
Will not be ready to send this for a bit longer - still working on the mix and need to think about artwork.
Craig
You can listen to mine during the day, and as the sun goes down, put GPs on.
I'm not going to set a limit to how many I send out up front. If necessary I'll cut it off later.
Craig