The Magic of Mixing

Since this Saturday, I have come to adore the process of putting together, burning, decorating and gifting mixed CDs.

I used to just do them for people for their birthdays or for special occassions. Or just for myself if I want to put a bunch of songs I like together for my auditory pleasure. But since Saturday, I have put together 4 CDs for different people.

The first one I did was one where all the first letters of the song titles spelled out "WANTTOGOTOPROM". :) The next one spelled out Happy Birthday. Then I made some CDs for another friend of mine (though they were copied albums, not mixes). I had fun decorating the CDs and making the playlists really cool looking.

And then that is not to forget all the mixed CDs I've receieved in the last month that I need to rip and put on my iPod. I have 2 CDs from one friend, another 2 from another friend that we made for a weekend in which my parents were out of town (that I need the playlists for so I know what the songs are) as well as 2 or 3 fanmixes from Fanmix.

But I will probably make a mix for myself when I get home, thanks to the ease of iTunes (sort of). I've got a lot of new songs the last week (or less) that desperately need to be put onto a CD. I do this mostly so that my playcounts on my iPod do not rocket upwards. (Hence why I've burned my Lily Allen, Kate Nash and Patrick Wolf CDs in the last month.)

And this was a completely pointless ramble, really. But it's perfectly all right.