Candidate for project of the year?
I don't know if I enjoyed this project just because of my love for music or if I...yeah that was pretty much it. It was kind of like assigning an avid sports fan a Sunday afternoon television watching assignment. I am not saying that my project is going to be better than those of my classmates, I am just saying that I likely enjoyed the process more than they did. Maybe because I spent the majority of my Thanksgiving break compiling the anthology.
The most difficult task to achieve was coming up with a theme--not that it was alien to me but that I had so many ideas to chose from. I did not want to simply chose a playlist from my itunes, that would be cheating. Instead, I decided to compile a grouping of songs from what I am into right now. I titled it "Toasting Bagels In My Underwear" because I like to play such songs during my morning routine, one that commonly includes the aforementioned task. I wanted to do a themed mix that focused a collection of songs on a single word or idea but doing so would have excluded many songs that I wanted to share. It would have also lacked proper transitions and flow. Mixing like writing is difficult because, no matter how much time you put into it, it can always be improved upon. I am going to regret, after I turn it in, that I did not include certain tracks or transition something a certain way. An essay or research paper is just a string of "tracks" that need to be tweeked on the ends to flow into the next idea or song.
This project was truly an enjoyable one and I look forward to seeing what my fellow mixers bring to the table.
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I really enjoyed this assignment also because I love music. This was the first time I put a great deal of effort into creating a mix...I hate to admit it, but normally I just throw together numerous songs I like or the person I am creating the CD for likes without really considering transitions and order.
Haha, that's a pretty great title for a mix tape, or at least a lot better than mine. I think this project has probably been my favorite because I could see myself making more mix tapes with the same level of thought in the future. My only real frustration is not having any of the music I need, and thus having to choose between Limewire and potential doom or just getting a friend to buy them for me off iTunes.
I love the title as well. I really enjoyed making mine too: a middle school party mix for a friend. This was definitely the best project this semester. What kind of songs do you listen to while toasting bagels?
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