the etiquette of mix CDs

[amul]

Achingly D would always point out that I had a certain roster of songs, at least one of which would always make it onto whatever mix CD I was making. I've made a very big point of not using those songs on the last three mixes I made, and now I've found that there's a different set of songs I seem to be reusing.

Granted, these aren't all going to the same person, like with AD. So what do people think? What's the rules regarding re-use of songs on mix CDs?

[Edit: Obviously, this question doesn't apply to the two Boingo songs, which I need to infect everyone here with so they can engage in certain ritualistic acts with me.]

Comments

[elissa-carey.livejournal.com]

My 'rules' regarding mix CDs are rather amorphous, and tend to change with each one (or rather, are particular with each one). That said, I'm not fussed about re-using songs so long as they fit the theme or intent of the CD. I don't make mixes too often these days (which is a shame, as I have playlists and whatnot to pillage for them), but when I made plenty of mix tapes, I didn't tend to re-use too often simply because some songs just didn't fit. If they did, though, I had no qualms about using them. Sometimes, it's just right.

[grrremlinski.livejournal.com]

You know what? Some songs are SO good, and are SUCH a part of your life, that they just HAVE to be reused. It's totally valid (or at least, I believe it's valid since I do it all the time). I wouldn't want to have 6 songs be the same on each CD, because it's supposed to be a different mix each time, right? But 1 or 2 songs? That's just a signature.

I find that the signature songs change over time, as I do. Each mix becomes a mile marker for who I was when I made it.

[grrremlinski.livejournal.com]

I don't make mixes too often these days
... except for the one for me, right? :D (I may have been drunk, but I remember! hee hee!)

No rush though! I take forever on all my fun projects, and yours will be no different, I'm afraid!

[elissa-carey.livejournal.com]

Yup! In fact, I came up with two mix cd ideas for yours, so I'll be making two mix cds. I've got a list made up of potentials to go in one of them that I now need to narrow down. I haven't started the list for the other yet, but it'll be easier to make, I think. And when I get the opening song figured out for each, the rest just fall into place. :)

It'll take me a little while, too -- only a few times have I been able to crank out a mix in one day, and that only when particularly inspired or desperate (like when trying to save songs from a dying computer). So: no rush for either of us. I am patient, especially because I know it'll be good.

[amul.livejournal.com]

Once again, you provide me with a perspective that's utterly alien, and yet once spoken, seems perfectly obvious.

[amul.livejournal.com]

Music is a wonderful thing. Sharing, I've recently discovered, is an equally amazing thing. Putting them together is like those peanut butter cup commercials.

Thanks for the input.

[amul.livejournal.com]

PS - I thought you never met Jill. Why do you have a pic of for your icon?

[grrremlinski.livejournal.com]

This is who now? That was just some picture of a girl that I found on my camera one day... She kinda looked funny to me, like's she's trying really hard to look "bad", but failing. I don't know, I just decided to keep it and make it into an icon. So you know who she is? How funny!

P.S.

[grrremlinski.livejournal.com]

Also, in a strange way, she kinda looks like me. I think it's the nose.

Re: P.S.

[amul.livejournal.com]

Naw, you have much prettier eyes.

[amul.livejournal.com]

Yeah, she shows up to a lot of the same parties you do, only she always comes early and you always come late. You're so fashionable.

[elissa-carey.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. I haven't shared mixes in a long time that I've almost forgotten how fun it is. Sharing is definitely amazing. :)