Pouring Some Out For My Homies

I've been making mixes since back in the day when I would lay them down on cassette. I've made mixes to try and impress girls, and I've made mixes to try and impress my music friends. Now that I got married and moved away, I don't get to make mixes for people very often. A few months ago, I started churning out mixes for no reason in particular. These mixes turned out to be pretty good and I wanted to share them, but I came to the sad realization that I've pretty much alienated all my old friends. I know I've offended some of you while others have just drifted away. The whole point of me inviting you to this blog (which I haven't told anyone about before now) is do something nice for all of you in one of the only ways I know how. Feel free to download or share any, all, or none of the mixes below. They are all made to fit onto a standard CD, so you can burn them if you like. If you need help unzipping the files, don't hesitate to ask.

This is a collection of cover songs that, in general, drastically change the songs they are covering. Most of them cover the songs in a completely different genre than the ones they were originally recorded in. I lost the track listing in a computer crash, so the songs aren't properly titled right now. I'll get you the titles when I get the chance. Of all the mixes, this one is probably my favorite.

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As a general rule, I hate mashups. The songs on this mix are not your standard mashups. They cross all genres and mix things that you probably didn't know could be mixed. It's a real mind-bender. Some of these songs make me say, "I can't believe someone thought of this" and others make me laugh out loud. This mix is also missing the correct tags, but I'll fix it.

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This one is called Warming Up. I made it to capture that early spring feeling you get when you're in love and the weather is beautiful. Most of these songs are pretty lovey-dovey, but they're also awesome. It's a pretty upbeat mix for a pretty upbeat time of year. Oh, and every mix from here on out will be tagged correctly.

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Back in the day Joel and I used to watch a lot of Time-Life music collection infomercials. I think my favorite was for the 70's soft rock collection. Anyway, this mix tries to capture that same 1970's AM radio soft rock sound. Even if the thought of soft rock makes you think this one might not be your bag, give it a chance. There's a lot of good music on here.

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When I was starting to review my albums (one of the primary purposes of this blog) I came across a similar blog called Emily's Albums A to Z. She has pretty solid taste in music, so I made a mix based on songs she mentioned on her blog that I had either never heard or forgotten about. It makes for a really good mix with some interesting twists and turns.

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I have no idea why I called this Playlist 23 other than the fact that I made a lot of mixes, some good and some not-so-good, and this was one of several. I guess I couldn't think of a better name. Anyway, I really like this mix a lot. It's kinda heavy on the indie, but there are some other things in there as well. Oh, and I may have mistagged a Phoenix song as "Drip." I don't know how that happened.

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So those are the mixes I wanted to share. There may be another if all goes well, but that remains to be seen. I mainly just want to share some good music with some people who've been good to me and that I used to be good to too.