Before the iPod and the random playlist of the MP3, there was the original: the mixtape. The advent of the cassette tape some 30 years ago made it possible for anyone with a tape deck and some tunes to be a record producer, mixing and matching songs, genres and bands. And become at-home record producers we did.
Essayist Geoffrey O'Brien has called the personal mixtape "the most widely practiced American art form", and many mixtape enthusiasts believe that by carefully selecting and ordering the tracks in a mix, an artistic statement can be created that is greater than the sum of its individual songs, much as an album of pop music in the post-Beatles era can be considered as something more than a collection of singles.
Cheap and convenient, customized mixtapes made the perfect personal gift. We made tapes for friends, lovers — we shared the depths of our souls through the carefully chosen songs. We aggregated our favorite party songs, ballads for suffering through heartbreak and our loudest, angriest punk rock anthems.
Throughout the 1980s, mixtapes were a highly visible element of youth culture. However, the increased availability of CD burners and MP3 players and the gradual disappearance of cassette players in cars and households have led to a decline in the popularity of the compact audio cassette as a medium for homemade mixes. Today, mix CDs or MP3 playlists have become the new cultural love letter/trading-post, but the term mixtape is still commonly used.
The high point of traditional mixtape culture was arguably the publication of Nick Hornby's novel High Fidelity. After watching the excellent film adaptation for the zillionth time, the idea of making an online indie rock mixtape (now dubbed Indie Disco podcast) was born. Fast forward three years and the Indie Disco podcasts have exceeded the 150 mark. Not bad for something that simply exists as a nod to the true love and ego involved in sharing music with friends...
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