2 new mixtapes

 

Here is a mixtape I made mostly of 80s songs! I was real happy with the way it turned out

this is a island themed mixtape! I was really happy with the way this turned out. Both this mixtapes are going to a guy in Indiana! I hope he likes them! This Island tape was hard not to keep for myself!

I also have a new video up at

www.youtube.com/user/djtrishm

the video showed some CDs from I took tracks from to make the tape!

The summer 2025 mixtape

 

Here's a tape I made this summer. I think I sent this one to Kaitlin in the Netherlands! The mixtape exchange on Instagram is a site you should check out if this blog inspires you to do so!

Here is a book By Jehnie Burns about the history of the mixtape. I didn't know that the underground hip hop scene started as early as the mid 1970s. This book will inspire and educate!

making mixtapes again

 for a while now I've been following a page on instagram called the mixtape exchange. There are still folks out there making mixtapes. Yes cassettes!

This past spring I bought a boombox with a CD and Cassette deck in it. I had one but one of our cleaning ladies borrowed it and blew the speakers out.

The new one works fine and I haven't lost my touch. Well I was a little rusty at first but not for long! Being I make CDs I promised myself the tape would be for other people.

I made a few new tape making friends over the summer. In fact I just made a tape for Ian in California!

Heres one of the first mix tapes i made in 20 years! I underline  or highlight the name of the band or artist ! I also write in the date the tape was created

Mixtapes Went To The Moon & Sent Me Back in Time (Mixtape Ep 3)

posting mixes again soon

 For a while I've been following a group on Instagram called the mixtape exchange! Currently they have several hundred members!

In 2003 My stereo that had a dual tape deck broke. In late fall of 2003 I got a computer and learned how to make CD mixes. My old stereo sits in the cabinet and the only thing that works on it is the radio.

This spring after being so inspired by the mixtape Exchange I went on amazon and bought a boom box with a cd player and tape deck.

 I was a little rusty but regained my mix taping skills! I promised myself NOT to make tapes for myself. Just CD mixes. 

This summer I made a few new friends in the group. The admix took the summer off from assigning mix tape but put a post up inviting folks to seek out folks who wanted to summer mix swap. I sent a few out ,including one to a woman in the Netherlands!

I'm also in a CD mix group based out of the UK!

I believe folks are falling in love with physical media again. The power to listen to what you like instead of AI or spotify choose for you is gaining traction.

Getting a 6x9 envelope in the mail is becoming a thing again.

My friend Bob in NY recently said "I just up and down with excitement when I see a package from you in the mail Trish cause I know I'm gonna dig it.

Wow did that warm my heart!

So I'll be posting mixtapes and cd mixes here again soon!

Treasures from the past

Up untill Dec I had a volvo that played cassettes but my Suburu Does not have a tape player.In cleaning out the Volvo I found a few mixtapes I have in it

Sometimes I would try to do some artwork to Jazz up up a bit. Maxell 90 minute tapes were my brand of choice and I wrote in all upper case letters figuring it was easier to read. Around this time I really started using the Library to check out new music or artists friend would suggest!

Delayed move

This is a mix I made in the spring of 2013

I didn't think it was going to be my last though.

After this there was a mix hiatus before I upgraded to CD mixes.

isn't that special Vol 13

I recently came across one of the best mixtape I ever made (in my humble opinion.
I tried to take a photo of the index card but some of the printing is faded so I gotta type it

Date Created 6/23/95
Tape type: Maxell XL II
Side A
Charade - The Beegees
Lazy Day - Spanky  and Our Gang
Rubberband Man - The Spinners
I fought the law - The Bobby Fuller Four
If I needed someone - The Beatles
Jungle Boogie - Cool & the Gang
Buttered Popcorn - The Supremes
Automatic - The Pointer Sisters
Ant Music - Adam and the Ants
Fantastic Voyage - Coolio
Cotton Eyed Joe (mad cow mix) - Rednex

Side B
In a sentimental mood - Vanessa Williams
Pastel - Kenny G
Cosmic Charlie - The Grateful Dead
Star Wars Theme - Meco
Magnet and Steel - Walter Egan
Inner City Blues - Marvin Gaye
Shattered - The Rolling Stones
Imagine - Inner Circle
Transmission - Genetic
Into the great wide open - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Cat Scratch Fever - Ted Nugent

I'm going to put this in my car to listen to tomorrow and it could be weeks till I put another tape in!

an old mixtape from 1994

Last night I was lookin for an Christmas mixtape I made in the 90s. My friend Larry aka uncle Orca write in his latest letter how hard it is each year to come up with a new an exciting Christmas playlist.
   I can relate I've been making Christmas mixes since 04 and its getting harder to find new and exciting Christmas songs without the having a song or two that has not been a previous mixes.
  This year I know there are a few returning songs but they are good enough to be repeated.
OK so but search for a Christmas mixtape failed I did find a mix I made in 1994 full of cool songs that will go in my car tomorrow.

Many times I felt I made the perfect mixtape and then I could not for the life of me produce an equally as cool name for it. This is an example ah but its the music that matter right?!

 I've had folks make me mixes with the perfect arty cover, great title and the quality of the music well... Could have been better.

I'm sure I've put out some crappy mixtape in my time but there was this one mixmaker back in the day who bragged his mixes were the best. I never claimed to be the best and never will. I'll leave that to my listeners!

 

rembering 1985

people started turning the colors up on there Izod shirts and girls wore these things called legwarmers.
  I was still going to bible studies enjoying it.
This guy named Prince did this song lets go crazy. and had a purple motorcycle.
I got this weird thing called rubrics cube but it frustrated the heck out of me.
It was also the year we got a new custodian named Frank Alechko. He looked like a tough guy  buy  soon after I found out he too was a Christian and we shared the love of secular music and Coffee!
 There was a place in Bay Head that sold tapes and soon after I started hearing about bands like U2,Dire Straights,Talking Heads and Sade just to name a few.
I also remember getting into a show called Miami vice and VHS tapes and taping shows and movies off the TV would be replaced by making mixtapes. We not replaced but Id get more into making mixtapes more than taping stuff off the tv!

3 dog night

On my youtube channel I started a series called digging in my own collection. I go and pick out 4 or more cool CDs I have and talk about them.
 Back in the 70s I would tape songs off the radio.
One day I believe it was a snowday I got a blank Kmart 90minute tape and started taping away. I would often channel surf and tape songs off different radio stations.
This one tape had among them 3 dog night, Pink Floyd and I thing David Bowie songs on them.
 Out in the country was one of the songs on the tape.
   After school I would come home and play this tape. I played it so much that eventually the tape recorder would eat it.
Years later I learned that 1.00 90 minute 3 packs were not good quality tapes. I also learned the importance and cleaning tape heads and pinch rollers.
The life lessons of a young mixtaper!

going on 8 Years in the mix CD trade

I just rejoined the IMP mix exchange group. I missed getting assignments each month. for a while I put off renewing my membership and even thought about taking a long break.
    Recently I realized how much a missed coming home and seeing my new assignment in my email. Usually the end of the first week and middle of the second week of the month is when they come.
   I discovered IMP in 2007 when I typed CD mix in the search bar. I was thrilled to know others were as obsessed with making CD mixes as I was.
    It was the advent of the MP3 and iPods era. People were telling me that the CD mix is a thing of the past and soon DJs will be replaced my iPods and laptops!
    I didn't listen to it. Computers can crash and Ipods can be lost broken and stolen. then what?
        With the recent resurgence in interest in vinyl records I hope more folks regain an appreciation of the physical format,CD ,albums and tapes.
   I still think making mix tapes/CDs is cool and is a fun creative outlet of turning others on to great music. Making the cover art is fun too where you put one of your own pictures on it or something you cut out of an old magazine, junk mail, etc.
 seeing others reaction when to give them a mix you make is a thrill too. Getting a 6X9 envelope with your name on it  is cool too!
  curious? So how do I sign up you wonder

www.internationalmixtapeproject.com

I have made a few friend who I still keep in touch with too!
 
 

remembering 2009 and myspace

Last night out of curiosity I looked to see if the website art of the mix was still around.it wasn't but I came across an article of someone remembering when she and her friends would make CD mixes for each other and how now one really does that anymore. it triggered the memories of 2009
  in 2009 there was this social network called myspace. It was more popular then facebook for a spell!
       I found this group called art of the mix. It was for folks like me who loved making  CD mixes and sharing them with others. Then I found IMP the international mixtape project..I joined both. I met many like minded folks who like me were obsessed with making CD mixes. we would exchange addresses and send each other mixes.
  AOM was having problems with viruses and such so we all jumped ship and joined another site called Zenrunning order aka ZeRo. that lasted for 2 years and that admin shut it down because of similar issues that he couldn't keep up with due to work and family issues.
  I stopped using myspace because my Hotmail account got hacked and figured my myspace account did too!
facebook got more user friendly so I signed up there. Luckily I was able to reconnect with some of my myspace friends who they themselves quit myspace and joined facebook.
  I'm still in touch with a handful of ZeRo friends who still have a passion for music and making mixes.
 one of them is Larry aka uncle Orca!We both the mixes through the mail idea even though postage has gone up! He occasionally even makes me mixtapes where he pretended to be a DJ and I told him he should get a job at a radio station. Hes that good!
 most everyone else puts their mixes on mixcloud. Not Larry and me!
many has fallen of the CD mix radar because of what I call real life issues. I say if you have an hour to yourself a day heck have fun and make a mix.
 With the revival of interest in LPs I'm hoping folks will once again be interested in making and trading CD mixes via mail.
 Some folks come into your life for a season and others stick around for more and theres always a reason and a lesson to be learned. Be thankful for ALL your friends and cherish the time you have with them all!

Flashback Attack 2014

do last night Igot in the mood to make an oldies mix...

Cassettes

I still have a few old pre recorded cassettes kicking around.My bedroom stereos tapedeck does work anymore so I send these tapes to folks I know still collect them.Yes there are folks out there who still enjoy the cassette format! some folks still make cassette mixes too!

another old mixtape

so here is an old mixtape I'm going to be grooving to in the car on the way to work tomorrow

Mixes past and present

An old cassette ..that STILL plays and a new CD mix!

So my new car plays CDs and cassetts.I went into my hallway closet to see if Icouled find a cool commute to work mixtape!Ah decisions! decisions!

welcome to my world

My fellow mix maker and blogger George AKA Texas Hobart enjoys reading my blogs and like reading about my world.well here's my more

I've seen folks taking self pics and thought Id give it a try with a straight face.Egad is that what I look like?

on a night when there is nothing cool on TV Ill sit in front of my boombox and go through some old mixtapes or CDs and just sit and listen to music.

sometimes I'll snack on something while listening to music like Godiva chocolates..hey what the?..the box is empty!Oh well Ill just have a cup of tea!One night I ate a few pieces watching dog the Bounty hunter and last night I finished em off watching Storage Wars!

treasures of the past

The other night I was going through a box of tapes and found a mixtape I gave dad in 1999.I'm guessing it was a birthday present. Its a bunch of swing and pop hits of the 40s and 50s.I'm guessing The source was CDs.they sound clear.OK so I'll share with you the track listing DAD"99" Side A Rag Mop - The Ames Brothers Wheres The Music - Duke Ellington Walking in the Sunshine - Ella Fitzgerald Nice Work if you can get it - Thelonious Monk Minnie The Moocher - Cab Calloway Bird of Paradise - Charlie Parker Satin Doll - Duke Ellington Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom white - Perez Prado Melodie D'amore - The Ames Brothers Catch a Falling Star - Perry Como Jitterbug Waltz - Vince Guaraldi Java Jive - The Ink Spots Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - The Andrew sisters Side B Medley:Everybodys Alright/Coma Odar Solar Rolar - The Carribean Steel Orchestra Evenin - Cab Calloway Azure - Duke Ellington Swing High Swing Low - The Ink Spots On Green Dolphin Street - Vince Guaraldi Rum and Coca Cola - The Andrew Sisters Frenesi - Artie Shaw There Are Such Things - Tommy Dorsey You'd Be So Nice To Come Home to - Dinah Shore Be My Love - Mario Lanza Sing Sing Sing(with a swing) - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra Making Dad mixtapes was a fun education for This DJ.It was also fun and got me more into the great Jazz Sound!