Collaborative mix-disc. A sorta new concept (This is the ILMiXor thread!)

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Step 1 - get a gmail account, and share the password with everyone you want to participate.

Step 2 - (optional) Decide on what order you'll be adding songs to the playlist, and choose a theme.

Step 3 - first in line sends an mp3 of the song to the shared account.

Step 4 - Next in line downloads and listens to that song, sends one of his/her own.

Step 5 - repeat until the length of a CD is achieved, burn all the mp3s to in in a sequence. Or just make it an itunes playlist for all I care.

Some folks I know have been doing this and we've gotten some pretty cool results. I thought maybe this crowd would like the idea, too.

― Austin (Austin), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 19:01 (twenty years ago)

why not do it as a blog? people can upload their tracks to their own webspace and post links (and if they don't have webspace, someone else can host the file for them).

― Nimrod Kovacs (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 19:18 (twenty years ago)

gmail was chosen initially because it provided the webspace. But do whatever you want with the idea.

― Austin (Austin), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 19:19 (twenty years ago)

I'd like to do this.

― adam posting anonymously (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 19:20 (twenty years ago)

haha I actually did a print 'zine a few years ago that explored this idea some. it's a good idea.

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 19:25 (twenty years ago)

i'll create the blog.

― Nimrod Kovacs (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 19:27 (twenty years ago)

great!

― adam isn't here (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 19:27 (twenty years ago)

let me know if you want in (and make sure i have a valid e-mail address for you)

― Nimrod Kovacs (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 19:35 (twenty years ago)

I'm happy to be in; my address is the one below.

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 19:37 (twenty years ago)

I'd like to do it. Corrected address below.

― Allyzay Highlights The Fallacy of Radiohead (allyzay), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 19:37 (twenty years ago)

Let's go! This one works.

― Austin (Austin), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 19:37 (twenty years ago)

this sounds like fun. i'm in if you'll have me.

― it's tricky (disco stu), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 19:38 (twenty years ago)

Muahaha! My plot for world domination of music geek bulliten boards continues as planned...

― Austin (Austin), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 19:38 (twenty years ago)

me please (at this address)

― Site Admistrator (deangulberry), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 19:38 (twenty years ago)

I'll play.

― mcd (mcd), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 19:39 (twenty years ago)

i'd enjoy participating, if you'll have me

― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 19:40 (twenty years ago)

sounds great, count me in
address works

― lemin (lemin), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 19:41 (twenty years ago)

Me too!

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 19:43 (twenty years ago)

tricky, give me yr e-mail address.

― Nimrod Kovacs (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 19:49 (twenty years ago)

dig: http://ilmixor.blogspot.com/

― Nimrod Kovacs (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 19:51 (twenty years ago)

Here's a suggestion: Once Jody opens it up w/a song and a writeup, she then writes at the end, in bold, the name of the participant who has next on the mix. If they take more than a week to follow it up, she then has the option of choosing a different person to do so. Each successive person does the same thing. Sequence should be chronological based on who gets in on the blog in which order. Only a suggestion, but maybe a way to keep things rolling in a relatively coherent fashion.

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 19:52 (twenty years ago)

Me too. Address as seen.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 19:53 (twenty years ago)

Thanks for setting this up, Jody. Matos's suggestion is wise.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 19:55 (twenty years ago)

Blog looks nice!

― mcd (mcd), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 19:55 (twenty years ago)

sounds good, matos. i'll whip up an introductory post sometime today.

― Nimrod Kovacs (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 19:55 (twenty years ago)

i'd like to participate.

― dan (dan), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 19:56 (twenty years ago)

ok d00dz, check your e-mail if you haven't already.

― Nimrod Kovacs (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 20:01 (twenty years ago)

Another request to play from me (at this e-mail).

― Chris Hill (Chris Hill), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 20:02 (twenty years ago)

In my previous experience, it rarely takes as long as a week to get a new post up - often less than a day.

― Austin (Austin), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 20:23 (twenty years ago)

I'm in ... barry.bruner@gmail.com

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 20:28 (twenty years ago)

I'll go in (address below is valid.)

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 20:35 (twenty years ago)

This address is real and I would like in.

― But you did not see me and we are not having this conversation (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 20:36 (twenty years ago)

i want to play 2!

― bnw (bnw), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 20:40 (twenty years ago)

mullygrubber@g mail.com

― bulbs (bulbs), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 21:39 (twenty years ago)

I want in. Maybe if we get enough people we can sort ourselves into teams. Perhaps make a competition out of it. My email address works.

― Jeff Reguilon (Talent Explosion), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 21:41 (twenty years ago)

I'd like to be in as well (the first part of my gmail address is real).

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 21:43 (twenty years ago)

so, ah, who's offering to host files?

― bulbs (bulbs), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 21:44 (twenty years ago)

Maybe if we get enough people we can sort ourselves into teams.

a lot of people have joined already, but how many of them are actually going to post remains to be seen. i don't wanna get too ambitious with this yet.

― Nimrod Kovacs (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 21:47 (twenty years ago)

so, ah, who's offering to host files?

i'd be willing to host a few.

― Nimrod Kovacs (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 21:48 (twenty years ago)

thanks!

― bulbs (bulbs), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 21:52 (twenty years ago)

i'd be willing to host as well.

― it's tricky (disco stu), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 21:54 (twenty years ago)

Once Jody opens it up w/a song and a writeup, she then writes at the end, in bold, the name of the participant who has next on the mix.

on second thought, getting everyone to post in order and in a fairly timely manner is a pain in the butt. let's just do it first come, first serve.

i put my entry up -- i'm recycling my blog post from the other day since i don't think many people read it the first time. i know, i know, starting a mix with a 9-and-a-half-minute song is outrageous, but chutzpah (and kinky sex) makes the world go 'round.

i'll write a sidebar explaining what the project is and linking to here.

― Nimrod Kovacs (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 23:07 (twenty years ago)

So...the theme is...kinky sex?

― This was not a post, it was merely the wind whistling thru the redwoods (nordics, Wednesday, 2 February 2005 23:09 (twenty years ago)

the theme is... chutzpah.

― Nimrod Kovacs (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 23:12 (twenty years ago)

jody...that song is really fucking weird!

― not me (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 23:20 (twenty years ago)

I'm kind of disappointed that I know the first song, but it is great. If I'm not mistaken it has a line about handjobs.

I think starting a compilation with a nine and a half minute long song rocks.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 23:28 (twenty years ago)

o man that track TAKES OFF at the spoken word bit

― bulbs (bulbs), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 23:34 (twenty years ago)

OK, I know what song to do next...

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 23:47 (twenty years ago)

Oh man it's pretty hard for me to resist stuff like this, so count me in if that's okay (seeing as i still haven't got my own mp3 blog back on track just yet)

― Alienus Quam Reproba (blueski), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 23:54 (twenty years ago)

For those of us who don't have hosting space -- to whom should we send our files?

Gmailing our contribution to the group is another, albeit messy option.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 23:56 (twenty years ago)

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"ILMiXor" and then "Disc 1: Chutzpah"

― stockholm cindy's secret childhood (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 10 February 2005 14:32 (twenty years ago)

I was looking forward to doing a Chutzpah track, but I'm sure I could come up with something if we decide to do a new theme.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 10 February 2005 15:01 (twenty years ago)

your track can still be chutzpahdik as long as it fits with the new theme!

― stockholm cindy's secret childhood (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 10 February 2005 15:11 (twenty years ago)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v468/cmvenuti/ilmixor1.jpg

― Big Baby Bingo (Chris V), Thursday, 10 February 2005 15:52 (twenty years ago)

Maybe abstract nouns as titles could be a useful general pattern, imposing some coherence with still a decent amount of leeway?

Stealth
Whimsy
Balance
Scarcity
etc

― OleM (OleM), Thursday, 10 February 2005 16:13 (twenty years ago)

I like this idea.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 10 February 2005 16:22 (twenty years ago)

Eaty

― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 10 February 2005 16:23 (twenty years ago)

I like "pop top 40 from another world" myself.

All tracks between 3 and 4 minutes, no swearing, a good beat you can dance to - otherwise go nuts.

― Austin (Austin), Thursday, 10 February 2005 16:24 (twenty years ago)

Oh come on, they just bleep/blank out the swearing these days.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 10 February 2005 16:27 (twenty years ago)

Good point.

― Austin (Austin), Thursday, 10 February 2005 16:28 (twenty years ago)

Otherwise it's a good idea.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 10 February 2005 16:29 (twenty years ago)

bbb, that license plate image is great.

― m0stly clean (m0stly clean), Thursday, 10 February 2005 17:37 (twenty years ago)

love that cover image too!

Is there a standard bitrate I should encode with?

― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Thursday, 10 February 2005 17:44 (twenty years ago)

cover connection: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/target/earth/used_36/tommy.gif

zaxxon: we haven't established one, but i would go with something medium-sized.

― stockholm cindy's secret childhood (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 10 February 2005 18:27 (twenty years ago)

whoops

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/target/earth/used_36/tommy.gif

― stockholm cindy's secret childhood (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 10 February 2005 18:27 (twenty years ago)

i usually use 192

Sorry for the delay - I'll have it up by 5pm Central for shizzy.

― Austin (Austin), Thursday, 10 February 2005 18:28 (twenty years ago)

Okay, go.

BTW - I like the license plate idea, too.

― Austin (Austin), Thursday, 10 February 2005 20:44 (twenty years ago)

roughly six minutes left

― stockholm cindy's secret childhood (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 10 February 2005 20:48 (twenty years ago)

jaymc
Sasha
Gravel Puzzleworth
Colin
J Blount
Stevie Nixed
The Lex
SteveM
Jordan
Jeff Reguilon
Alba
Dean Gulberry
Zaxxon25
Dan Regan
Ned Raggett
Dave Q
Stormy Davis
Michael F Gill
BNW
Noodle Vague
John 'n' Chicago
Nate
m0stly clean
tombot
teeny
kephm

― stockholm cindy's secret childhood (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 10 February 2005 20:48 (twenty years ago)

jaymc has the last track, then we'll go on to disc 2: pop top 40 from another world (starting with sasha).

― stockholm cindy's secret childhood (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 10 February 2005 21:01 (twenty years ago)

i can't get austin's track!

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Thursday, 10 February 2005 21:09 (twenty years ago)

works for me.

― stockholm cindy's secret childhood (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 10 February 2005 21:10 (twenty years ago)

I just checked my webspace settings. It should be accessible. What problem are you having exactly?

― Austin (Austin), Thursday, 10 February 2005 21:14 (twenty years ago)

website unavailable or cannot be found. try again later.

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Thursday, 10 February 2005 21:16 (twenty years ago)

just try it again. my laptop does this all the time. just keep clicking till it goes. it will eventually.

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Thursday, 10 February 2005 21:23 (twenty years ago)

Nice, I'll prob. post mine late tonight or early tomorrow morning.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 10 February 2005 21:25 (twenty years ago)

Very wierd.

okay ilmixor@gmail.com has it, too

password: ilovemusic

― Austin (Austin), Thursday, 10 February 2005 21:27 (twenty years ago)

thanks

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Thursday, 10 February 2005 21:34 (twenty years ago)

Somebody posted in the comments they were having problems w/ mine (Shuggie Otis, 'XL-30'). Seemed okay when I checked it now. Anybody?

― jergins (jergins), Thursday, 10 February 2005 22:26 (twenty years ago)

Shuggie and Lyrics Born are fine for me.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 10 February 2005 23:35 (twenty years ago)

Everything's working fine for me too.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Friday, 11 February 2005 00:42 (twenty years ago)

I am kinda terrified by the prospect of having to start the next one! I mean, how would I top Moonshadow? Hopefully jay will pick something long or something.

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Friday, 11 February 2005 01:48 (twenty years ago)

Speaking of which: there's a track I'm eyeing, but it's 5:19, which means that it would put Disc 1 at 80:20. Should I pick something shorter to stay within the mix, or what? (I sort of don't want to, since it's a nice segue, I think.)

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 11 February 2005 02:01 (twenty years ago)

does the track have a fade-out ending? can you edit it to fade down early?

otherwise, you might have to pick a shorter track.

I am kinda terrified by the prospect of having to start the next one! I mean, how would I top Moonshadow? Hopefully jay will pick something long or something.

you're not starting it. you're second! pressure's off. :-)

― stockholm cindy's secret childhood (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 11 February 2005 02:21 (twenty years ago)

well, hmmm--does the disc have to be as close to 80 minutes as we can make it? doesn't seem like it should be, necessarily.

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Friday, 11 February 2005 02:29 (twenty years ago)

if you remove all the pauses between tracks (so it reads something like "pause: 0 seconds"), the running time is 75:21:43. everyone's cd-burning software should be able to do this.

― stockholm cindy's secret childhood (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 11 February 2005 02:31 (twenty years ago)

it certainly doesn't, but jaymc has a particular song he wants to use.

― stockholm cindy's secret childhood (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 11 February 2005 02:31 (twenty years ago)

that's my point, though--if he wants to go over the time, it just starts disc two of this. doesn't seem like a big deal.

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Friday, 11 February 2005 02:33 (twenty years ago)

that sorta throws off the theme of disc 2 though ("all tracks between 3 and 4 minutes").

― stockholm cindy's secret childhood (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 11 February 2005 02:34 (twenty years ago)

I went the fade-out edit route. Which actually worked pretty well in this case. It's up now.

ONTO DISC TWO!

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 11 February 2005 07:33 (twenty years ago)

i love gil scot heron!

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Friday, 11 February 2005 08:11 (twenty years ago)

pop top 40 from another world

this is a fantastic theme to work with

― Alienus Quam Reproba (blueski), Friday, 11 February 2005 10:19 (twenty years ago)

DISC 1: CHUTZPAH

1) LaBelle, "Moonshadow"
2) Della Reese, "If It Feels Good, Do It"
3) Grace Jones, "She's Lost Control"
4) Herbert, "Leave Me Now"
5) Deee-Lite, "Good Beat"
6) Screamin' Rachael, "Fun With Bad Boys"
7) Jackie McLean, "Soul"
8) The Pointer Sisters, "Don't It Drive You Crazy"
9) Bobby Orlando, "German Girl"
10) Laurie Anderson, "Example #22"
11) Metal Urbain, "Train (Version 2)"
12) Shuggie Otis, "XL-30"
13) Romanthony, "Wreck"
14) Lyrics Born with E-40 and Casual, "Callin' Out (remix)"
15) Gil Scott-Heron, "Shut 'Em Down" (Jaymc Edit)

Attributions, blurbs, etc. are on the blog.

Thread for Disc 2 here.

― stockholm cindy's secret childhood (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 11 February 2005 14:19 (twenty years ago)

p.s.-- if you care at all about nice clean file tagging, you'll have to take care of that yourself.

― stockholm cindy's secret childhood (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 11 February 2005 14:25 (twenty years ago)

Put me down on the list for disc 3 please.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Friday, 11 February 2005 16:16 (twenty years ago)

To everyone that coulodn't DL the Romanthony track, it's working again now. Sorry, my service was down over the weekend.

― adam.r.l. (nordicskilla), Monday, 14 February 2005 19:21 (twenty years ago)

> 11) Metal Urbain, "Train (Version 2)"

this seems downloadable. anyone, anyone?

― koogs (koogs), Friday, 25 February 2005 15:55 (twenty years ago)

i mean 'undownloadable' of course, if that is a real word

― koogs (koogs), Friday, 25 February 2005 15:56 (twenty years ago)

try ilmixor@gmail.com, with the password ilovemusic

― Austin (Austin), Friday, 25 February 2005 16:02 (twenty years ago)

done, thanks!

― koogs (koogs), Friday, 25 February 2005 16:11 (twenty years ago)

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