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chillwaves2024-08-13 05:28 pm
g_uava) wrote in chillwaves2024-08-13 05:28 pm
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Number of songs to get started on a playlist/mix
Do you need to group together a certain number of songs first before getting started on compiling a playlist/mix? Or do you start with a certain prompt, then think up 8/10/however many songs you'd like to put on your playlist/mix?
I've been on a roll with creating mixes and realise I tend to begin with grouping 3 songs together of a similar vibe or style. Then after deciding what I'd title my list, I could quite easily think up the remaining 6 or 7 songs to complete a full mix. Quite different from a decade ago when I first think up the prompt, then think hard on which songs would fit and even go out of way to find new songs just to populate the tracklist for posting on 8tracks 😂
Looking forward to hearing about everyone's mix-creating process!
I've been on a roll with creating mixes and realise I tend to begin with grouping 3 songs together of a similar vibe or style. Then after deciding what I'd title my list, I could quite easily think up the remaining 6 or 7 songs to complete a full mix. Quite different from a decade ago when I first think up the prompt, then think hard on which songs would fit and even go out of way to find new songs just to populate the tracklist for posting on 8tracks 😂
Looking forward to hearing about everyone's mix-creating process!
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And man, I'll see. Almost all of them were just made in the 2000s for myself to play in the CD player in my room XD They have an order the way my mixes do, but just more "if I listen to this CD, it should send me these crescendo and lulls in this order." No storytelling involved (I mean, one's just random TV size versions of anime songs lmao because I wanted to save them. A lot of my mixes are just that.)
I have shared one mix I've done that's not on CD. Actually, a lot of my mixes from this past decade aren't on CDs...I should fix that. But I'll be posting a lot more soon.
And fair point! I like my mixes to be more telling the story of the characters than reminding of the characters, but hey, different strokes for different folks, right? But yes, agreed with the "lost art" of transitions. Then again, even lately, some of my favorite bands have lost that touch with their recent albums (I'm looking at you, Yesterwynde from Nightwish LOL).