mixtape project
in-store filesharing setup- a bunch of blank cassettes for sale, a double cassette deck (or tape duplicator, a library of mixtapes with xeroxable liner notes. mix tapes should be thematic, along a theme you are enthusastic and knowledgeable about. purpose of the tapes should be to educate and guide people by the hand along a musical path that maybe they wouldn’t tread unguided. a good example (just an example) would be the tape you give a kid who is just getting into punk and only knows about mall punk, so you make a broad general view of things, covering as many bases and including as many anthems as possible along the varying sub genres. tapes can also be just a good time, or songs linked by topic, or cross-genre examinations. now accepting tapes. tapes must be 90 minutes long and must include photocopiable liner notes on one or two sides of 8.5″ x 11″ paper, that include at least the band name, the song name and the album name (if applicable) for each song. no cds. mail tapes to the store or hand off in person. stop chumpin’. donation of a working high-speed tape duplicator totally welcome.