Posted on 02/01/2017 at 02:30 AM
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I made so many mix tapes way back when. There was always a minute or two at the end of each side I couldn't fill, so my friend Sean and I would record funny dialog in those spots. Oh man, and the different types of tapes too. Some were called "metal" or something like that, or "gold", I forget really, but there were different kinds, some which were supposed to be better. I got a 120 minute cassett tape once to make a longer mix but they weren't supposed to be of such great quality for some reason.
I was still making mix tapes right around the turn of the century. In 2004 I got an iPod for Xmas and soon after I got rid of all my stereo equipment. I carried my mixes over to the computer and made CD mixes for a while, but then I started listening to groups of albums instead because you can manipulate so much more music now. I kind of miss the old mix tapes though. Those mixes were intense to listen to - really special.