Mixmasters:
What is it? Well, Mixmasters is a long-running mix tape (now mix CD) exchange. It is currently at seven members and in it's seventeenth round. Here's how it works: each person makes a mix CD (up to about 80 minutes) and sends a copy of it to the other six people. Emphasis is on artists that have not been used before, so a lot of new music is discovered, good and not quite so good. After all these rounds, most popular artists have been used but there is an amazing amount of great music by lesser-known artists.
Then each person does a song by song review of everyone else's mix. Yes, we all review every song on every CD except our own. The results are complied in a publication called The Wheel, a large and fascinating collection. Questions? Email me here.
My Round 17 Liner Notes
My Round 16 Liner Notes
My Round 15 Liner Notes
My Round 14 Liner Notes
My Round 13 Liner Notes
My Round 12 Liner Notes