DB Mix Series 6 – First Impressions
Wow, it's been six months since the last DB Mixes were posted! A whole half a year. Doesn't feel like it at all. But, it's the 16th day of the month and today also happens to be Bryan's birthday! (Series 3 was also posted on Bryan's b-day last year.) Read on to be impressed by DB Mix Series 6 – First Impressions.
For those unfamiliar with these music challenges—my cousin Bryan and I alternately choose a concept, we each choose the appropriate number of songs, make a playlist, share with each other, then I mix the playlists, design the album art, and share with you! You can check out the previous DB Mixes here.
The concept this time was chosen by me—each of us was to make a 26-track mix (one artist for each letter of the alphabet) of nothing but album opening tracks (from our available MP3 collections). Some of the rules we set this time around were: the songs had to be from full-length LPs (no EPs or singles), no songs from soundtracks/scores, and no live tracks.
To recap our main rule—we never tell each other which songs we are going to pick, so the mixes are a surprise for us both. We happen to have a lot of the same artists/songs in our respective (and large) music libraries and we often share artists/songs, so sometimes we choose the same songs or artists for these mixes.
This time around we both happened to choose the same XTC song for the letter ‘X’ (we both almost chose a different one, but that would have been the same one too). Other than that, not only did we not choose any of the same songs, but we didn't even choose any of the same artists. Which is really cool, I like being exposed to new music! We hope that some of these artists and/or songs will be new to you as well. We both revealed to each other after we shared our mixes that we intentionally tried to choose artists that we thought the other wouldn't for this mix (though some of the ones that Bryan chose were definite contenders for mine).
To download the MP3s and cover art for both comps, go here: https://tinyurl.com/1stimprss
Please enjoy and comment with your thoughts!
For those unfamiliar with these music challenges—my cousin Bryan and I alternately choose a concept, we each choose the appropriate number of songs, make a playlist, share with each other, then I mix the playlists, design the album art, and share with you! You can check out the previous DB Mixes here.
The concept this time was chosen by me—each of us was to make a 26-track mix (one artist for each letter of the alphabet) of nothing but album opening tracks (from our available MP3 collections). Some of the rules we set this time around were: the songs had to be from full-length LPs (no EPs or singles), no songs from soundtracks/scores, and no live tracks.
To recap our main rule—we never tell each other which songs we are going to pick, so the mixes are a surprise for us both. We happen to have a lot of the same artists/songs in our respective (and large) music libraries and we often share artists/songs, so sometimes we choose the same songs or artists for these mixes.
This time around we both happened to choose the same XTC song for the letter ‘X’ (we both almost chose a different one, but that would have been the same one too). Other than that, not only did we not choose any of the same songs, but we didn't even choose any of the same artists. Which is really cool, I like being exposed to new music! We hope that some of these artists and/or songs will be new to you as well. We both revealed to each other after we shared our mixes that we intentionally tried to choose artists that we thought the other wouldn't for this mix (though some of the ones that Bryan chose were definite contenders for mine).
To download the MP3s and cover art for both comps, go here: https://tinyurl.com/1stimprss
Please enjoy and comment with your thoughts!
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