{"id":1458,"date":"2007-10-11T14:24:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-11T14:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isplotchy.com\/blog\/?p=1458"},"modified":"2013-05-04T01:46:02","modified_gmt":"2013-05-04T01:46:02","slug":"great-moments-in-mixtape-transitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isplotchy.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/great-moments-in-mixtape-transitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Moments In Mixtape Transitions"},"content":{"rendered":"

All this mixtape monkey nonsense<\/a> has got me thinking about, well, mixtapes.<\/p>\n

I am gradually sliding into putting the Green Monkey Music Project mixes into heavy rotation. Honestly, I don’t necessarily have the whole mix listened to as soon as it’s published — it takes me a while. Don’t be surprised if a couple weeks after the mix has been made, I say to you, “Wow, I really like that fourth song on your mix selection!”<\/p>\n

Anyways, I was taking the Speed It Up<\/a> mix for a test drive. I was struck by how much I enjoyed the transition between two songs selected by Tim<\/a>. The exit from Pixies’ “Planet of Sound” into the Police’s “Deathwish” was really aesthetically pleasing. “Planet of Sound” is a really in-your-face song. It abruptly ends, and is immediately followed by a nice, laid-back drum intro by Stewart Copeland in “Deathwish”. I don’t know, it’s hard to explain exactly what makes a transition from one song to another work, it just works.<\/p>\n

There is an art to crafting a mixtape. The overall flow of mood is a more obvious component of a satisfying mix. I find getting really potent transitions between individual songs as a more elusive art. Sure, you can have a good transition, but a great transition is something that doesn’t occur that often. I’d say that normally a mixtape won’t even have a great transition — it’s that rare.<\/p>\n

I remember a mixtape I made in high school, that went from Simon & Garfunkel’s “Scarborough Fair” into Lou Reed’s “Walk On The Wild Side”. A few months later, I was in the car with a friend of mine who was playing his own mixtape. My friend had used the exact same transition. I took that appropriation of my song order has the highest compliment (he had heard my mix before).<\/p>\n

I was wondering about you folks in the business of making mixtapes, have you ever had a great transition, and if so, what was it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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