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Nice, I agree with everything here good tips

Great article - I wish I had these tips when I was 16 and trying to impress the girls with a "mixtape" made on the old twin cassette boom box

This is a beauty. The mixtape is an unsung art that has permeated our lives since time immortal and I'm so happy someone has finally given some advice on how to actually do it. I'm now reeling with sweet nostalgia of all the mixtapes I have been blessed to have received over the years. In fact, I'm going to go and make me one right now.

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Mix tapes are great, and even though they have evolved to cd's and mps's the mix tape will always be something that we will hold close at some stage of our life. I made one for my partner with all his favourite songs and then did a recording at the end with message for him to listen to on his way up north. It can be such a romantic gesture because it has so much thought and time put into it. I know I will always love the one he made me. Even if it was put on cd.

Nice. Virtual DJ is good software for making a mixtape. The result can be as good as a mixed CD you could buy but with the bonus of having your own selection. Good for having a few different types on hand for road trips in the car etc, or you can just email it / share it on facebook or whatever. Amazing how the way we listen to and share music has evolved in this technological age!

Awesome post! Although i wouldn't be too sure about putting suggestive songs on a tape for the opposite sex... little cheesy - and thats coming from the cheese meister

haha good old cassettes and players i still got one yeya :) ipods? noway lol

You forgot Rule No.16. Bear in mind that your mixtape will probably be listened to by the receiver at best once, but more probably never, so it doesn't actually matter what you put on it, what order it's in or what the artwork is like. You're better off making them for yourself to listen to.