Remember the lost art of the mixed tape?
It required:
Planning. Which songs? What order? How much rewinding and re-recording before the tape gave out?
Dexterity. Pressing 'play' and 'record' in tandem, on a double-cassette boom-box the size of a carry-on, took skills.
Initiative. Achieving variety involved raiding your friends' and neighbors' collections - not iTunes.
Time + Timing. Listening to each and every song, appropriately spaced, for it's full duration - no short-cuts, no point and click expediency.
Yearning + Audacity. In equal measure. Every song a loaded message of love and longing. Every tape a declaration.
And A Pencil. For coaxing 4 hours' worth of work back into the case, wrinkle-free, while holding your breath.
It was a labor of love.
This February 14th, you could hand your valentine a playlist on a USB stick. Or an M3P player. Or even a disc. But where's the poetry in that?
Enter Milktape, where old-school style meets new world technology.
The perfect mix.
Sample
Songs for my valentine. Some because we met on the dance floor. Some because we understand the 'for better and for worse' bit. Some because they say it better than I can. All because he rocks.
The perfect mix.
Sample
Songs for my valentine. Some because we met on the dance floor. Some because we understand the 'for better and for worse' bit. Some because they say it better than I can. All because he rocks.
- Burn Your Name - Powderfinger
- You Make My Dreams - Hall & Oates
- Best Of My Love - The Emotions
- Signed, Sealed, Delivered - Stevie Wonder
- Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
- Dancing In The Moonlight - Toploader
- I Put A Spell On You - Nina Simone
- Call Me - Blondie
- Mockingbird - Carly Simon & James Taylor
- You Got The Love - Florence And The Machine
- Praise You - Fat Boy Slim
- To Be Real - Cherly Lynn
- Things Can Only Get Better - D:Ream
- Accentuate The Positive - Johnny Mercer
- Viva La Vida - Coldplay
- Return To Innocence - Enya
- Price Tag - Jessie J
- Though Swell - Blossom Dearie
- That's Life - Frank Sinatra
- Uptight - Stevie Wonder
- I Put A Spell On You - Nina Simone
- Fever - Peggy Lee
- Maybe I'm Amazed - Paul McCartney
- Hard Headed Woman - Elvis Presley
- If You Really Love Me - Stevie Wonder
- I Want You Back - Michael Jackson & The Jackson Five
- I Try - Macy Gray
- Jungle - Emma Louise
- Tiny Dancer - Elton John
- Under Pressure - Queen & David Bowie
- Sweet Disposition - The Temper Trap
- Shelter From The Storm - Bob Dylan