tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515120584395581190.post3728381818752977613..comments2023-10-18T04:44:04.817-07:00Comments on Nigel Ayers: Cassette Culture--((()))---http://www.blogger.com/profile/17805587313181774510noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515120584395581190.post-79201990344445254252020-08-20T07:09:03.996-07:002020-08-20T07:09:03.996-07:00Agreed!
There is also, related to the DJ Mixtapes...Agreed!<br /><br />There is also, related to the DJ Mixtapes... the rap mixtape, another kind of distinct genre really that continues to evolve.<br /><br />I'm really stoked about getting a copy of this book! Justin Patrick Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13354354033674548466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515120584395581190.post-57564584140286674552020-08-13T10:13:55.757-07:002020-08-13T10:13:55.757-07:00If we're talking properly about cassettes, I ...If we're talking properly about cassettes, I think a distinction should be drawn between a proper mixtape and the sort of homemade compilation tape of pre-existing material that Thurston Moore writes about, an incorrect term that seems to have slipped into common parlance. There is no actual "mixing" happening in these compilations where track follows track in a linear sequence -one starting after the last one has stopped.<br /><br />On the other hand, in the '70s and well into the ravey '90. DJs would often distribute recordings of their club performances via audio cassette. These recordings tended to be of higher technical quality than home-made mixtapes and incorporated techniques such as beatmatching and scratching. <br /><br /> <br /><br />Now! That's what I call a Mixtape! --((()))---https://www.blogger.com/profile/17805587313181774510noreply@blogger.com