Anybody out there still make mix tapes? A trading network should be created!

[Matt Von]

Anybody want to trade tapes through the mail?

[tom mcneill]

yeah i still demo on cassets and make mix tapes with other bands on it yeah

[tom mcneill]

dude casset traders keep the music industry from turning into just downloads

Mike Humsgreen said:

You casette traders are killing the music industry!

[Petulant Child]

tapes are cheap and easy..mp3s and pod casts are great when your online. its the transfer from there that you need to buy stuff for that makes me resist!!...

tom mcneill said:

dude casset traders keep the music industry from turning into just downloads

Mike Humsgreen said:

You casette traders are killing the music industry!

[Mike Humsgreen]

CD-Rs replaced tapes for me ages ago. It's quicker to burn a CD then copy it to tape than mix the tape yourself if you have a car with only a cassett deck. I don't have a car any more so find that putting everything I have onto Media Player gives me one giant jukebox for when I'm at home and not listening to podcasts.

[The screamin' Soul Preacher]

I still make mixtapes (even if make podcasts too) to listen in my dirty rusty ol' car. And I don't think it's quicker to burn a CD since most of my records are good ol' scratchy vinyls and I never listen music through my crappy computer.
But I come from another century and I live in another dimension...

[kopper]

Heh, I think he was being facetious. Remember this?

tom mcneill said:

dude casset traders keep the music industry from turning into just downloads

Mike Humsgreen said:

You casette traders are killing the music industry!

[The screamin' Soul Preacher]

Yep ! Probably the same morons that say nowadays "Podcasting is killing music" !

kopper said:

Heh, I think he was being facetious. Remember this?

tom mcneill said:

dude casset traders keep the music industry from turning into just downloads

Mike Humsgreen said:

You casette traders are killing the music industry!

[The screamin' Soul Preacher]

Oh, one more thing, I make mixtapes to ruin my own ears in my own car, podcasts to share (and ruin) great music with great people !
Cheers !

[Thee Wild Wraith]

I was about to say that somebody needs to use that as a logo. Then I see in the next message you already have!

kopper said:

Heh, I think he was being facetious. Remember this?

tom mcneill said:

dude casset traders keep the music industry from turning into just downloads

Mike Humsgreen said:

You casette traders are killing the music industry!

[TeenFink]

Fuck cassette tapes. I wanna start a tape trading network for 8-TRACKS!!! Who's with me?

[Lachlan William Richardson]

I still use mixtapes for the same reason others have said, I did it for years as a kid and I drive an old enough car that has a cassette player so they're always handy. I also love mix CDs and I think podcasting is just the latest equivalent and a great way to be exposed to new music, especially for more specialised genres where the fans aren't going to come across that music by any other means unless they scan through enough blogs or type just the right keyword when searching for something completely new, in that way podcasts are greatly beneficial to the music industry if it's concerning a specific genre because the listener will generally be more dedicated to that style and is likely to order the album anyway. Of course that's not always the case but never the less, that's got to be a positive when one considers the massive decline in CD sales in the past decade.