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Re: Mixtapes - A Hobby That Just Won't Quit

Aimee Grace Webb — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:26:15 -0000

I used to make mix tapes it seemed easier then burning a cd which gets frustrating if the burn wont complete and you waste a cd trying I love last.fm and blip.fm and have an account with most of the other music sharing sites you mentioned that i don't visit that much... I will definitely have to check out muxtape or mixwit

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jimmy I — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:50:56 -0000

i agree most of this is just compilations. i have been to thatcrack.com i frequent them alot they are up to the minute with new free mixtape downloads. mixwit and mixwup are just cheap gadgets that are just that gadgets

Re: Mixtapes - A Hobby That Just Won't Quit

fredwilson — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:38:08 -0000

Re: Mixtapes - A Hobby That Just Won't Quit

free mixtape downloads — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:56:28 -0000

you are right mixtapes have evolved into cds and now digitial format. the best free mixtape download site is http://www.thatcrack.com there are real mixtape djs mixing those mixtapes

Re: Mixtapes - A Hobby That Just Won't Quit

BayPay — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:19:35 -0000

re: searching for tracks vs uploading tracks
"Mixwit is like projectplaylist in that you search the internet for the tracks you want and add them. I vastly prefer the latter approach. It's faster and more fun."

You appear to be unaway that on imeem you can add any music that any other user has uploaded to your playlist, I think there must be something like 5 million tracks on there by now.

Basicly both mixwit and muxtape compare poorly to imeem or projectplaylist, if these guys can get funded by VC's I've got a social network that they might want to fund.

Re: Mixtapes - A Hobby That Just Won't Quit

matt — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:02:44 -0000

Fred -- Compete releases its updated data on social network growth this afternoon -- I'll send you a link; it will have a big change in how imeem looks on this chart.

matt

Re: Mixtapes - A Hobby That Just Won't Quit

Mike — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 04:35:41 -0000

What about MyFlashFetish.com ? They have been around for awhile and look very promising. I'm surprised to not see them in this post.

Re: Mixtapes - A Hobby That Just Won't Quit

fredwilson — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:46:03 -0000

Beth

I listened to your mixwit yesterday. Loved it. But then again, I love mike
doughty so a mike mix is always going to be great

fred

Re: Mixtapes - A Hobby That Just Won't Quit

Beth — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:33:26 -0000

I'll be at the Highline singing along too this Friday. I made a mixwit tape for the friends I'm going with (they're not familiar with him). Here's the link:

http://www.mixwit.com/widge...

The selection of his songs that were available on mixwit was somewhat limited. I haven't checked out muxtape yet-- does it offer more selections?

Re: Mixtapes - A Hobby That Just Won't Quit

fredwilson — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:13:04 -0000

Sweet

I need to be able to put mixwit on my iPod

This is the perfect spring bike ride mix which I will happily be doing
tomorrow

fred

Re: Mixtapes - A Hobby That Just Won't Quit

nickdavis — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:08:25 -0000

Loving MixWit......

Check out my mix:

http://www.nickdavis.com/Ra...

Ra Ra Apollo - Spring Mix

Track List:

The Polyphonic Spree - Light and Day/Reach for the Sun
Raconteurs - Yellow Sun
Rilo Kiley - Hail To Whatever you Found
Mike Doughty- Fort Hood
Tilly and the Wall - Love Song
Belle and Sebastian - Song for Sunshine
Matt Costa - Sunshine
The Elected - Sun Sun Sun
Great Lake Swimmers, I Will never see the sun
Super Furry Animals - Hello Sunshine
Iron & Wine - Sunset Soon Forgotten
The Polyphonic Spree - It's the Sun

Re: Mixtapes - A Hobby That Just Won't Quit

fredwilson — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:32:08 -0000

Not sure I agree completey jackson

I know every one of the songs I put on those mixes

I selected them in the same way I'd select a song when it was vinyl to tape

But it was easier to do and took me less time so I'll make more mixes

And this way I can share with thousands not dozens

Fred

Re: Mixtapes - A Hobby That Just Won't Quit

jackson — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:18:12 -0000

For me, the mixtape was about the mix, the segues, the flow. I don't think you can put together a proper mix without hearing the tunes. It's much easier to compile a bunch of songs these days, certainly quicker, but the quality, again, is cheapened by the method. In the end, it's a compilation, not a mix.

Re: Mixtapes - A Hobby That Just Won't Quit

Scott — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:31:02 -0000

I still think Imeem is a superior mixtape or playlist service. these guys do a find job of using it: www.fakedjs.com

Re: Mixtapes - A Hobby That Just Won't Quit

suesol — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:19:27 -0000

thanks for this info: love mixwit. definitely more fun. but naturally, had to try each: http://suesol.typepad.com/m...

Re: Mixtapes - A Hobby That Just Won't Quit

fredwilson — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:46:02 -0000

I take that risk

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vincentvw — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:33:14 -0000

Nevermind, I saw how Mixwit does it. Searching the web enters the grey area, but does make life for users a lot easier.

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vincentvw — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:29:41 -0000

Thanks, I discovered a new band through your mix. Love MGMT!

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vincentvw — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:27:05 -0000

I'd also like to know what the legal situation is with this. I'd love to publish playlists on my blog, but I'm afraid to be sued into oblivion. How do you do it, Fred?

Re: Mixtapes - A Hobby That Just Won't Quit

Gabriel Nijmeh — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:24:00 -0000

Sweet stuff... takes me back to those days with our dual tape deck, radios and vinyl records. We would create all kinds of crazy mixtapes that we would pass around school. Hours and hours were spent...

My kids won't believe me when I have to explain what we had to do to make our mixtapes back in them olden days!! I can already see the "you gotta be kidding" look on their faces.

BTW, good taste in tunes!! Mike Doughty writes some great music... check out his work with Soul Coughing.

And Vampire Weekend... the most talked about and possibly over-hyped band of the year... but you know what, the music is pretty original and catchy.

Re: Mixtapes - A Hobby That Just Won't Quit

Michael Christoff — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:34:00 -0000

Good Close out with not ready yet, Fred. This is probably the best part of my job... listening to all these rad mixes while we roll out new features.

Really enjoying muxtape's simple and elegant design. As an avid tumblr user myself, it is certainly appreciated.

Over here at Mixwit, we have a bit of different strategy. We've created this awesome way for people to create and share mixtapes in a really personalized way, but we see that as just a start for us. What we're really building is a platform mashups, where users can take media from around the web and use it to create amazing things.

-Mike

Re: Mixtapes - A Hobby That Just Won't Quit

Alex — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:04:31 -0000

very cool........ I cracking up at the title of the song!

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Joe Lazarus — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:49:27 -0000

Muxtape is beautiful in it's simplicity, though I agree that it might be even easier to add songs that are already on the web rather than having to upload (a la Mixwit). I tried to combine those two things with a hack I built a few weeks ago...

http://joelaz.com/post/2813...

Unfortunately, I don't have the programming skills to turn that into a real, elegant product like Muxtape, but I think the concept is directionally right. When I want to add songs to my music blog, I just click the "love" button in Audioscrobbler through iTunes and the hack finds an MP3 from the web and submits it to my site for me in the background.

Fred, do you know what the latest legal policy is with regards to linking to MP3's that are hosted on other sites? Would Muxtape be legal if it somehow just linked to all the songs you wanted on your mix without hosting the files on Muxtape.com? Would the Hype Machine be entirely legal if they just linked to tracks on music blogs and let you play them on HypeM.com, but without hosting the MP3s? I assume that's a grey area.

Re: Mixtapes - A Hobby That Just Won't Quit

Gregg Smith — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:33:31 -0000

Muxtape is so good. However, it's obviously getting hammered right now.

(edited for really, really poor grammar)

Re: Mixtapes - A Hobby That Just Won't Quit

Mark Schoneveld — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:55:46 -0000

I love muxtape... elegant and simple! Here's mine: yvynyl.muxtape.com