Start Time: 3:00:50 PM; End Time: 5:10:37 PM
Fresh says: (3:01:15 PM)
http://www.elarceny.com/2009/08/i-was-a-dj.html
C$ says: (3:04:56 PM)
hahahahahah
C$ says: (3:05:08 PM)
i probably can't guess any of that track list either
C$ says: (3:05:17 PM)
but i can't wait to listen
Fresh says: (3:05:53 PM)
i'm sure itll all come back to you.
Fresh says: (3:05:58 PM)
no cheating with Shazam
C$ says: (3:06:31 PM)
ok, fine
Fresh says: (3:07:36 PM)
i want to see how much of it we can get.
C$ says: (3:30:16 PM)
well, i think i have a bit of an unfair advantage
C$ says: (3:30:23 PM)
but i promise not to cheat
Fresh says: (3:31:04 PM)
you did make the mix, afterall. i recognize quite a bit of it
Fresh says: (3:31:24 PM)
i love going back and listening to old mixes
C$ says: (3:32:11 PM)
i do have a question
C$ says: (3:32:19 PM)
am i a better mix maker
C$ says: (3:32:24 PM)
or better with technology
C$ says: (3:32:41 PM)
or do i just know that much more music to make a more cohesive mix
C$ says: (3:33:05 PM)
though my old definition of mix was just that - a grab bag of songs
C$ says: (3:33:24 PM)
i resisted the idea of flow
C$ says: (3:42:14 PM)
Fresh, the zip isn't opening for me - try on your end and see what happens
Fresh says: (3:49:11 PM)
i'm checking the zip file now. one sec
Fresh says: (3:49:22 PM)
you are a better mixer now.
Fresh says: (3:49:32 PM)
the technology helps
Fresh says: (3:49:52 PM)
but flow was always the big thing
Fresh says: (3:50:32 PM)
you can tell on MY Milk that you jut didnt care much about the flow.
Fresh says: (3:50:41 PM)
its a completely different story on Therapy
C$ says: (3:50:53 PM)
tis true
Fresh says: (3:51:17 PM)
Therapy is cohesive. it plays off of each song. it has a rhythm. it ebbs and flows
C$ says: (3:51:59 PM)
do you like therapy more than so easy?
Fresh says: (3:56:41 PM)
i dont know. i think theres a progression there.
Fresh says: (3:56:58 PM)
So Easy was great in its own right
Fresh says: (3:57:16 PM)
but Therapy shows you moving on
Fresh says: (3:57:38 PM)
I listen to my Summer Clothes Vol1
Fresh says: (3:57:47 PM)
and its now where near Vol2
C$ says: (3:57:50 PM)
which is great, by the way
C$ says: (3:57:55 PM)
but i do love v 2
Fresh says: (3:58:07 PM)
but even listening to Vol2, I hear things and wonder what i was thinking
C$ says: (3:58:26 PM)
yeah, i'm sure 'my milk' will have plenty of that
C$ says: (3:58:33 PM)
but that is what makes them great
Fresh says: (3:58:40 PM)
it does
Fresh says: (3:58:46 PM)
they are like time machines
C$ says: (3:58:47 PM)
snapshots of time
Fresh says: (3:58:51 PM)
hahaha
Fresh says: (3:58:52 PM)
bingo
C$ says: (3:59:03 PM)
ahh freshy, you da man
C$ says: (3:59:23 PM)
did the download work for you?
Fresh says: (4:00:17 PM)
no. the file was corrupt. i re upping now. try it in 20 min
Fresh says: (4:00:25 PM)
she's a doozy
C$ says: (4:00:25 PM)
will do
Fresh says: (4:00:30 PM)
24 tracks
C$ says: (4:00:39 PM)
what you do without me
Fresh says: (4:00:53 PM)
i dont know.
C$ says: (4:01:04 PM)
hahahah
Fresh says: (4:01:26 PM)
it just kept going and i was so happy that there was yet another song
Fresh says: (4:01:56 PM)
i think i was just laughing from track 18 on becuase the disc just wouldnt end
C$ says: (4:03:06 PM)
hahahah
C$ says: (4:03:14 PM)
i need to make a 40 song disc
Fresh says: (4:04:04 PM)
hahaha. only you would
C$ says: (4:05:29 PM)
i want to put Girl Talk to shame and do 8 sec samples for two hours
Fresh says: (4:07:46 PM)
that would hurt my head
Fresh says: (4:07:53 PM)
i like Girl Talk
Fresh says: (4:08:06 PM)
like what he does, but the ADD drives me nuts
C$ says: (4:08:14 PM)
yeah
Fresh says: (4:08:15 PM)
i like the long form
Fresh says: (4:08:27 PM)
I'll take LPs over EPs anyday
C$ says: (4:08:35 PM)
yeah, it only really truly works on a few songs
C$ says: (4:08:47 PM)
yeah, there is not that many great EP's
C$ says: (4:08:53 PM)
but that Beta Band EP is great
C$ says: (4:09:02 PM)
Radiohead EP
C$ says: (4:09:09 PM)
but that is about it
C$ says: (4:09:29 PM)
Well, maybe PS We Love You, of course
Fresh says: (4:13:12 PM)
there are some great EPs
Fresh says: (4:13:35 PM)
but in general i'm pretty old-school about the whol album experience
Fresh says: (4:14:12 PM)
i like thinking about the message the artist is trying to convey over those 30-60 minutes
C$ says: (4:15:34 PM)
yes, but you have to admit
C$ says: (4:15:47 PM)
how many albums can you listen and love the whole way through?
C$ says: (4:15:57 PM)
not just a few songs
C$ says: (4:15:59 PM)
even 5
Fresh says: (4:16:01 PM)
there are very few
C$ says: (4:16:04 PM)
the whole damn thing
Fresh says: (4:16:12 PM)
i could probably count them on one hand
C$ says: (4:16:20 PM)
exactly
Fresh says: (4:16:27 PM)
but thats what i like about it.
C$ says: (4:16:29 PM)
i have long been the fan of the single
Fresh says: (4:16:33 PM)
its so so hard to do
C$ says: (4:16:42 PM)
absolutely
C$ says: (4:16:49 PM)
but the stars need to be aligned too
C$ says: (4:16:55 PM)
you know how it goes
C$ says: (4:17:02 PM)
you listed to a song for alblum 50 times
C$ says: (4:17:09 PM)
and the 51st
C$ says: (4:17:15 PM)
you may be a little toasty
C$ says: (4:17:18 PM)
or whatever
C$ says: (4:17:34 PM)
and it's like the clouds part
C$ says: (4:17:40 PM)
angels sing
C$ says: (4:17:58 PM)
and it's a whole new album or song
Fresh says: (4:19:18 PM)
true true
Fresh says: (4:19:25 PM)
its very hit or miss
Fresh says: (4:19:43 PM)
but there are a couple albums that just transcend. and i love that
C$ says: (4:19:49 PM)
yeppers
Fresh says: (4:19:50 PM)
Darkside of the Moon
Fresh says: (4:19:53 PM)
Kid A
C$ says: (4:19:54 PM)
indeed
C$ says: (4:19:56 PM)
fo sho
C$ says: (4:20:08 PM)
aenima
Fresh says: (4:20:13 PM)
mos def
C$ says: (4:20:21 PM)
paid if full
C$ says: (4:20:25 PM)
in full
C$ says: (4:20:36 PM)
i feel a post coming on, freshy
Fresh says: (4:20:38 PM)
the album as an artform is what i'm looking at
Fresh says: (4:20:49 PM)
oh, there are a ton of posts in this convo
Fresh says: (4:20:54 PM)
album vs single
Fresh says: (4:21:00 PM)
the art of the mixtape
Fresh says: (4:21:10 PM)
the greatest albums all the way through
C$ says: (4:21:12 PM)
you know it, let's bring it back
C$ says: (4:21:24 PM)
i'm gonna as for a top 5 list
C$ says: (4:21:35 PM)
i prolly only have 10-15
Fresh says: (4:22:04 PM)
i dont know if i could get that many
Fresh says: (4:22:27 PM)
there are a ton of great albums, butt we're talking bout the ones where you are excited for every song
Fresh says: (4:22:34 PM)
so flubs, no filler
Fresh says: (4:22:42 PM)
just pure greatness from start to finish
Fresh says: (4:23:14 PM)
My Milk is back up. try it again
C$ says: (4:24:31 PM)
will do
Fresh says: (4:25:19 PM)
i'm listening to my Summer Vol 2 mix
Fresh says: (4:25:31 PM)
there are some things one there I jsut love
Fresh says: (4:25:49 PM)
i remember spending so much time fine tuning that mix
C$ says: (4:27:27 PM)
hahahha
C$ says: (4:27:34 PM)
yeah, so easy took me forever
C$ says: (4:27:40 PM)
therapy took about a month
C$ says: (4:28:21 PM)
it's amazing how things change
Fresh says: (4:28:32 PM)
hahaha. it is.
Fresh says: (4:28:52 PM)
i spent 3 hours in the backyard recording cicadas for that mix
Fresh says: (4:29:07 PM)
and then another hour editing the material down
Fresh says: (4:29:29 PM)
and its not even like you can really hear it
Fresh says: (4:29:41 PM)
but i put it in there and it makes me smile everytime it comes in
C$ says: (4:30:14 PM)
hahahhah
Fresh says: (4:30:26 PM)
that may be why i never finished another mix
Fresh says: (4:30:41 PM)
in my mind i had raised the bar so high
C$ says: (4:32:40 PM)
hhahahaha
C$ says: (4:32:51 PM)
well 3 hours of cicada recording is pretty redonk
Fresh says: (4:33:50 PM)
i couldnt get a clean 30 sec. the air conditioner kept turning on. cars driving by. kids yelling. planes. and then all that shit would go away and the fucking cicada would fly into a different tree
C$ says: (4:34:06 PM)
hahahahahahha
C$ says: (4:34:10 PM)
i had no idea
C$ says: (4:34:34 PM)
and i thought i had trouble recording the pocket Mr T - with 'Quit yo' jibba jabba!'
Fresh says: (4:34:54 PM)
hahahaha.
Fresh says: (4:35:14 PM)
i piled alot of crap into that mix
C$ says: (4:35:41 PM)
i think you need to drop box both summer mixes for me
C$ says: (4:35:49 PM)
i had them at one time
Fresh says: (4:36:31 PM)
i'll send number 2 now. i dont know where 1 is. havent seen it years
C$ says: (4:37:06 PM)
i'm going to need to scour the spindles
Fresh says: (4:37:49 PM)
it C$e in a case. i made artwork for it.
Fresh says: (4:37:59 PM)
time to go diggin in the closet
Fresh says: (4:38:10 PM)
the art for vol 2 was exquisite
C$ says: (4:38:38 PM)
i remember sunshine through rainy glass
Fresh says: (4:38:54 PM)
that was number 1
Fresh says: (4:39:06 PM)
number two was lightning bugs
C$ says: (4:39:15 PM)
into dots and lines?
C$ says: (4:39:19 PM)
i remember!
C$ says: (4:39:27 PM)
yeay
Fresh says: (4:39:41 PM)
yup! thats it
C$ says: (4:42:01 PM)
i need to get around to filing my cd's
C$ says: (4:42:12 PM)
i need to throw out all jewel cases
C$ says: (4:42:19 PM)
just do those sleeves
C$ says: (4:42:26 PM)
or just chuck them all
C$ says: (4:42:35 PM)
and go totally digital
C$ says: (4:42:41 PM)
just makes me nervouse
C$ says: (4:42:53 PM)
but not sure how long those discs will even last
C$ says: (4:43:10 PM)
sad, but i'm approaching 15 years
C$ says: (4:43:17 PM)
so ridiculous
C$ says: (4:43:21 PM)
i'm that old
Fresh says: (4:44:10 PM)
i know. some of my first CDRs, now close to 10 years old, have already fallen apart.
Fresh says: (4:44:43 PM)
going all digital is risky though, unless you rip at WAV quality, you are always gonna lose soemthing
C$ says: (4:44:44 PM)
a drobo sounds ridiculous sometimes
C$ says: (4:44:56 PM)
yeah, that's true
C$ says: (4:45:06 PM)
but then a drobo makes sense
Fresh says: (4:45:48 PM)
its does. in a few years you will be able to rip at CD quality even if one song takes up 10-20 MB.
Fresh says: (4:45:59 PM)
memory will be so cheap it would be silly not too