alt Hacker NewsI don't do either, but, on the face of it, actually DJing and bringing a random mixtape to a party seem to have very different requirements.
Digital seems to have solved both, though.
I don't do either, but, on the face of it, actually DJing and bringing a random mixtape to a party seem to have very different requirements.
Digital seems to have solved both, though.
Nothing has managed to capture the mixtape model. A tangible object made with care you could give as a gift and was unique and valuable. CDs got close but people didn’t have the gear to make them until mp3s had arrived and overshadowed them. Plus CDs with handwritten tracklists didn’t feel as nice as tapes and blank CDs were invariably ugly.
Music as an object is a thing and playlists are in no way the same. You can’t even control the music on a playlist as it’s in the gift of the streamer.