RIP the cassette tape

the decoy · Post by **the decoy** » Sat May 12, 2007 3:54 am

actually, I was going on in my head about this very topic at work one day. you know, that thing when you stare at the celing and let your mind wander?

anyway, I got to thinking about how much more accessible dj sets are now. I was never really "Down" with underground music during the reign of mixtapes. I started looking at my harddrive and there are a huge amount of mixes in there of varying genres and lengths. I also noticed that some of them I hardly ever listen to because they aren't so good but I can bear to send them to the trash.

this led me to wonder, does easy availability of dj mixes have a negitive effect on the quality? it seems as though nowaday anyone, even me, could record a mix and put it up on the web and have anyone across the world listen to it. in the days of the mix tape there was only so far mixes could have gotten.

then I wondered what undiscovered gems could have been had in that day an age with a little bit of studious digging? would the average quality be the same? or has technological aided accessibility truely degraded the medium? or perhaps this increased availability just raises the total number of attainable products not necessarily the percent of quality.

then I started waxing nostalgic about the cassette tape and wondered what happened to all my mixtapes I made as a kid. Then I wondered what the feasibility would be of attaching a walkman to the aux input of my car stereo.

then I might just be out of my gourd and that I should probably get back to work.

felis · Post by **felis** » Sat May 12, 2007 11:23 am

R.I.P.

Still gotta have a tape player in the stack .

paolo · Post by **paolo** » Sun May 13, 2007 11:20 pm

inaya wrote:
paolo wrote:mixtapes are cooler than mix cds.

FACT
agreed. I'd love for someone to make me a mixed (cassette) tape to this day.

Aw! I'd make you a tape if you were in Dundee. Or if I was in Atlanta. But not if you were in Dundee and I was in Atlanta. That would be a logistical NIGHTMARE

*decibella~~ · Post by *decibella~~ » Mon May 14, 2007 2:50 am

so so sooooooo sad about this.

i own so many tapes, they hold a million memories and love them dearly!
i still record hatch n crazys show on kiss on a tape every tuesday!

i tell ya, when we're older and we're bussin out our old tunes on cassette our kids are gonna be like 'what the fuk is that?!?......loosers'

lol

skipple · Post by **skipple** » Mon May 14, 2007 10:33 am

Still rockin the tape deck in my car,

just found some jungle new years eve tape pack from 94'

big, jj frost, devious rudebwoy d, randall, and most important
Stevie 'hyper' D, boh boh

tape days are happy days....

luke.envoy · Post by **luke.envoy** » Mon May 14, 2007 11:17 am

i got a plastic bag full of tapes we made from the last 8 years, as long as there are tape players tapes wont die!! bigup the sounds of saturation

inaya · Post by **inaya** » Mon May 14, 2007 1:49 pm

paolo wrote:
inaya wrote:
paolo wrote:mixtapes are cooler than mix cds.

FACT
agreed. I'd love for someone to make me a mixed (cassette) tape to this day.
Aw! I'd make you a tape if you were in Dundee. Or if I was in Atlanta. But not if you were in Dundee and I was in Atlanta. That would be a logistical NIGHTMARE

aw well I appreciate the thought hehe

RIP the cassette tape

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