How to Make a Really Good Mixtape/CD

[@collinvoeller3980]

very heartwarming knowing that there are people like you who care enough to do this. I love it. Good work.

[@Giggens]

Thanks Collin!

[@barbiedoll3331]

I made a mixtape in honor of a favorite character from an 80s themed tv show. It seemed fitting. I recorded from my iTunes playlist through a tape recorder I didn’t know could do such a thing

[@Giggens]

That's awesome!

[@justlookin626]

Great topic. I used to make a lot of mix tapes in my younger days. Now I make playlists for my iPod. The thing I love most about that is the time constraints are gone. You can make your list as long as you want. My holiday list has 510 songs. I do some lists with my favorite bands (Led Zeppelin, The Turtles, The Stones, Simon & Garfunkel (combining duo and solo stuff), and, yes, The Beach Boys). I also do themed sets, like 70's AM Gold, The Birth of Rock, Classic Soul. I also did every Beatles album the way I wanted it, some stereo, some mono, some rare versions, all mixed together.

[@Giggens]

Larry Gonzalez excellent ideas for mixes there Larry, great stuff!!

[@Throwboy]

This was really inspiring! Makes me want to make one and go all out with the artwork like you did. Also I love the selection as that’s one of my favorite Beach Boys eras that I like to introduce people to.

[@Giggens]

Throwboy totally!! I played that cd for a good week before I gave it to a friend haha. I mean, it was a great mix!

[@jordangagat]

Enigma 1993 9 tracks

[@murdockreviews]

I totally agree about the time constraint. Nice video 🙂

[@hegivesmixes407]

Great video and great track selection for that Beach Boys CD! I’m definitely gonna start making my own mixtapes soon and this video helps. Thanks for the tips you O.C.D. CD man!

[@Giggens]

HeGivesMixes anytime man! That OCD keeps me a-ok haha

[@Tommy-ev2vl]

I’m using this information for making a project this was super useful

[@Giggens]

Awesome Tommy!

[@archivodecora]

3:40 In fact, the restriction of a CD varies between 80 minutes (if you burn it as an audio CD) and 700 MB (if you burn it as a data CD)

[@gdawg1585]

I just made what I think is the greatest Beach Boys collaboration album of all time after experimenting with songs from both my Best of the Beach Boys Vol.3 and Pet Sounds records I came up with this phenomenal set list Side 1 .Wouldn't Be Nice .God Only Knows .Thats Not Me .The Little Girl I Once Knew .Pet Sounds .Sloop John B .Let's Go Away For Awhile .You Still Believe in Me Side 2 .I'm Waiting For The Day .Heroes and Villains .I Know There's An Answer .She Knows Me Too Well .Don't Talk(Put your head on my shoulder) .Darlin .I Just Wasn't Made For These Times .Good Vibrations .Caroline No

[@Giggens]

That's a heck of a list!

[@gdawg1585]

@@Giggens lol yeah I basically its just a Mish mashed version of Pet Sounds but with extra songs

[@tejptape9394]

love this video, super cool!

[@davidhigginbotham5451]

Good Call.... nicely done.

[@Giggens]

David Higginbotham thanks David!

[@phillipblades6784]

I made a Joe Walsh greatest hits album on CD-R titled: “The Older I Get, The Younger You Feel”. In honor of “The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get”. A fun project! I only wish I could make nice, realistic inserts. My dad first taught me how to record with an 8-track tape recorder at about 10 years old , then I graduated to cassettes. Now I have a Tascam CD recorder that is fun to use and feels professional.

[@Giggens]

Awesome!

[@tomsvinylshack8177]

Hey Giggens! Great video on mixtapes. I made my own cd mix tape for a friend I have here on KZbin, based around my personality featuring Supertramp, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, and many more. And it’s only 13 tracks!

[@Giggens]

Tom's Vinyl Shack oh hell yeah man!

[@raymondgill9796]

Now I am going to have to listen to this mix and see how it works for me. I am loving Holland and the In Concert double that you pointed me to so much. Looking at your list there are some "I can't believe he left that off" songs and some "whats that doing on it?" It will be interesting to see how I feel after a couple of weeks living with your choices in the car. Another thought provoking video thanks.

[@Giggens]

Raymond Gill oh man I know!! I could’ve made this a 3 disc set. Oh man, I feel another project coming on haha

[@timallen2336]

Hey Giggens, coincidentally, I am right now taking a break from my podcast (which is essentially a mix tape anyway) and am pulling 45's to make a mix CD series that I mostly don't have anywhere else. Until I started podcasting, I spent most of my time making mixed CD's, and After five plus years I miss it. Cool video. Take care...

[@Giggens]

Tim Allen oh man that is so cool! I bet you’ve got quite the collection!

[@TheChinatownkid]

Great topic, One of the best videos you ever made. I made a GNR Use Your Illusion mixtape, cutting out the fat, (110 minute cassette tape) - mixtapes are about sacrifice, not everything is added. But after I made it, I missed "Bad Obsession" which didn't fit my 110 minute cassette, i kinda felt guilty afterwards. But I spent so much time making it that I really didn't want to re-record it.

[@Giggens]

I hear you there, and thanks for the comments man! It's fun seeing what has to go, and what needs to be essential!

[@andygaines9686]

Excellent cd from that period. I've made ones from a similar period. I often find that lots of albums are too long in the cd era. It seemed that when cds first came out lots of bands felt that because they could get 80 minutes onto cd then that is what they would do. To the detriment of the album as there was often filler and the album would "sag" in the middle. I think bands/artists are learning now they don't have to do that. What I enjoy doing, whether for myself or a friend, is make a cd as though I had taken it from a record. So, 45 - 50 minutes max! Bang! This is the album, no flab, no filler. Leave the audience wanting more! Okay,I could fill it up, but it is not as though blank cds are expensive. Sometimes, if I am doing a compilation of one artist I might do a double! But, onece again it is still only@ 45 minutes a side! Maybe I'm a bit weird but it is enjoyable and lets face that's what making these compiles is all about! - Oh! and playing them afterwards.

[@Giggens]

Excellent points there man, and I do the same thing! Like you're making an actual album!

[@meanmistermason6308]

This is the track listing for a mixtape I made on the Jack Rieley period. It’s in three parts: Nostalgia, rockers, and ballads, which I consider to be the three mains ideas of that time period. ‘Til I Die: The Best of the Jack Rieley Period - ‘Til I Die (Desper Mix) - The Trader - Disney Girls (1957) - California Saga (Big Sur) - California Saga (The Beaks of Eagles) - California Saga (California) - Here She Comes - Long Promised Road - Marcella - Sail On, Sailor - You Need A Mess Of Help To Stand Alone - Feel Flows - A Day In The Life Of A Tree - All This Is That - Cuddle Up - (Wouldn’t It Be Nice To) Live Again -‘Til I Die (original album mix)

[@Giggens]

Now that's an interesting setlist! Very cool!

[@stephenkater9621]

Very good idea to do a mix tape special !!!

[@Giggens]

Stephen Kater thanks Stephen, it was a lot of fun to make!

[@evanlanctot323]

I used to put the tape deck through a graphic equalizer; the results sounded awesome!

[@Giggens]

Oh I bet! Graphic EQs can change everything!

[@cazgerald9471]

Video suggestion - talk about your collection - don't forget to include the all important organizing methodology

[@Giggens]

Caz Gerald oh man that can be a series unto itself! Good lord!

[@cazgerald9471]

What's your PO box? I'll send you one ;-P Nice art work - Blondie and Ricky could have been on the back LOL I dig your track listing.

[@Giggens]

Caz Gerald oh man I should have drawn them too! And I don’t have a PO Box! I’ve been using this random persons music room while they’re at work!

[@TheKonnoisseur11]

Is there a network for exchanging mixtapes? Like pen pals

[@tejptape9394]

that would be so cool

[@TheKonnoisseur11]

@@tejptape9394 my Forbes said there is a mixtape wesbsote where actual people curate wht you get

[@mattsheezy5469]

I’m more interested in the nuts & bolts of how to manufacture the cover, what programs are needed, is it cheaper to let a company do it?

[@Giggens]

You can probably use Canva to come up with a cool cover these days!

[@davidhargrove8400]

Giggens, I was so inspired by your review I made you a mix Beach Boys tape. How do I get it to you?

[@Giggens]

Oh man awesome!! Hmmm...I'll have to figure that part out haha!

[@marcofalzone6469]

Hey, Gig i created a 3 volume Cassette mixtape of The Beach Boys, I'd like to see whatchu think...

[@Giggens]

Marco Falzone id love to see it man!!

[@marcofalzone6469]

Giggens follow me on Insta, i will pm the pics of the covers

[@Giggens]

Marco Falzone noted!

[@josetorres-qz5hu]

what Mixed tape ?

[@nc5809]

Mixtapes are a big deal. I rarely finish a mix because of musical OCD. Has to be perfect

[@Giggens]

I hear that for sure!

[@jordangagat]

Have a cd 1 cd cd 2 50 tracks