Board Mix-CD-Swap

[Hsing]

There hasn't been anything postage - involved going on on the boards for a while now.

(I still owe Kat a letter from before her move, and there have been no postcard swaps etc last Christmas as far as I remember... correct me if I'm wrong).

So I thought I might see if I could interest a few people in the following:
Swapping personal mix CDs.
The swap organisator sets a theme - or two or three to choose from, even better- and people who want to take part are paired up randomly (chainwise at best, like the Secret Santas, not in duos). We then send each other a personal mix CD according to a picked theme.

The nice thing: you get something besides bills in your post box for once. You get to learn new music. Sending CDs can be done with relatively low postage, if you wrap it up in a nice, creative paper case instead of a heavy jewel case.

Anyone interested to take part? Any ideas for themes?

Here a few from me to start it:

Cover Versions
Songs for nightly road trips
Sleep - or Insomnia
Late Summer Songs

[chrisjordan]

I'm up for it. The sleep/insomnia one sounds the most interesting.

Would it work if every participant just decided on their own theme?

[Hsing]

Why not? It would enhance the chances of people participating, I suppose - after all, we have differing musical archives and setting common themes would make it harder for some to get togethet enough themes for a sampler.

[chrisjordan]

Awesomeness. I'm already putting together a playlist.

[IgorMina]

Is it ok for me to join? Because it sounds like a great idea!
Only thing is that I don't get a proper address until September, but otherwise I'm up for it.

[Tephlon]

Originally Posted by IgorMina

Is it ok for me to join? Because it sounds like a great idea!
Only thing is that I don't get a proper address until September, but otherwise I'm up for it.

Anyone is welcome to join.

I'm in. Artwork will be included.

PS: Check out Muxtape

[Hsing]

I can only repeat Tephlon, anyone can join!
Ah yes, before I forget it: don't post your adresses here, you'll pm them later to the person I pair you up with.

[Katcal]

yeah, why not, count me in...

[Tephlon]

Originally Posted by Hsing

I can only repeat Tephlon, anyone can join!
Ah yes, before I forget it: don't post your adresses here, you'll pm them later to the person I pair you up with.

After posting that I felt a bit like I spoke too soon, as I'm not the one organizing it.... :-)

[spiky]

I'll join. It'll be interesting to see if I can get the technology to work.

Although we could set our own themes and it would be up to the recipient to guess what it is...

[randywine]

I'd like to be in on this - I know I haven't been on for a while but I hope to now be able to stay around...

Regards,

R.

[Hsing]

Great, there's interest!

I'd say I'll match people up by the end of this week; until then, it would be great if one or two more people signed up. But in theory, we're enough people for it to take place.

[Sunna]

I'm so in. Thinking of a theme already

[Hsing]

Okay, here we are...

1. Katcal
2. Hsing
3. ChrisJordan
4. Sunna
5. Randywine
6. Spiky
7. Tephlon
8. Igormina

...hope I didn't forget anyone.

Here my random pairings, if you'd like to see changes here, say so.
You should have sent each other your adresses via PM by September 1st.
If you haven't heard from your Cd receiver by then, post here so I can somehow replace them.

The CDs should then go out by September 5 and no later.

1. Hsing sends to Spiky.
2. Spiky sends to Randywine.
3. Randywine sends to Tephlon.
4. Tephlon sends to Katcal.
5. Katcal sends to Chris.
6. Chris sends to IgorMina.
7. IgorMina sends to Sunna.
8. Sunna sends to Hsing. Chain closed.

If any of you want to send out more than one CD so it's worth the work, say here. I might, for example, sending two or three should be affordable.
We could add them into the chain as a kind of lottery... Or I can combine those multiple senders in another random chain.

[IgorMina]

Sounds great! Thanks for organising this Hsing!
I do have one problem though: I don't actually get my flat until the 18th of September (stuff to do with student accommodation etc...), It would be good if Chris could post the CD after the 5th just to make sure that it gets to the right person.

I will be able to send my CD to Sunna on time, however.