Friday, September 07, 2007

Green Monkey Music Project -- for a better America

Remember when you were in high school and college, and you and your friends (or your boyfriend/girlfriend) would make mixtapes for each other, with songs that were special or meant something "inside" between the two of you, etc.? Oh, the mixtapes I made back in the '80s! All Go-Go's and Altered Images and B-52's and Bow-Wow-Wow and other crazy early-MTV-era bands, Fleetwood Mac, all kinds of crazy stuff--that, in fact, is how I got really good at playing guitar, because my first girlfriend Kris and I would send each other tapes and tablature of cool songs we liked; that's how I learned to play everything from Rush to the Pretenders. Those were the days!

Well, I, Splotchy (I'm always talking about Splotchy, aren't I?) has been putting together online mixtapes under the heading of the Green Monkey Music Project, and I participated in a recent mix called "What's In a Word" featuring one-word-titled songs. A few other people and I submitted our lists, and Splotchy put up the links to download all the songs for free! (with just a quick little registration--painless). My songs are special to me, but there are some REALLY great songs in all his mixes. Check it out! By the way, Beth's songs ROCK; definitely check them out if you don't already have them in your rotation.

Besides, now I get to put this cool badge on the bloggy:

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3 comments:

  1. Anonymous10:33 PM

    Hey man when I was in collage it was records or big reel to reel tape recorders. We did not know about playlists. Times they are a changing.

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  2. Splotchy1:40 AM

    Glad you had fun.

    Just curious, what registration did you have to do?

    As far as I know, all the links should be available to anyone without requiring any registration.

    If that isn't the case, maybe I could do something different.

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  3. Fran7:59 AM

    Oh dguzman- your mix tape story brings back memories of my own. I was the queen of the mix tape. How I would labor for hours getting it just right. Kind of like blogging now!

    I have kind of gotten away with that despite the ease of being able to do so on my computer.

    This may be just the inspiration I need. This and a visit to I, Splotchy!

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