The Mix Tape Has Returned!

When I was in 6^th grade I made a mixed tape for my boyfriend. Side A was filled with songs I loved (and taped off of the radio); side B was songs about love (which included a lot of Mariah Carrey and a few jams from California Dreams). I decorated the tiny white label with pink hearts and our names. I adorned the outside of the tape case with glitter, stickers and a picture of the two of us at the most recent Bar Mitzvah. It was so romantic.

By Lauren

Soon, mixed tapes turned into CD mixes. People were tossing out their tape players and trading up to the Disc-Man and 6-CD changers. For me, CD Mixes were far superior to their antiquated predecessors. The CD’s shape and size provided much more space for decorations/proclamations of love. I was making mixes for everyone (friends, lovers) and everything (workouts, power hours); but I didn’t realize that my days of CD mixing were also coming to an end.

With the advent of the MP3 player (namely, the iPod) came an end to an era. People were getting rid of their standard music players of choice in favor of the smaller, sleeker MP3 players. Sure, I bought one (I am actually on number 3), but with this shift into the future I was yearning for the old days. I missed my mixed tapes!

I started scouring the internet for a tape player. I wanted to bring back the glory! Then I realized that just because I bought a tape recorder to make the tapes didn’t mean that the recipients would have tape players to play em. And then I found this.

Muxtape.com is the perfect combination of new and old: mixed tapes meet the World Wide Web. It also happens to be super easy to use. You just set up an account, upload 12 songs and, voila, you have yourself a super awesome mixed tape! Then, simply send the link to your boyfriend/roommates/whoever you are making the special mix for (emails provide ample space for decorations and proclamations of love!) and you are dunzo. No postage necessary.

This site also happens to be an awesome place to discover new music. Just head over there and you are presented with hundreds of other people’s “tapes” to listen to.

The mixed tape is back, people. Start mixing.