Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Musical Potluck
We have a special musical surprise in store for everyone on Friday night. However, at other times, we'll need music for dancing, hanging out, and background. We have an impromptu PA system available (actually a stereo with inputs for iPods and other portable music players set up by the deck/dance floor). Julie Love emailed me with a great suggestion: we'd love for the amateur and secret DJs in the crowd to make playlists on your portable music device for different times throughout the weekend. Please comment on this post about themes (e.g., post-hike mellow, 70s psycho-funk dance party) and types of music (e.g., neo-soul, disco, French pop, post-hardcore, etc.) you are planning for your playlists.
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Jen nominated me for an 80s dance mix - would love to hear people's favorite 80s band to include. Also, I'm putting together a jazzy, diva song mistress mix (think Billie, Ella, Nina and the other ladies). Maybe a little big band music too! Can't wait to hear everyone's mixes!
I have created a large Jen and Paul's Wedding playlist by combining 15-16 Maddog Mixes (my own style of playlist). It runs 18 hours (261 songs). A Maddog Mix is broadly eclectic and emphasizes variety as its main point of interest. Fats Waller might be followed by Green Day or Tony Bennett precede The White Stripes but it all works. I have left out the screaming and banging songs (for which I have a particular affinity). Each MM is exactly 1.2 hours long so it will fit on a CD and each begins and ends with the same song covered by a different artist (ex. Blue Moon-Song for Elvis by the Cowboy Junkies opens and Blue Moon by The Marcels ends). My hope is that when people hear the selected music they will either recognize something they haven't heard in a long time or find something new that gets their attention. The trite and overplayed are banned from Maddog Mixes (although I will admit to the inclusion of one or two guilty pleasures). The best music out there is not played on the radio. It is tucked away inside the CD and never advertised on some sticker plunked down on the case. I would not say that this is particularly "danceable" stuff but it is very "listenable" (listenable does not mean the same thing as "mellow", which I hate). Maybe this gets played when people are drinking or eating. Then again, after enough drinking and eating people will dance to anything. I am bringing my I-Pod but not the docking station (unless I am asked to do so). It is my understanding that Jen and Don are going to be able to hook something up to play our music. I can't wait for this wonderful event. If a song or two from a Maddog Mix gets played then it will be one of my life's highlights.
Mike - I loved your post. I can't wait to hear all the Maddog Mixes! Really love the idea of the opening and closing. I hope you won't mind a few overplayed, but very nostalgic 80s songs on Saturday. :-)
julie (-a!)
Can't wait to see you again and compare notes. Keep in mind that I have an exaggerated sense of my own importance and so I hope my music lives up to your expectations. When I meet (re-meet!) people with the same interest in collecting music as I do I love to pick their brain. I especially love to cannibalize their CD collections. When we get to Three Rivers let's have a glass of wine (Hell, it's free, Jen and PB paid for it, so let's have two glasses) and talk I-Pod... or just talk.
I have a personal philosophy that is rooted in the idea that a person can actually experience perfection - not forever, just occasionally, in unpredictable small moments. I call them Moments of Perfection. Mine often involve a glass of brandy, a nice cigar and my I-Pod. I sit outside looking at the view and as the random shuffle comes into my earpieces I hear songs that I would have otherwise overlooked (I have abotu 4,500 songs loaded so far) so I make note of them and add them to a new playlist that I keep open all the time.
I love the divas. Annie Lennox, Melissa Etheridge, Joni Mitchell, Jayne Olivor, Stevie Nicks, Sheryl Crow and, of course, Nina. I have a few to suggest if you like female vocalists. Edith Piaf, Randy Driscoll and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (yes, the actress). Is it any wonder I have two gay sons! Save me a dance.
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