Mix #2 "Gave Heart, Got A Pen"

Mix Tape #2: "Gave Heart, Got A Pen," Side A

Mix Tape #2: "Gave Heart, Got A Pen," Side B

MIX TAPE REVOLUTION MIX TAPE #2
“GAVE HEART, GOT A PEN”
A     HEART                                                 B     PEN
1) ‘So Far Away’ Nine Days		1) ‘Freak Of The Week’ Marvelous 3
2) ‘Brooklyn Dodgers’ I Am The Avalanche		2) ‘Happier Times (Live @ The Royal Albert Hall)’ Joe Bonamassa (Tom’s/Dad’s Pick)
3) ‘Jar Of Hearts’   Christina Perri (Kenny's Pick)		3) ‘Unglued’ Caroline’s Spine
4) ‘Wait, Wait, Wait’ The Format		4) ‘Roots, Rock, Reggae’ Bob Marley & The Wailers
5) ‘Summer Angel’ Minus The Bear		5) ‘Our Weekend Starts On Wednesday’ Hey Mercedes
6) ‘Part Of Your Body Is Made Out Of Rock’ Piebald		6) ‘Portrait Of A Cigarette Smoke At 19’ Less Than Jake
7) ‘Your New Twin Sized Bed’ Death Cab For Cutie		7) ‘Try and Understand’ Hot Rod Circuit
8) ‘High’ Jimmie’s Chicken Shack		8) ‘How Will I Know (Whitney Houstin)’ Hit The Lights
9) ‘Terrible Things’ Terrible Things
10) ‘In Your Eyes (Peter Gabriel)’ SR-71

Thanks to Kenny and Tom/Dad for their help with songs; both of their contributions are excellent.

February 4, 2011

1) 'So Many Ways' A New Found Glory
2) 'Who's Crying Now' Journey
3) 'Life Of A Salesman' Yellowcard
4) 'Dear Lover' The New Amsterdams
5) 'Bartender (Live)' Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds
6) 'Can't Get The Best Of Me (Live)' Cypress Hill
7) 'Cupid's Trick' Elliott Smith
8) 'Comb 4 My Dome' Slightly Stoopid
9) 'Until I Fall Away' Gin Blossoms
10) 'Into The Mirror' Minus The Bear
11) 'Mercury Rising' From Autumn To Ashes
12) 'Bend Your Arms To Look Like Wings' Funeral For A Friend
13) 'Postcard' Iron & Wine
14) 'So Live!' Cunninlynguists
15) 'The Mystery Of Our Day' The Reign Of Kindo
16) 'Sell You Beautiful' RX Bandits
17) 'Give It To You' Blackalicious
18) 'Trouble (Live)' Ray LaMontagne
19) 'Enjoy Your Day' Alkaline Trio
20) 'Punchdrunk' Far
21) 'Thin Like Paper' Time Spent Driving
22) 'Tongue Tied' Eve 6
23) 'Close Edge' Mos Def
24) 'Hard Times' Jurassic 5 and The Pharcyde
25) 'Charlie Darwin' The Low Anthem
26) 'Worst Offender' The Mile After
27) 'This Is Dungeon Music' I Am The Avalanche
28) 'Roberta' Leadbelly
29) 'Sail To The Moon (Brush The Cobwebs Of The Sky)' Radiohead
30) 'Can I Kick It' A Tribe Called Quest

Albums:
Chairs Missing 'When, Now [EP]'
Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger 'Acoustic Sessions'

When life gives you lemons, just say 'Fuck the lemons,' and bail...

February 3, 2011

1) 'I Am The Walrus' The Beatles
2) 'Forget This Time' Judge
3) 'Come On' Midtown
4) 'Prince Of Spades' Dispatch
5) 'Things You Do To Me (Live)' Martin Sexton
6) 'The Lottery Song' The Format
7) 'Ride A Black Swan' Zwan
8) 'White Collar Boy' Belle and Sebastian
9) 'Against The Grain (Live)' City and Colour
10) 'Come When I Call (Live)' John Mayer
11) 'Yearling' Jump, Little Children
12) 'Hold My Hand' A New Found Glory
13) 'We Need Help' The Album Leaf
14) 'Alabama Song (Live)' The Doors
15) 'Crazy Life' Toad The Wet Sprocket
16) 'Hearts' Huey Lewis and The News
17) 'The Shining' Badly Drawn Boy
18) 'Burning And Lootin' Bob Marley and The Roots
19) 'Layla' Derek and The Dominos
20) 'I Hate It Too' Hum
21) 'Comfort' Soulive
22) 'One Great City' The Weakerthans
23) 'Same Beat (The Wesley Rap)' People Under The Stairs
24) 'It Was Written Down' Toots and The Maytals
25) 'Tennessee Jed (Live)' The Grateful Dead
26) 'Home By The Sea' Genesis
27) 'Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nutting Ta Fuck Wit' Wu-Tang Clan
28) 'Breaker Down Like A Shotgun' Slug and Murs
29) 'Frost and Front Steps' Armor For Sleep
30) 'Makes No Difference' Sum 41

Oh, but you didn't see the cover...you just have that tape I made you...

Mix #1 "It Has To Start Somewhere"

Mix Tape #1 "It Has To Start Somewhere," Side A

Mix Tape #1 "It Has To Start Somewhere," Side B

 

MIX TAPE REVOLUTION MIX TAPE #1
“IT HAS TO START SOMEWHERE”
1     START                                                2     END
1) ‘Monte Carlo’ U.S. Royalty		1) ‘I Want You’ Cee Lo Green
2) ‘November Was White, December Was Grey’ Say Hi		2) ‘Holiday From Real’ Jack’s Mannequin
3) ‘Tommy Gentle’ The Get Up Kids		3) ‘Hangman’ Motion City Soundtrack & Mark Hoppus
4) ‘High On Dad’ SoccerMom		4) ‘My Sundown (Inner Ear Recording)’ Jimmy Eat World
5) ‘Siren’ Lux		5) ‘Weak Man’ Good Old War & Anthony Green
6) ‘Electric Mile’ G. Love and Special Sauce		6) ‘Bonfire’ Third Eye Blind
7) ‘You Lied’ Badly Drawn Boy		7) ‘Haight St.’ Anberlin
8) ‘After Hours’ We Are Scientists		8) ‘Young Man, Old Man (You Ain’t Better Than The Rest)’ The Dissociatives
9) ‘Sailed Off To Sea’ Sunfold		9) ‘Take Me Home Tonight (Eddie Money) Every Avenue
10) ‘Until It Kills’ Midtown …………………………… 11) ‘High and Dry (Radiohead)’ Jamie Cullum

Enjoy and feedback is greatly appreciated.

A Mix (Tape) A Week

I've decided to start posting music content for people to listen to. It will be referred to as, yup, you guessed it: "A Mix Tape A Week."
All the mixes will be for promotional use only. I want people to have the opportunity to check out new music without having to buy it. Then, if it is something people like, then they should support the artist...buy an album, go to a show, buy a t-shirt, etc;

These mixes will have no plan to them. As one song is being laid down (on average 3-4 minutes) I will search for another one to play immediately after; the quality may not be great, but it's free new music. Also, if you remember correctly, mix tapes were never really high quality pieces of music; they were more of a concept- taking 90 minutes and expressing to someone what you were feeling with music at that moment in time.

I am doing this very simply and very DIY. No remixes, no overdubs, no double takes. They are one shot mixes, which I think makes a mix more special. 

I want people to enjoy it and share their own ideas about the mixes/artists/songs.
SO...
Please feel free to drop me a line with ideas and opinions. And stay tuned, the first mix should be ready to go within a day or two.

Stay warm and safe.

February 2, 2011

1) 'I Am Still Running' Jon Foreman
2) 'Only In Dreams (Kitchen Tapes)' Weezer
3) 'Cure' Metallica
4) 'The Saddest Song (Live)' The Ataris
5) 'A Dozen Roses (Live)' Bob Nanna
6) 'Seek Up (Live)' The Dave Matthews Band
7) 'The World You Love (Demo)' Jimmy Eat World
8) 'Stupid' Toad The Wet Sprocket
9) 'Criminal' The Roots, Saigon, and Truck North
10) 'Animal Backwards' Minus The Bear
11) 'After The Gold Rush' Neil Young
12) 'Dead Man' Pearl Jam
13) 'Don't Let Go The Coat' The Who
14) 'Between You and I' Every Avenue
15) 'You Can't Kill The Revolution' Rage Against The Machine and Tool
16) 'At The Top Of This Hill' Message To Bears
17) 'Channel 8 (Scooby Doo Theme)' Less Than Jake
18) 'Undo' Björk
19) 'Good News' Something Corporate
20) 'Jude Law and A Semester Abroad (Demo)' Brand New
21) 'Out Of Time' Cyne
22) 'Mind Power' A Tribe Called Quest
23) 'Trunk' Kings Of Leon
24) 'Just One' Iyeoka
25) 'Thieves' Dilated Peoples and Prodigy
26) 'Declaration' De La Soul
27) 'Bleed The Freak' Alice In Chains
28) 'That's The Way' Led Zeppelin
29) 'Window' Guster
30) 'You Are' Pearl Jam

Albums:
Mark O'Sullivan 'My Ghost and The Ocean [EP]'
Six Organs Of Admittance 'The Sun Awakens'
The Jimi Hendrix Experience 'Are You Experienced?' 

A pain stabbed my heart, as it did every time I saw a girl I loved who was going the opposite direction in this too-big world... 

February 1, 2011

1) 'Vibes and Stuff' A Tribe Called Quest
2) 'Eleven To Your Seven' Hey Mercedes
3) 'Landmines and Landslides' Less Than Jake
4) 'Days Like These' The Beatles (?)
5) 'Glass To The Arson' Anberlin
6) 'A Piece Of Me' Fake I.D.
7) 'Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2' Davidid Hirschfield
8) 'Our Very Own Employment Office' Piebald
9) 'Gz and Hustlas' Snoop Dogg
10) 'Rock Your Body' Justin Timberlake
11) 'Closer' Matt Pond PA
12) 'Glory' Widespread Panic
13) 'Blistered Heart' Badly Drawn Boy
14) 'Art Is Hard' Cursive
15) 'Could've Been So Blind' The Black Crowes
16) 'New Disaster (Demo)' I Am The Avalanche
17) 'If You Can Want' Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
18) 'Don't See Us' The Roots
19) 'Like Knives' City and Colour
20) 'Eyes Have Miles' G. Love and Special Sauce
21) 'Bring The Night On' Eve 6
22) 'Sixes' onelinedrawing
23) 'Back Where You Belong' .38 Special
24) 'Free Coffee' Ben Folds
25) 'Take A Trip' Toots and The Maytals and Bunny Wailer
26) 'Crewed' Atmosphere and Company
27) 'Sherry' Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons
28) 'Rockhouse' Ray Charles
29) 'Baby Blue' The Dave Matthews Band
30) 'Tomorrow (Original Demo)' Silverchair

Albums:
Real Estate 'Atlantic City Expressway [EP]'
Bright Eyes 'The People's Key'
The Civil Wars 'Barton Hollow' (for a limited time)
Tristen 'Charlatans at the Garden Gate' (for a limited time)
Phish 'Live @ Red Rocks'
Real Estate 'Out Of Tune [7"]'

You told me once I made you smile, we both know damn well I didn't...