grids Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 It's been almost a year since the last exchange - it's time of the year again: sharing your mixtapes with other Coldplayers! :D So why Mixtape Exchange? :Quote: The Coldplaying Mixtape Exchange is a fun way to discover new music while also giving you the chance to share music that you enjoy with other Coldplayers. Basically what happens is that you'll be given the name of the person who you will be making your mixtape for, and all you have to do is get together some songs that you really like, that go well together, and/or that your partner has most likely never heard before; but you must not let anyone know who you're making your mixtape for, and your partner must not know what exactly he or she is listening to - it has to be a surprise! After your partner reviews your mixtape, you will then get to reveal yourself and the tracklisting. You will of course be receiving a mixtape to review as well! How this works? :Quote:1. Sign up saying you want to participate - leave your name on the thread 2. When the deadline for signing up is over, you'll get a PM from me giving you the name of another participant in the Exchange. You will be making a mix for this person, whoever they may be 3. You mustn't reveal who you are making the mix for, on pain of being tickled by a thousand feathers 4. Make your mix-tape (average length is around 50-70 minutes) and delete the info for each song. 5. Upload the mix-tape to something like rapidshare and send me the link and a tracklisting. I will then send it to the person assigned to you, keeping your identity a secret of course! 6. When you receive a mix-tape, listen to it, write a review and post it in this thread. 7. The person who made the mix-tape will then post the track-list and the link so everybody can download it. Simple as that. Note: Please make sure before you sign up that you're actually going be able to follow through on this, or at least let me know before the deadline ends if you're going to be too busy to participate and you need your name taken off of the list. In past mixtape exchanges, several people never received mixtapes or reviews because their mixtaper/mixtapee never bothered to go through with it, and that's pretty inconsiderate to those who worked hard to make a mixtape and never got anything in return. Mixtape exchanges only happen a couple times a year so they're to be taken pretty srsly. The deadline for signing up is Sunday 25th January at 11.59PM (GMT) and you will have two weeks to create your mixtapes in for 8th February. Here is a good guideline for deleting the song information: :Quote: The Song Information Deletion Tutorial 1. Find the tracks you plan on putting on your mixtape, and copy-and-paste them to a new folder, away from all the other stuff. You can either right-click and find "copy" and "paste," or you can use the shortcuts (Ctrl + C for copy and Ctrl + V for paste). 2. Once you've done that, go track by track, right-click, choose "Properties," and clear everything. Remember to change track numbers if you have a specific order (and almost everyone does, so...yeah). Also, it's helpful to name your album, even if it's something as simple as "mixtape." If you want, you can fill in the blank spots with fake information to add a personal touch to the mix. Once you've done all that, click OK. You'll have to do this separately with each track. 3. Move that folder into your iTunes library by clicking and dragging it into iTunes when it's open, and go through the tracks one by one and double-check everything. Typically, the one thing that usually needs to be altered if anything is the album art. In that case, just select your entire mixtape (either by going under "Edit" and choosing "Select all" or just typing your mixtape name and using Ctrl + A), right-click on it, choose "Get Info," and clear all of it using the options in that menu. 4. Compress your mixtape into a .zip or .rar, upload, and give the link to the head of the exchange. Looking forward to your involvement soon ;) P.S: If I like your post mentioning you are participating the exchange, that means you will be on the list :) ____________________________________________________________ Participants: Linus Mrk Jonny and the cake Batman gerben Ouch squibby92 grids Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linus Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 i'm in :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrk Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Finally! I'm in :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny and the cake Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 IM IN!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grids Posted January 13, 2015 Author Share Posted January 13, 2015 Any others? :awesome: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrk Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Can someone make this thread sticky? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grids Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share Posted January 15, 2015 Hah this thread is dead already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny and the cake Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 we cant be just 4 people :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Okay I'm in, too :I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerben Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I'm in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grids Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share Posted January 15, 2015 Okay I'm in, too :I Hmm I smell some skeptical thingy here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Hmm I smell some skeptical thingy here No I'm just reluctant because people usually don't like my mixtapes that much :wacko: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grids Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share Posted January 15, 2015 No I'm just reluctant because people usually don't like my mixtapes that much :wacko: Really? :rolleyes: Not me :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouch Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I'm in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grids Posted January 16, 2015 Author Share Posted January 16, 2015 6 people so far :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiOli05 Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 I always enjoyed these, but I will have to pass :( no computer and therefore basically no new music or a way to actually send it out :( Have fun, guys!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grids Posted January 17, 2015 Author Share Posted January 17, 2015 No worries, I understand that some people get busy and are not able to make it. But when you can, its a good chance to do for fun :) I like exploring new songs I have never heard of and last year was my first time involvement so I thought why not give it a go again :D My other alternative is Deezer - they have got a plenty of great song choices I havent stumbled upon before. I like listening to alternative and indie music - they both are my cup of tea mixture ;) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grids Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 Less than a week to go :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrk Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 we should ask Sparky Marc to "advertise" this thread a bit :nod: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grids Posted January 20, 2015 Author Share Posted January 20, 2015 We need at least 3 more people perhaps :rolleyes: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grids Posted January 21, 2015 Author Share Posted January 21, 2015 4 more days to go :P Or shall we extend this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerben Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Maaaybe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squibby92 Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 I'm in! :D My favourite thing to do on this site!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grids Posted January 24, 2015 Author Share Posted January 24, 2015 Deadline tomorrow night UK Time, anybody? :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouch Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 This has got to be the shortest amount of participants on a mixtape exchange on this site :P when do we turn in our mixtapes though? EDIT: Feb 8th, didn't see that too well, whoops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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