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SOTT 19


SOTT is a CD swap I do with members of a mailing list I'm on. Everyone comes up with a brilliant mix CD which you then make a copy of for everyone who's taking part. We then mail them off to the list member who organises it and he repacks everyone's CD's and you get a package back with a copy of everyone's mix. I've done about 5 now and last couple have had about 35 participants. The latest one that we're just organising is going to have 49 people involved! That means 48 copies of the CD and the cover have to be made and shipped to the US. It also means I'll get 48 different mix CD's back. That is a lot of new music and to be honest is pretty daunting. I'll never get through it all and I'll bet you there are a bunch of people who never even listen to my mix. It makes it more of a challenge mind you. You have to come up with the absolute best mix you can to make yourself stand out in some way.

I've been sticking songs in a playlist in iTunes for the last wee while and I have about 40 songs under consideration just now. I think this round I'm going to go with something a bit more retro than I have in the past where I've tended to stick to more recent sounds. Having everything in iTunes has been good though and has made me consider things that maybe wouldn't have occurred to me if I was scanning the CD's on the rack. I'll probably post a final track list here when I've got it.

The worst thing about this process though is the cover art. I want to produce something snazzy but I no longer have a working scanner and my printer is somewhat dodgy quality for artwork. I was thinking it would almost be worth designing something and taking it on a disc to a copy shop and getting it run off there. Wonder how much that would cost?

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