The Inaugural DMTS Mix Exchange

i don't know what happened to 2009. starting in february, i started making plans for a big life change. i began laying the ground work for moving to a new city, got my dream job, got a house in a new city -- with the help of great friends and family who put me up for a month. then came the special lady friend's graduation from college, moving trucks, a great summer, and then i lost my dream job. then a few dark months of no job, then a bad job which ended poorly thanks to the use of candy as a weapon.

and yet, i haven't been so happy to see a jolly rancher up close since i was a child crossing the desert in a convoy of moving trucks from my home state of oklahoma. somewhere near the painted desert race car that was sponsored by the jolly rancher company was parked on a blight of rock and dust, and a guy in a racing jumpsuit gave me a bag full of candy that would last me several years. or would have, had a third of them not melted on the drive to washington. these little sugar bricks would pop up in my life until i was about fifteen, and i was happy to be shut of them until one hit me in the glasses in a call center--which made me gamble on getting back into tattooing again. but that's another tale.

it is the end of the Aughts, and i want a new decade and a new year to be full of magic and wonder and grand adventure. also, i want some new music for the soundtrack for the afforementioned adventure. my first effort and organizing a mixtape exchange then, will be for the new year, no later than january 30, 2010. the theme shall be Songs For Birthing An Epic Decade.

if you are interested in participating, let me know no later than january 9 of 2010. i will collect the names and contact information of people who want to make a mix, and match up mix traders. finished music compilations should be in the mail no later than january 29, 2010. i've had a lot of initial interest, and i hope we have a great turnout fot the Dictionay Mixtape Society's maiden voyage for group-wide exchange. remember, there are no limits on genre or style. i only ask that you put some thought into the tracks, and make the CD and packaging look amazing. it's a gift to inspire a stranger in the new decade, so go wild.

after the initial group project, anyone who wants to trade with me or anyone else let me know, too. the good times need not stop rolling in february! i look forward to getting it all together.