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I’ve been making mixes again, some for me and some for friends. I think it serves as a good example of making boxes, and also it is fun.

When I start making a mix, I have an idea of what I want it to feel like even though I can’t and won’t ever touch it. I have an idea of the message it carries, though it won’t ever be overtly stated. I know what it sounds like, but I can’t lure the sound of it from my throat. I know the vicinity of the box, but I don’t know exactly where it is or if what’s inside is alive or dead.First thing I do is to name them.

Normally I’ll work on several mixes at the same time. Building them at the same time lets me compare and contrast, cull them when they grow to similar, and in another way hone in on their boxes. Listening to music, certain tracks or artists will grab my attention and find themselves added to a mix. Others will inspire the creation of new mixes or the nixing of the old.

A song is picked to go into a mix if it matches up with the criteria of the mix, if it lies within the box. And yet, a mix is defined by it’s songs, they connect as dots to outline the box. So which comes first, the mix or the idea of the mix?

And also, they are fun.