Mix Tape to Playlist
Long before the Internet, the musical playlist was made in the form of the mix tape. You remember those, right? These were cassette tapes that featured songs and musical artists that were selected by the creator of the tape. It could have been a mix tape of all love songs, or your favorite Beatles tunes. Either way, it was a compilation of songs that were connected in some form or fashion. Previous to that, music was listened to on either vinyl records or eight tracks. For the first time, the blank cassette tape gave music lovers a chance to program their musical sound that they wanted to hear.
The cassette tape may have come and gone, but for Robert Burke of Belmont, his love of the mix tape never left. Today, Robert’s music blog can be found hosted on Yahoo’s music site. With the advent of the Internet, the “mix tape” has turned into the playlist. And now more than ever, the process is much easier and more convenient.
Robert is able to post his music playlists and reach a much larger audience than his mix tapes ever did. In fact, he reaches thousands of people each month on his web site.
And while he compiles your typical “best of” year-end lists, he also puts together some of the most off-the-wall and most entertaining musical playlists I have ever seen.Just this past month some of his featured playlists include songs about each day of the week, Songs about Pigs, the Top 10 Banana Songs, and more.
One of his most viewed playlists recently featured “The Top 10 Most Ridiculous Hairstyles in Popular Music History”. Some of the notables that made this outrageous list include Christopher “Kid” Reid of the rap duo Kid N’ Play, David Bowie as “Ziggy Stardust”, Axl Rose of the hair band Guns N’ Roses, and former Genesis drummer and lead vocalist Phil Collins.These lists often times involve more than just a listing of song titles and artists. They often feature in-depth information about why a particular song or artist was chosen. This information takes time to research and compile.
For nearly five years, Robert has been compiling and crafting approximately 20 new playlists each month. That’s over 1200 playlists he’s created. And he continues to post new ones each week. Want to see what you’ve been missing since the death of the mix tape? Visit Robert Burke’s website. Just be prepared to discover something new.
For information on Robert Burke, visit his music blog at http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/yradish or email him at tinyelvis1@yahoo.com
