I gave you a taste of my Blankster Compilations with volume A. The thing about these is that there is no restriction as to what I will put on them. You might hear Pearl Jam followed by Britney Spears. Maybe some Bjork & then Neil Diamond. Maybe Eminem followed by System of a Down followed by Billy Joel followed by Queensryche. I'm crazy like that. The Only way for you to really grasp the idea is for me to give you a few of them. So here are Blankster Compilations volume B, C & D.
Blankster Compilation Volume B
01. When the Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash
02. No, No, No - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
03. Where It's At - Beck
04. Toxic - Britney Spears
05. I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself - The White Stripes
06. Monster Side - Addict
07. My Band - D12
08. Down With the Sickness - Lounge Against the Machine
09. Time is Running Out - Muse
10. Fighter - Christina Aguilera
11. Mrs. Jackson - The Vines
12. Last Train Home - Lost Prophets
13. Extraordinary - Liz Phair
14. Talk Shows on Mute - Incubus
15. Lemon - Katy Rose
16. Werewolf - Cat Power
17. Super Duper Love (Are You Digging on Me?) - Joss Stone
18. The Last Song - All-American Rejects
19. Rebel Yell (live, acoustic) - Billy Idol
Blankster Compilation Volume C
01. Slither - Velvet Revolver
02. Schism - Tool
03. Fell in Love with a Girl - The White Stripes
04. Man - Yea Yeah Yeahs
05. Fade to Black - Apocalyptica
06. Colors - Saigon Kick
07. No One Knows - Queens of the Stone Age
08. Just Like Anyone - Soul Asylum
09. Night After Sidewalk - Kaki King
10. Climbing the Walls - Radiohead with Sneaker Pimps
11. Screaming Infidelities - Dashboard Confessional
12. Down - Blink 182
13. Scotty Doesn't Know - Lustra
14. Everytime - Britney Spears
15. Judith - A Perfect Circle
16. Until the Day I Die - Story of the Year
17. Crazy - Seal
18. I'm on Fire - Tori Amos
19. Kissing the Lipless - The Shins
20. Dare You to Move - Switchfoot
21. Make Yourself (acoustic) - Incubus
Blankster Compilation Volume D
01. Hypermusic - Muse
02. I Ran - Bowling for Soup
03. Cloud Pump - I Mother Earth
04. I Don't Care Anymore - Phil Collins
05. So Happy Together - The Turtles
06. Son of Sam - Elliott Smith
07. Take it Off - The Donnas
08. Photograph - Def Leppard
09. Not Dark Yet - Bob Dylan
10. Low - Cracker
11. Let's Roll - The Stills
12. Touch of My Hand - Britney Spears
13. Walking Shoes - Tora Tora
14. Listen Like Thieves - InXs
15. Glorybox - Portishead
16. My Generation - The Who
17. Mannish Boy - Muddy Waters
18. Trouble (live, acoustic) - Coldplay
At this point you should have noticed my CD covers. I love Photoshop. What I can do in Photoshop I figured out for myself although I would like to go to school for graphic design. Being that each Blankster CD Volume is a letter (A, B, C, etc.) I figured the cover should coinside with that. This made me think of the relationship between rock music & sex or more notably women. There's also a correlation between music & celebrity so I decided the cover art would be a female celebrity whose name started with the letter of the compilation.
28 July 2010
Blankster Volume A
Let's start out this blog with one of my earliest compilation Cd's. Wait, hold on, I know. You're thinking, I thought this was called Rules for making a mix tape. It is. I like the idea of mix tapes. I used to love to make them. Honestly, making compilation Cd's isn't quite as fun, or personal. To make a mix tape you had to invest a significant amount of time and energy. For a CD you just pick files and arrange them mostly. But, the times they are a changin' so now instead of sitting in front of a dual tape deck for hours, or days, you sit in front of a computer for an hour, two tops.
Anyway, my first Cd's weren't any brilliant concept, just a random collection of songs. Songs that were on the radio at the time or maybe just something I was listening to for no apparent reason. This was at the time of Napster and then whatever replaced Napster when it went down. Just for the record, as a musician, you should go out & buy Cd's or records not download songs illegally. I guess you could hit up i tunes or whatever but personally I'm still a fan of listening to an artists album the way they intend you to. When I'm in the mood for a mix, I'll burn it.
So I called my earliest CD compilations Blankster CD Volume whatever. A through Z. I'll start with a track listing for A. Here you go.
Blankster Compilation Volume A
01. Maps - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
02. Miss You - Blink 182
03. Swing Swing - All American Rejects
04. Happy Jack - The Who
05. Reptilia - The Strokes
06. Still in Love Song - The Stills
07. Fascination Street - The Cure
08. All Over Again - Phantom Planet
09. Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
10. Pretend to be Nice - Josie & the Pussy Cats
11. I've Seen it All - Bjork featuring Thom Yorke
12. Heroin is So Passe - The Dandy Warhols
13. Overdrive - Katy Rose
14. Hot White Cum - Liz Phair
15. Cold Hard Bitch - Jet
16. Pump it Up - Elvis Costello
17. Episode IV - Jimmy Eat World
18. Dawn's Lament - Michelle Trachtenburg (yes, from Buffy the Musical)
19. Drain the Blood - The Distillers
20. Kid A - Radiohead
21. Roxanne (live, acoustic) - Sting
# 21 would be the one catch. The last song on my Blankster compilations is always a live & or acoustic version of a song. I think it adds a little something. That's the only rule. Other that that you just never know what you might hear. Anyway, there you have it.
Anyway, my first Cd's weren't any brilliant concept, just a random collection of songs. Songs that were on the radio at the time or maybe just something I was listening to for no apparent reason. This was at the time of Napster and then whatever replaced Napster when it went down. Just for the record, as a musician, you should go out & buy Cd's or records not download songs illegally. I guess you could hit up i tunes or whatever but personally I'm still a fan of listening to an artists album the way they intend you to. When I'm in the mood for a mix, I'll burn it.
So I called my earliest CD compilations Blankster CD Volume whatever. A through Z. I'll start with a track listing for A. Here you go.
Blankster Compilation Volume A
01. Maps - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
02. Miss You - Blink 182
03. Swing Swing - All American Rejects
04. Happy Jack - The Who
05. Reptilia - The Strokes
06. Still in Love Song - The Stills
07. Fascination Street - The Cure
08. All Over Again - Phantom Planet
09. Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
10. Pretend to be Nice - Josie & the Pussy Cats
11. I've Seen it All - Bjork featuring Thom Yorke
12. Heroin is So Passe - The Dandy Warhols
13. Overdrive - Katy Rose
14. Hot White Cum - Liz Phair
15. Cold Hard Bitch - Jet
16. Pump it Up - Elvis Costello
17. Episode IV - Jimmy Eat World
18. Dawn's Lament - Michelle Trachtenburg (yes, from Buffy the Musical)
19. Drain the Blood - The Distillers
20. Kid A - Radiohead
21. Roxanne (live, acoustic) - Sting
# 21 would be the one catch. The last song on my Blankster compilations is always a live & or acoustic version of a song. I think it adds a little something. That's the only rule. Other that that you just never know what you might hear. Anyway, there you have it.
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