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Valentine’s & Its Ventures

What better way to evoke emotions, whether they be your own, your lovers, or a number of potentials, than by making “the mix tape.”

Valentine’s Day seems to bring up an emotion, regardless of what kind. Some people are in love and excited to show that love. Others are in love and dread the pushed expectation to show that love. Then there are those that aren’t so lucky. The individuals that know love and lost it for one reason or another. To me, this is the saddest group of all. Most of us dabble(d) in that crowd at some point in our lives. Some of us were/are executive members. This Valentine’s, I dedicate this mix tape to the heart-breakers and heart-breakees of those who followed the line, “better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all,” and suffered dearly because of it.

In case you don’t know the thought that goes into a mix, let me enlighten you. Everything serves a purpose. The order in which the songs are placed is strategic. At some point in middle school I read Elvis Costello say something [paraphrasing], ‘skip to song 4 -if you like that song, you’ll probably like the whole album.’ Ever since, I’ve made it a point to make song #4 an important song. There should be good transition from song to song. Not all lyrics have to “fit” the message or your exact circumstance, but the general feeling should come across.

Those are merely my feelings on mixes. After all, this is Valentine’s, and my emotions can easily get the better part of (me) this mix. (Altogether, there are 6 songs, or only 23 minutes.)

Happy Emo(tional) Day