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I completely miss making mix tapes for people, so I have been ecstatic to find that there are sites which allow you to draw from existing music and mix it like I used to back in the 80s & 90s. The multimedia capabilities of today make me wonder what mixed media I would give a friend or girlfriend if I were in high school today?
Unfortunately, sites that allow such online compilations try to keep Kosher with copyright laws, but at the same time…can’t. An exciting site called Muxtape halted service (lengthy explanation on the front page of the site) due to pressure from the recording industry. I’m hopeful MixWit won’t fall to the same, but after looking for popular artists and creating my own mix (below), you’ll see that copyrighted music is very easy to find and add.
I’m not proud of this effort in it’s ease to find and compile major label artists, rather, I see it as yet another message to the music industry. Times have been a changin’ and we need to work together to create a way that this can exist and artists can be paid for their work. Muxtape failed in that, but maybe MixWit can succeed?
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Fortunately for the rights of musicians, but unfortuante for free music lovers everywhere, Mixwit has shut down. Here’s the letter I received on 12-8-08:
“We regret to announce that Mixwit will cease to exist at the end of the year.The website and profiles will be turned off around Dec 27th and
all embedded widgets will stop playing before the end of December.
We’ve put a year of work into Mixwit so this choice wasn’t taken lightly. I won’t go into the details of our situation but state simply that we
boldly marched into in a position best described as “between a rock and a hard place.” We’re very grateful to be have been part of the mixtape
revival of ‘08 and are satisfied to be able to to bow out while things are still good.
You guys are all amazing. It’s clear that all of you put a ton of time and effort into your mixes. For me personally, I was looking forward to all of
the designs people created for their tapes. There was a lot of basic tapes and many lovely photos, but the designs and artwork – WOW!
We’re very sorry that this has to end. We’re going to try to figure out some way to archive the artwork and playlists, if for nothing at least
historic value. As for now, everything needs to be shut down by the end of the year just to make sure we’ve got a clean start for 2009.
We’ll return early next year with a new company and new toys. Until then, enjoy the holidays and please take good care of yourselves, your families, and your friends =)
- Radley & Mike”