In my last post I quickly mentioned one of the new sections on my site, fotogirl.net. The section is called “radio”, and it is an online mixtape that will be the home to ever changing playlists that you can check out and (hopefully) enjoy. I added this section for several reasons. One, I’m a music addict. No, really. I don’t know what I would do without it. Probably cry. At any rate, I got jealous the musicians who got to have music playing on their website, so I decided I was gonna put some on mine! Over the years, I’ve gotten compliments about my music selections, so I decided to take it a step further.

Two, I loved Muxtape. For those who didn’t know Muxtape, it was a site that allowed you to make online “mixtapes” and share them with others. You weren’t able to download anything. You were only allowed to stream it. It was a great way to share music, as well as discover new music. Unfortunately, the RIAA had some beef with the site and took it down. It’s back up now, but it’s not the same. People may say that sites like that cause musicians to lose money, but I disagree. Because of Muxtape, I discovered the band Grizzly Bear. I later ended up purchasing their album, the album of their sideband, and bought two tickets to see them in concert. All because of one person’s mix. Anyhoo, after mMxtape went kaput, someone else came out with Opentape. It’s basically like Muxtape, but it’s hosted on your own site. You aren’t able to easily discover anyone else mixes anymore, but it’s still cool.

Lastly, I created this page to put the songs that couldn’t go directly on my website. I try to find calming, mellow songs for my site so as not to scare anyone off lol. But, there are times when I’d love to throw Bjork ,Nine Inch Nails, or Plaid up on it and I can’t. So…now I have a place to put it all.

I’m not gonna proclaim to change it at specific intervals. I will keep a mix up until I feel the need to change it. That could be once a week, or once a month. I will write a corresponding post about it though, so people know when it’s up.

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