Some Ground Rules
While this endeavor is definitely meant to encourage you to take it where you will, I thought there's maybe just a few things that we can agree on. I'd like to see what others think.
1. Mixdorf has set the standard packaging as a slimline case, and I think we should stick to that. When we're compiling these discs in our personal collection, it would be nice for a common package (who knows-perhaps someday we design a special carrying case for the Coalescent Collection). Unfortunately, slimline cases are brittle and breakable, and discs don't stay affixed to the little nub in the middle very well, but we should be treating these precious compilations like Faberge Egg collections anyway, right?
2. As far as type of liner notes, I think this can really be left up to the M.O.M. (man of the month). But I offer up just a few things that really need to be: One, there simply HAS to be some sort of liner notes, even if just a single card: It must include title (somewhere, doesn't have to be on the front-Mixdorf's wasn't, for example), song list including artist & song name, and volume number (Mixxy's was vol.1, mine is vol. 2). As far as any other info (song notes, pictures, whatever), whether or not to include them on the liner notes or just put them up for Blog discussion can be left up to the M.O.M . Same with format of liner notes (tri-fold, bi-fold, 4-color, whatever).
3. If possible, use discs specified as "for CD Audio." I have had some real issues in my day with various types disc players I own being super fussy with the media I put in them.
4. Write title, "Coalescent Music Club Vol. ##" on the disc itself.
5. 10 songs, no more no less. There can be no other way on this. Brevity is the soul of nearly everything and we don't want any of these collections turning into Graffitti Bridge, but on the other hand, if you can't come up with 10 songs on a particular theme, maybe you should find another theme.
6. Theme? I'm torn on this. I think all our of natures is going to drive us towards wanting to do some sort of theme for these collections, but if you remember, Mixdorf's original idea was simplly, "songs we've been listening to." Should we say that there should be a theme, but leave it super open-ended? I think that would work. You'd have to be in a really random sort of frame of mind not to have some sort of unifying property holding your songs together-even if loosely. I'd be interested on others' thoughts on this, though.
Anything else anyone can think of?
posted by Dan at 8:45 AM
7 Comments:
Good points.
1. I haven't had much problem here. In my experience the disks actually stay put better than with standard jewel cases, and the slimlines seem to be more flexible, and have rarely cracked for me. Maybe you should stop stomping on your slimlines?
2. Cool
3. Not if possible, just do it. It is possible.
4. Cool
5. I'm going to differ with Dan here, and if I'm voted down so be it. 10 should be the norm, and all efforts should be made to stick to it, but if you have it down to 12 songs and can't pull the trigger on the last two, I'm cool with that. On the other end, if you've got a kick ass theme going, but only have eight or nine songs I'm also cool with that. Fewer than eight get a new theme, more than 12 find the intestinal fortitude to make the cut.
6. I'm wide open on this. If your theme is the ten songs that are your current favs, so be it.
Dan, always with the ground rules. One issue down, no infractions, and already laying down the law.
1. No problem from me either, and they take up a lot less space and coming up with the tray insert for a standard jewel case adds to the work involved, probably unnecessarily.
2. Agreed.
3. I guess. Not had much issue for with that, and suspect that it is a marketing gimmick.
4. OK.
5. Agree with Aaron. Also agree with Graffiti Bridge comment.
6. Don't care about true 'theme'. Not sure in five months the 10 songs I'm listening to change, so that may not be a consistently usable theme for me.
RULES!!?!?!?!
I'm good -
I'm flex - -on number of songs
slimline cool
bye
Sounds like you guys are all primed for pushing the 10-song boundary. So be it. But, to Aaron's point, let's try to adhere as is possible.
As far as "for CD Audio." I don't think it's a marketing gimmick. There's a lot of variation among weights of different media, at least, and probably more than that.
As far as "for CD Audio." I don't think it's a marketing gimmick. There's a lot of variation among weights of different media, at least, and probably more than that.
It does make a difference. Besides weight, there is the issue of the color of ink. Sometimes CD- RW work better than data CDs etc.
I have since learned that color matters. Supposedly gold or silver CD-R's work better than other colors for audio. Not sure how that translates to CD-R Audio, but I will track down some gold or silver ones for our little venture.
I am very cool with whatever red tape Dan decides.
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