I feel like I'm zooming into the past. Tonight I was playing around with playlists in iTunes and realized I could burn audio CDs. Yeah, it is burning from mp3s so there's so audio suckage, but it didn't really sound that bad. Especially for something I'm burning to listen to in the car.

I used to love making mix tapes of the music I had. Not mix tapes/cds liked I'd do now as a DJ, these were just selections of songs to send to friends. They were a great way of sharing music with people. There was also a bit of creativeness in how you put together the tape. I always liked trying to make sure the tapes I made would flow from one song to another. Making mixtapes was the first step towards me being a DJ too. That same thinking about how the music flows from song to song is very important when you are actually mixing songs together.

So, back to iTunes. iTunes lets you burn CDs in both audio and mp3 format. With more and more audio devices understanding these I'm psyched to have this capability, even if I can't quite use it yet (though I do have my eyes on that code free dvd player that can, and it is on sale!). Looks like it's time for a new CD (just not a new DJ mix).

(Oh, and for those of you waiting to hear the set from the Phoenix Landing, I'm working on it.)