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A music expert’s tips on making an unforgettable mixtape (or playlist) for your Valentine

(Version anglaise seulement)

par Glenn Fosbraey, Associate Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Winchester

There’s something about tangible music that the digital world simply can’t touch. Whether that’s putting a new record on the turntable, popping a shiny CD out of its jewel case or clicking a tape into place on a cassette deck.

I still remember a time when cassette was king – when the ultimate Christmas present was a pack of blank tapes, and recording your favourite songs from the radio without the interference of the DJ’s voice was a skill to be proud of.

Then, of course, there was the mixtape. Lovingly compiled over weeks, dubbed from CDs, other cassettes, the radio or…

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