Comments on: Share your MeFiSwap experiences

Share your MeFiSwap experiences

rxrfrx — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 09:19:49 -0800

Those of you who participated in the most recent MeFiSwap: How many CDs have you received?

By: moonbird

moonbird — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 09:21:14 -0800

four out of five, and really excellent stuff!

By: PinkStainlessTail

PinkStainlessTail — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 09:25:28 -0800

I've received 2 so far, but some of the group (including myself) have communicated that we are behind on sending for various reasons, so I am expecting a full set in the end.

By: Espy Gillespie

Espy Gillespie — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 09:27:03 -0800

I teamed up with cloeburner, who was the "official" participant. We got five out five, and they're all excellent.

By: edgeways

edgeways — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 09:27:11 -0800

similar to PinkStainlessTail.

all the emails are in your swap set. set up a small mail list and communicate.

By: cmonkey

cmonkey — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 09:27:35 -0800

I was going to send out a survey next week before I delete the mailing list. It sounds like it was pretty successful, all in all.

By: Dr. Wu

Dr. Wu — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 09:27:58 -0800

4 outta 5, and we've all been in touch about it, too. I have no doubts that the fifth one is on the way.

By: sveskemus

sveskemus — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 09:29:07 -0800

3 out of five and one email that one is late. It has been great fun.

By: rxrfrx

rxrfrx — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 09:34:23 -0800

Damn, dudes. I got a big goose egg so far, and I sent out an email a few days ago to the whole list, and nobody responded. ORANGE!!!!(&#@&^(@

By: patricio

patricio — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 09:38:46 -0800

The full five! Thanks to all in swapset Aqua for some great stuff.

By: safetyfork

safetyfork — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 09:41:52 -0800

Three from my set of participants (# includes my own). And, one on the way from someone outside my set.

rxrfrx, if you want to send me your address my e-mail's in the profile, I plan on mailing out some other things this weekend.

By: AwkwardPause

AwkwardPause — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 09:42:38 -0800

4 out of 5 here - and I think I've received mails to the effect that all have been sent, so the last one is probably still on its way.

And boy did I find out the hard way how much harder it is to compose a mix CD for strangers rather than trying to woo a girl.

But it was great fun, and I've received some really excellent mixes. A++++, would participate again!

By: AwkwardPause

AwkwardPause — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 09:44:00 -0800

rxrfrx, if you send me a mail, I'd be happy to swap with yous as well!

By: crunchland

crunchland — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 09:48:45 -0800

I made a mefi mix awhile ago. I'd be glad to send it out again. Just ask.

By: selfnoise

selfnoise — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 09:58:47 -0800

I got everyone except one from a user in Chile, and I totally understand that one. He probably didn't get my mix, either.

Great music on all the mixes I got, btw. Big Thanks to cmonkey for putting this together.

By: smackfu

smackfu — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 10:21:42 -0800

So happy that patricio got all five, since he was the only non-American in our swapset and got a heavier burden than the rest of us.

By: cmonkey

cmonkey — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 10:29:03 -0800

Damn, dudes. I got a big goose egg so far, and I sent out an email a few days ago to the whole list, and nobody responded.

That's not cool at all. I'd be happy to send you one of mine, to make up for it, too.

By: klangklangston

klangklangston — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 10:36:31 -0800

Two. But I haven't sent mine out yet... (I'm doing it now, I swear! I'll stop being all OCD about it!)

By: mds35

mds35 — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 10:36:35 -0800

rxrfrx, I got your email (looks like a great tracklist!) but no cd yet.

I haven't received anything from anyone else yet either.

As my email to Swapset Orange explained, my mixes are going out super late. I'm posting them on Saturday because I suck.

By: Hanover Phist

Hanover Phist — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 10:42:18 -0800

Just one. but I think my postman is stealing them, cuz I'm in cmonkey's swapset. (damn you postman!)

So... who's mix was the best?

By: mds35

mds35 — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 10:46:44 -0800

I should note: I've been in about 7 swaps between Metafilter, Monkeyfilter, another 'philter, and MySpace. The best I have ever done was to receive four out of five, and that only happened once.

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 10:49:13 -0800

I think I've gotten three or four, but I was in two sets, so that number really should be higher. I haven't emailed around about it yet, but I will, and I know that a few people said they'd be late (but one of those I've gotten already).

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 11:02:37 -0800

I think I got four outta the five, but not sure due to extra cd I swapped with someone outside the group. It which case, I've gotten 3 outta 5.

slightly disappointed that only two of swapset grey got the cds out by the date and one of them was me.

When's the next one?

By: cmonkey

cmonkey — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 11:17:45 -0800

When's the next one?

Dreama's doing the next one, and I have no idea what her timeframe is.

By: quonsar

quonsar — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 11:24:09 -0800

83. and i have yet to send mine out from 2002.

By: rhapsodie

rhapsodie — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 11:33:09 -0800

Four out of five from swapset Aqua, but I did move after the sets were made and expect the fifth is already on its way to being forwarded from my old address.

By: blackkar

blackkar — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 12:16:01 -0800

I got 4 out of 5, 1 from Canada. OmieWise, did you get mine? I mailed it 2 days before the deadline...

By: greycap

greycap — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 12:18:45 -0800

I've had 2 out of 5 from swapset lime. Thanks cmonkey and hanover phist, they were both excellent. cmonkey yours arrived this morning, I have fallen in love with "On the Nature of Daylight" by Max Richter. All mine went out before Christmas - if you were in lime and haven't received it in a week or two, let me know.

A big thank you to cmonkey for organising everything.

By: matildaben

matildaben — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 12:23:33 -0800

4 out of 5 on my "official" list, plus an extra (excellent) one from cmonkey and an extra from safetyfork. One of the ones on my list arrived smashed in the mail, but the sender emailed and said she'd send another. One of them was truly random crap that was either a joke or else dearly loved music from someone with absolutely no taste at all. The one I haven't gotten yet did correspond to someone who sent out an email apologizing for lateness, so I'm hopeful.

By: ND¢

ND¢ — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 12:24:03 -0800

So... who's mix was the best?
posted by Hanover Phist at 10:42 AM PST on January 5 [!]

I'll go ahead and field this one, if I may. The best mix from swapset grey (and best of all the swapsets overall, I can say with no knowledge of their contents whatsoever) was ND¢'s Kick-Ass Eighties-ish Country-ish Mix. The tracklist is below, but be careful not to burn your eyeballs, because this shit is hot:

1. Fishin' in the Dark - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
2. All the Gold in California - The Gatlin Brothers
3. Feed Jake - Billy Dean
4. Let Me Be There - Olivia Newton John
5. Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses - Kathy Mattea
6. Lay You Down - Conway Twitty
7. Baby I'm Burning - Dolly Parton
8. I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink - Merle Haggard
9. Third Rate Romance - Sammy Kershaw
10. Lonely Women Make Good Lovers - Steve Warner
11. Heavens Just a Sin Away - The Kendalls
12. Silver Wings - Merle Haggard
13. I Believe in Love - Don Williams

By: matildaben

matildaben — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 12:25:45 -0800

Safetyfork, did you get mine? You didn't mention it above.

By: kyleg

kyleg — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 12:25:45 -0800

I've gotten one, because I'm in klangklangston's swapset. Be prepared for a scathing e-mail missive, delinquents!

By: jacquilynne

jacquilynne — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 12:26:41 -0800

I've received 4, I believe, but I had two swapsets, so should be getting 10 total. However, if actual music labels who care about whether I receive their CDs are taking more than 4 weeks to get discs to me, then I can't expect better from swap participants. The fact is, these were mailed in December. Mail is slow in December, especially, as is the case for me, across borders.

By: hackly_fracture

hackly_fracture — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 12:44:17 -0800

I am in klangklangston/kyleg/etc swapset. CDs going out this weekend, sweartagawd. Sorry.

NDc: woah.

By: spicynuts

spicynuts — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 12:52:22 -0800

Swapset Purple here...got 3 of 5, with Dr. Wu's being the bomb. In the last Dreama swap I got 4 of 5. Not a bad track record but the slackers piss me the fuck off. You have MONTHS, how hard is it?

By: Hanover Phist

Hanover Phist — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 13:05:25 -0800

Olivia Newton John, Conway Twitty... Dolly Parton. Wow, impressive. but what about mixes... apart from your own!

By: ND¢

ND¢ — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 13:08:53 -0800

I found them to be appallingly Olivia Newton John-less.

By: edgeways

edgeways — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 13:11:54 -0800

Who had the best graphic production values?

By: ND¢

ND¢ — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 13:17:26 -0800

My answer would have to be:

By: arcticwoman

arcticwoman — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 13:39:19 -0800

Swapset green here, 2 of 5 but I've been told that one is on the way.

By: safetyfork

safetyfork — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 13:44:18 -0800

Matildaben, indeed it is your's that I'm waiting for... "And, one on the way from someone outside my set."... I think that it is just caught in the postal system's Holiday crunch.

I made the send-out deadline for Team Teal and hope they've all received mine.

I will admit that I think I shouldn't have included the Robots song in the middle of the disc because of the low mastering quality of that song. To be honest, I can't listen to the mix myself anymore because of that. Otherwise, I'm rather fond of it.

By: badger_flammable

badger_flammable — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 13:54:41 -0800

Swapset Blue: 3 out of 5 with 2 e-mails about delay. Great stuff from spilon, maus501, and james_in_london.

By: Espy Gillespie

Espy Gillespie — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 14:01:10 -0800

edgeways, your CD graphics creeped me out a little. I'm not sure why.

By: matildaben

matildaben — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 14:01:26 -0800

Safetyfork, I did mail mine out a couple days before Xmas so it's probably out there somewhere. If you haven't gotten it in a couple of weeks, drop me a line in private email and I'll send you another one (or you can download it from my web site and burn it yourself).

By: safetyfork

safetyfork — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 14:05:48 -0800

Will do. thanks!

By: scody

scody — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 14:15:52 -0800

Team Indigo girl here, with 4/5 (and I believe the fifth's on its way).

By: Lush

Lush — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 14:32:00 -0800

I've gotten 3 out of 5, which I already consider miraculous considering one misspelled my street name, and another left out the street number & street name altogether! Still eagerly awaiting the others - I know a 4th is late and on its way. No word on the 5th, but I live in the Philippines and have gotten Christmas mail in mid-January in the past so it could just be that. I hope everyone in my swapset received mine.

All three mixes I've gotten are excellent though, and I've fallen in love with so much new music since! Thanks frykitty, OmieWise, and 23skidoo!

By: moonbird

moonbird — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 14:47:41 -0800

Lush: I sent yours on the 17th, I believe. I'd have to say that Lush's Ask Metafilter themed mix was incredibly cool.

By: Lush

Lush — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 15:07:29 -0800

You're the 4th I'm talking about, moonbird! I can't wait to get it, and rilly rilly hope it hasn't been lost or stolen (not unheard of, or even unusual) by anyone in the local postal service. (And thanks, I had fun making it!)

By: frykitty

frykitty — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 15:09:18 -0800

I...uh...think I have four out of five? In any case, they are all very cool. Well, the ones I've had a chance to listen to so far. Especially interesting was Omiewise's "Eyes on a Cabbagehead" mix of bluegrass and folk.

And *I* had the best cover. But I don't have it here, so I'm counting on a swapper to post it.

By: moonbird

moonbird — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 15:11:48 -0800

Yes, Frykitty, your cover had me LOLing. My kitties like it too.

By: frykitty

frykitty — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 15:15:46 -0800

*struts, preens*

By: o2b

o2b — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 15:16:49 -0800

matildaben: I did warn you (via email). :)

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 15:44:59 -0800

Here's the cover I did:

high rez pdf here.

Anybody else wanna show their cover?

By: smackfu

smackfu — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 15:51:05 -0800

Who had the best graphic production values?

I think rhapsodie won for our swapset. Gorgeous full color art on the cover and on the CD itself. Even had the MeFi logo on the mailing labels!

By: edgeways

edgeways — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 15:59:52 -0800

Espy Gillespie, the front image of my cd ccame from the animatronic yard at walldrug (the only good part of walldrug), if you put in a quarter the (real) stuffed animals whirled around to some tune. There where two rabbits, the arm of one hung by a thread so as it spun around its arm would whip around alarmingly... so your reaction is appropriate.

By: rhapsodie

rhapsodie — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:10:57 -0800

Thanks, smackfu. I love doing the liner notes and label maybe more than the actual play list. I've put the liner notes on Flickr with a high-res available; the CD label was merely the same flower with the mix name.

By: mullacc

mullacc — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:28:50 -0800

I received all 5 of my CDs from Swapset Red. Ogre Lawless did an impressive job - a two disc mix packaged in an xmas card with a two-page explanation of the tracks selected! Very nice. Hopefully I'll get around to actually listening to the whole thing.

I certainly put forth the worst effort of the group, but I'm a mix swap virgin so I can only improve from here. Though I was punctual, which has to count for something.

By: graventy

graventy — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:33:37 -0800

ND¢ : "3. Feed Jake - Billy Dean"

Brings a tear to my eye, it does.

By: ShawnString

ShawnString — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:51:11 -0800

only 2 of 5 for me in swapset amber....i am jealous of the rest of you....

By: whir

whir — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 17:08:27 -0800

Not to derail, but can somebody tell me how to get in on the next one? Do I go to the ciphermonkeys site, or the bluesilver one?

By: esch

esch — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 17:23:54 -0800

I certainly put forth the worst effort of the group,

Now come on... I was gunning for that title!

But seriously. I was totally floored at how good all the CDs I got were. I have some new favorite bands.

Swapset Red totally kicks ass!

By: kyleg

kyleg — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 17:44:28 -0800

My tracklisting is all online. Save the trees, and all that hippy crap.

By: jalexei

jalexei — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 18:19:39 -0800

Acck! Mine'll go out within a day or three -

(gotten 3 so far, all excellent)

By: seawallrunner

seawallrunner — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 19:00:32 -0800

I'm in swapset Silver - received one CD so far, from nanojath

Cool cover design, and I had never heard of any of the bands listed - so this is way cool.

By: edgeways

edgeways — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 19:17:08 -0800

Anyone who recieved a low number of swap CDs who wants to do some freeform swaping can contact me to do such. Email is in the profile

By: PhatLobley

PhatLobley — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 19:29:33 -0800

Also a member of club Purple. I've gotten 4 CDs, with communication from the 5th person. I agree with spicynuts that Dr. Wu's mix was rockin'.

By: hototogisu

hototogisu — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 19:40:33 -0800

Three, at last count, but I'm far from home and haven't sent mine out yet (rough month or two there). Sorry!

By: panoptican

panoptican — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 20:07:00 -0800

I received five out of five from Aqua. Great variety in our group. In both music and covers. Some 80s. Some indie. Some super-indie. I've enjoyed each and every one of them. I think I win the award for least effort in terms of the cover. I really love ruby.aftermath's mix, if I had to pick one.

By: 23skidoo

23skidoo — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 20:41:34 -0800

4 out of 5 so far from swapset Maroon. I consider that to be a success.

By: salmacis

salmacis — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 02:13:42 -0800

I've received Brandon's excellent disk so far, and I'm waiting for one more. Mine apparently haven't arrived yet even though I sent them the week before Christmas.

I'm also willing to participate in more swaps. Email is in my profile, just drop me a line.

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 03:42:38 -0800

Salmacis, I got yours couple of days ago (THANK YOU!), haven't had a chance to listen yet, though.

Must. learn. to. bend. time.

By: smackfu

smackfu — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 08:05:56 -0800

The laser printer I used at work didn't really do my cover justice:

By: matildaben

matildaben — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 09:00:37 -0800

I'm enjoying both scody's and cmonkey's especially. The perfect combination of a few songs I've heard before and like very much, with mostly stuff I've never heard before but are great discoveries in styles/genres that I like. Also, both have great flow from track to track, which is always important to me. Plus I love saying "MeFi Swap/Scody Pop".

Moonbird and PinkStainlessTail, I sent you both email asking if you'd do a side swap with me.

By: greycap

greycap — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 10:14:56 -0800

Count me in for a side swap, too, if anyone's interested - my e-mail's in my profile.

By: Lush

Lush — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 11:12:19 -0800

Freeform swap? Side swap? Oh oh may I shamelessly ask to please be counted in, too?

Actually, I'm curious about everyone's. Is that greedy?

By: cmonkey

cmonkey — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 12:14:19 -0800

Not to derail, but can somebody tell me how to get in on the next one? Do I go to the ciphermonkeys site, or the bluesilver one?

Go to the bluesilver site.

And thanks again to all of you for making this a damn nice swap!

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 12:22:42 -0800

No cmonkey, thank you. Awesome job.

By: safetyfork

safetyfork — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 12:57:07 -0800

Props to cmonkey, indeed.

By: ruby.aftermath

ruby.aftermath — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 17:14:13 -0800

5 of 5, Aqua kicks ass.
And panoptican, yours was my favorite :)

By: Restlessavenger

Restlessavenger — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 19:09:28 -0800

Another very very bad swapset Orange member here. I unfortunatly got a bit distracted working on my best of 05 list that I had spaced out on this one. I plan on getting the tracklist finalized this weekend. I plan on getting my mixes wrapped up this weekend and hopefully sent out on Monday.

By: AwkwardPause

AwkwardPause — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 22:23:11 -0800

I went 5 out of 5 today (swapset red). Awesome!

By: mds35

mds35 — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 21:38:40 -0800

My mix is finally done! Here's a link to the tracklisting. Will post to Swapset Orange on Monday.

By: TheDonF

TheDonF — Sun, 08 Jan 2006 15:36:52 -0800

Swapset red - 4/5 so far, but I'm in the UK and I guess the last one is still on its way as it's been sent. Like last time, the mixes have been excellent and I've discovered quite a few new cool acts.

The worst part in making the CD is what to leave off; there was so much that I wanted to put on, I should have done what Ogre Lawless (also in my group) did and make it a 2 disc-er. That way I could have put some more up-beat tracks on. Flickr image of my CD.

Can't wait for the next one - hopefully it'll be soon-ish.

mds35 - some interesting folders you have on your desktop...

By: Hanover Phist

Hanover Phist — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 09:33:04 -0800

ok, ok, so the postman DIDN'T steal my CDs... all missing mixes have been accounted for and cmonkey, your mix showed up this morning, finally... Thanks so much for both the CD and a great swap!

By: chococat

chococat — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 08:17:55 -0800

hey, I missed this thread.
red team here, all 5 cd's with the last one coming a few weeks ago.
I think we are keeping the cd-sized bubble-envelope industry in business.