Beginnings

All this began with reminiscing on the past. Making mixtapes with a friend. Combining libraries and having a literal conversation with tunes. I was thinking that with email, it would be easy to start doing this again. No more messy rewinding and fast-forwarding the cassette deck. I decided my roommate Dave would be the perfect guinea pig. We have combined our music libraries thanks to the newest iTunes update, so we wouldn't even have to email tracks, just the track names.

I sent him the following email:

So I want to do a playlist by correspondence.... I'll hit u with a track, then you take some time and find the next track... If you've got a nice 1-2 punch, hit me with two tracks. Whatcha think?

G

He replied:

Honestly dude, sounds like something I'd be terrible at keeping up with...and maybe a little gay. We have all the same music, don't we?

Admittedly, Dave is a pretty busy guy, racking up Emmys, tirelessly chasing down stories in the sports broadcasting world. But I figured this was still a good idea. Screw Dave...

I emailed my old friend Matt, and he loved the idea. All I needed was the perfect song to start the mix....