Mixtapes

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Making seasonal mixtapes is my personal project for 2026. Between work, my masters and buying a new house, 2025 was one of the busiest and most music-less years I've ever had. I really think that was reflected in my mental health.

Into my late 20s/early 30s, I was really into finding new music, going to shows, and making mixtapes, minidiscs, and CDs. I used to be part of a private Twee Pop torrent tracker, and found so many cool bands that way. I would hear new songs on radio: the CBC (Tom Power's Deep Roots - RIP), the local university station, and lots of web radio. My friends and I would listen to our newest CDs in the car while we drove around bored.

This is starting to sound like a mid-life crisis. What I mean to say is that finding a new song that I find beautiful is one of my favourite experiences. I haven't felt that much in the past few years. I've barely found new things that I like.

When I listen to more music, I play more music. Last year I said - not an insignificant number of times - that "playing music is one of my favourite things, and the first thing that falls off my calendar." I'm sure everyone has something like that - a creative hobby that gets lost in the grind of mature life. I wonder what my life would look like if I protected my hobby time as sacred?