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Traveling Thru America

September 15, 2008

This weekend I finished up the USA songs mix CD I was working on for a trade at Swapbot. I had narrowed down the semi-final list of songs to 19 selections prior to leaving on vacation (see this post for project info and my semi-final song list). I listened to them on and off over the past couple of weeks making sure that none grew stale on me and playing around with the order. I love the final selections, but am not entirely happy with the order, particularly at the end. It was difficult to get an idea flow from songs with such diverse themes, although the music tone and intensity ebbs and flows nicely. I ended up adding one song back into the mix, for a total of 20 songs:

  1. Traveling Thru America (Griffin House)
  2. Boston (Augustana)
  3. Leaving New York (REM)
  4. St. Paul (We The Living)
  5. Minneapolis (Lucinda Williams)
  6. Angel From Montgomery (Bonnie Raitt)
  7. Streets Of Philadelphia (Bruce Springsteen)
  8. Crazy In Alabama (Kate Campbell)
  9. Georgia Girl (Collective Soul)
  10. Loop Around Atlanta (Kasey Chambers & the Dead Ringer Band)
  11. Mississippi (Sheryl Crow)
  12. Reno (Alex Woodard with Sara Watkins)
  13. Long Island Shores (Mindy Smith)
  14. Indiana (Jon McLaughlin)
  15. Poughkeepsie (Over The Rhine)
  16. When Detroit Was Burning (Cathie Ryan)
  17. Dear Chicago (Ryan Adams)
  18. Angel Of Harlem (U2)
  19. Incognito In California (Tim Finn)
  20. Miami (Counting Crows)

I titled my mix, “Traveling Thru America” (from track #1), added a snazzy cover and track listing and mailed it off to my swap partner. My hope is that she not only finds it enjoyable listening, but also that she is introduced to a couple of artists she was not previously familiar with.

Upcoming projects I’m doing at Swapbot are a hand-carved stamp swap and a couple more mix CD trades.

Posted by Deb  

Topics: mix cd, swaps, music

2 Responses to “Traveling Thru America”

  1. Jenn Says:
    September 16th, 2008 at 1:47 pm

    Downloaded all the songs I didnt have. thank you! The only thing I’d say is you could add Dead Rock West “Highway One” and if you want a more up beat theme song AM’s “City Syndrome”.

    www.myspace.com/deadrockwest
    www.myspace.com/amsounds

  2. Deb Says:
    September 16th, 2008 at 3:27 pm

    Thanks for the suggestions Jenn, I will check them out!

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