>>> In the time before computers and the internet, music was a much more personal and emotional escape. We’ve grown tired of the simple, unemotional way that music is sold to us nowadays. It’s all just too easy; and as we’ve learned through history, easy is boring. Making music into a commodity such as milk and eggs takes all the passion out for both the musician and the listener. Luckily, this need for personal experience through music is alive and well among young indie and punk rock fans. Hopefully their ingenuity and desire for artistic freedom can help bring back some of that emotion that was lost so many years ago. So go out to your neighborhood thrift store, buy some blank cassettes, rediscover your inner music lover and make someone a mixtape. You’ll be glad you did.