just to piss on everybodys birthday cake - i don't really see the appeal if cdrs are involved.
we all get billions of cds and mp3s all the time. i thought this was the 'ferrite love connection'!
show me the love..
In principle, I would agree; I also want a tape. However, as the person who has taken on organizing this thing, I feel I have to balance my purist desires with the technological reality. The reality seems to be that a large number of Dissensians who are eager to share their music in this swap have no access to a tape recorder. I am keen to protect to the spirit of the Cassette Swap, and yet I don't want to exclude people lacking the requisite technology.
As I said before, it seems to me that issue is time. CDs are too easy to whip up, while tapes require some planning. If one constructs a CD in the same manner as a tape, meaning from hard copies of source music (i.e. not crap mp3s), one track at a time, with care and love, then what is the difference really?
I think it's also important to consider that this swap is not an open loop. If one receives an ill-considered CDR obviously burned from sub-standard mp3s, then one is fully within one's rights to write a scathing review. In fact, I would encourage everyone to be thinking very critically about what they send and receive.
To those sending CDRs I say this: You will very likely be held to a higher standard than those sending tapes. This is only because you will have to convince the purists of your sincere aspirations to analogue-ness.
Having said all that, if anyone is absolutely opposed to receiving either a CD or a tape, just email me and I will do my best to accomodate you.
BTW, monkeyblood, have you signed up yet?