My Mixtape Club
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The mixtape exchange

Remember making a mixtape for someone?

The careful song order. The handwriting on the label. The hope they'd get what you meant. Bring it back with a whole circle of friends: everyone makes a mixtape, then builds a new one from everybody else's.

Start a club No app to download. Your members don't need accounts.
  1. 1You start a club
  2. 2Everyone brings a tape
  3. 3Everyone builds a mix
  4. 4All the mixes open at once

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Why a mixtape

A playlist with a heart in it

Call it a mixtape or call it a playlist. Either way, the best ones were never about the songs. They were about the person making it, and who it was for.

A club gives that feeling back. You learn what your friends and family are really listening to, and what they'd hand you if they could.

Two hands passing a cassette tape, with a small heart floating above it
Every song is a way of saying: I thought of you.

1 Start a club

Set up your club in four choices

You are the host. It takes a few minutes, and you can change it later.

Choice 1 · Members

How many people

From 2 to 50 seats. You send one invite link and your members fill the seats.

Choice 2 · Songs

How many songs

From 1 to 30 songs on each tape. Twelve is the classic.

Choice 3 · Theme

A theme, or none

Road trip, the 80s, songs by women, sad songs. Or let anything go.

Choice 4 · Dates

Your dates

When tapes lock, when mixes lock, and the reveal opens right after.

Pick a theme
Road tripThe 80sSongs by womenSad songsWorkoutGuilty pleasuresClassic rockRainy dayLove songsDinner partyOne-hit wondersSongs from our high school yearsSoul and R&BLate nightFeel-good songs

Then send one link. Members join with a name and a PIN. No accounts, no app.

Start a club

2 Side A

Everyone brings a tape

Each member picks their songs, adds a YouTube link for each, and writes a few words on why it made the tape. Nobody can peek at anyone else's tape until drop day.

Here is a sample tape. Yours will be better.

Side A · Sample tape

Songs for the drive home

from Dana · best with headphones after dark

  1. 01Dreams Fleetwood MacMom sang this the whole way to the lake.
  2. 02Africa TotoWe got every word wrong. On purpose.
  3. 03Don't Stop Believin' JourneyOur prom song. Don't laugh.
  4. 04Dancing Queen ABBAFor the kitchen dance party you owe me.

3 Side B

Everyone builds a mix from the others' tapes

When the tapes drop, everyone listens through each other's tapes and picks one song from each member. Put them in your order, and that is your Side B mix.

Mixes lock on the second date you chose.

Marcuspick 1
Priyapick 1
Benpick 1
Joanpick 1
Side B · Your mix

Dana's mix

  1. from Marcus
  2. from Priya
  3. from Ben
  4. from Joan

4 The reveal

Then every mix opens at once

Everyone's picks stay secret until reveal day. Then every mix opens together, and you find out who pulled what from whom.

A pretend club of five friends. Go on, press the button.

Dana
Side B · Mix

Dana's mix

  1. Purple RainPrincefrom Marcus
  2. ShoutTears for Fearsfrom Priya
  3. Take On Mea-hafrom Ben
  4. LandslideFleetwood Macfrom Joan
Marcus
Side B · Mix

Marcus's mix

  1. AfricaTotofrom Dana
  2. Time After TimeCyndi Lauperfrom Priya
  3. Don't YouSimple Mindsfrom Ben
  4. Bohemian RhapsodyQueenfrom Joan
Priya
Side B · Mix

Priya's mix

  1. Dancing QueenABBAfrom Dana
  2. Billie JeanMichael Jacksonfrom Marcus
  3. Sweet Child o' MineGuns N' Rosesfrom Ben
  4. RhiannonFleetwood Macfrom Joan
Ben
Side B · Mix

Ben's mix

  1. DreamsFleetwood Macfrom Dana
  2. JumpVan Halenfrom Marcus
  3. True ColorsCyndi Lauperfrom Priya
  4. Hotel CaliforniaEaglesfrom Joan
Joan
Side B · Mix

Joan's mix

  1. Don't Stop Believin'Journeyfrom Dana
  2. Little Red CorvettePrincefrom Marcus
  3. Walking on SunshineKatrina & the Wavesfrom Priya
  4. Livin' on a PrayerBon Jovifrom Ben

Who it's for

For anyone who loves music, and the people they share it with

Friends, family, coworkers, neighbors. If you have ever said "you have to hear this," you are in.

FamiliesCousins, siblings, parents. Everyone finds out who they're related to.
Old friendsThe group that used to swap tapes. Pick it back up.
Book club typesSame monthly habit, new kind of homework.
Couples & crushesStill the most romantic thing you can make.

Questions

Good to know

What kind of club can I make?

Any kind you like. Keep it wide open, or give your club a theme: a genre (classic rock, country, soul, jazz), songs by women, groups and bands, a decade (the 70s, the 80s, songs from your high school years), a mood (sad songs, love songs, guilty pleasures), or a moment (workout, road trip, dinner party, rainy day). Or invent your own, like "songs about food." You choose the theme when you set up your club, and everyone sees it on the cassette.

What does it cost?

Starting a club is free.

Do my members need an account?

No. They open your invite link, pick a name and a PIN, and they're in. Only the host signs in with an email.

How are the songs shared?

Each song is a YouTube link, so members can listen right on the page. We don't store any music.

How many people and songs?

You choose: the number of seats, songs per tape, and the dates for Side A, Side B and the reveal.

Who can see my club?

Only people with your invite link. Mixes stay hidden until reveal day unless you choose otherwise.

Ready to make someone a tape?

Set up your club tonight, send one link, and let the tapes start rolling.

Start a club