My First iMix

So, how many of you have explored iTunes' iMix feature? I have recently attempted to start playing with it, but mostly as a promotional tool for Dr. Pants and K.C. Clifford (I might make some iMixes for fun, too, but we'll see). Using it as a promotional tool involves making an iMix that has a bunch of artists that I deem to be similar to Dr. Pants or K.C., and putting one of our songs in it as well. Then, if people start to rate it highly, my iMix will show up on the artist pages for some of the other artists on the iMix, and then some of their fans might download it and hear Dr. Pants or K.C. for the first time.

The only thing I don't like about that idea is that the iMix tends to be kind of homogenous (at least, homogenous by my standards). For instance, if I decide I want to put "Sarsaparilla Girl" on an iMix, I'm going to surround it with songs that all have a more power poppy feel to them. That being said, I think this iMix turned out pretty well. I titled it (for pedestrian promotional reasons) Great Power Pop. You can click that and go rate it/buy it on iTunes. Please comment and tell me what you think:



TIRED OF SEX-WEEZER
NEVER SAY NEVER-THAT DOG
TRANSDERMAL CELEBRATION-WEEN
JESSIE'S GIRL-RICK SPRINGFIELD
CONFETTI-THE LEMONHEADS
ADVENTURE ROCKET SHIP-ROBYN HITCHCOCK
TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP-THE ROMANTICS
TWO TOGETHER-STEADMAN
SARSAPARILLA GIRL-DR. PANTS
WHAT YOU DO TO ME-TEENAGE FANCLUB
SURRENDER (LIVE)-CHEAP TRICK
LATE IN THE DAY-SUPERGRASS
YESTERDAY GIRL-THE SMITHEREENS
LEAVE THE BIKER-FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE
STAR 69-R.E.M.
GLAD GIRLS-GUIDED BY VOICES
HERE COMES YOUR MAN-THE PIXIES
ANNIE WAITS-BEN FOLDS
TRAIN IN VAIN-THE CLASH
THANK YOU FRIENDS-BIG STAR
TWIN CINEMA-THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS
U.S. MUSTARD COMPANY-ROBERT POLLARD

Here's the description I wrote for iTunes:

"So yeah, not everything on this iMix is probably considered to be "power pop" by most aficionados of the genre. I do think, however, that the genre could be broader than most people think, and that it doesn't begin and end with Big Star and Cheap Trick. Weezer is a power pop band, like it or not (they are certainly a LOT closer to power pop than they are to anything that could be called "emo") and artists with more diverse catalogues (like Ween or Robyn Hitchcock) have certainly dabbled in the genre. You may think the Clash are a punk band, but "Train In Vain" is a power pop song. Also, he may not have guitars, but Ben Folds can kick a high-gear, rocking, hummable melody as well as anyone in the genre. Consider this a treatise not on what power pop IS, but what it COULD be."

Funny, now that I go back and read that again, there are a couple of things I would edit, but I'm learning. Anyway, if you're on iTunes, go rate the iMix.

Perhaps I'll make some iMixes in the future just for fun, where I can fulfill my utopian mixtape agenda more sufficiently (Prince, the Residents AND Cheap Trick! Woohoo!). We'll see. Meanwhile, hope you enjoy this one...