Inspired by the DJ personalities of the 1970’s and 1980’s, I created Mix Tape Journey to provide a connection point for those who enjoy great music, but who would appreciate assistance in navigating the massive amount of musical content available today.

Ideally, I would be able to present the music and DJ commentary together on one seamless track, the way a traditional broadcast radio DJ would; however, due to licensing and budgetary constraints, this is not currently possible. So, I have to get creative.

Enjoying a Mix Tape Blog Post

Currently, the closest to the ideal experience above is enjoying the mix tape within a blog post on the Mix Tape Journey webpage.

Each mix tape blog post is arranged to be enjoyed in order from top to bottom. Each song is embedded within the blog post, allowing anyone with a Spotify account to easily listen to each song by clicking the title of the song. There is a link immediately below each embedded Spotify song that will bring up lyrics for the song above, to improve accessibility.

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Songs are interspersed with DJ commentary. These are provided as audio files you can listen to (again, embedded in the page for your convenience), and as written text for convenience and accessibility.

The blog continues as above, alternating between blocks of songs and DJ commentary. You will need to click on each song and DJ commentary block in-order to enjoy as intended.

Enjoying a Spotify Mix Tape Playlist

If you would prefer to listen to the curated mix tape without DJ interruption, you may access the entire playlist on Spotify, using the link found at the top of each mix tape blog post.

You may also save these playlists to your personal Spotify account for listening to anytime, and even pull out individual songs to create personalized playlists of your favourites.

Talking Back and Getting Involved

One-way communication is no fun. I want to connect with you and I’m sure you want to connect with me and others who love music as much as we do. The easiest way to join the Mix Tape Journey community is through our Facebook page. You can comment on mix tapes you liked or didn’t like, share your favourite music, find fans with similar interests, make song requests, and much more.

The Future

The goal is to eventually transition to a platform that will allow me to realize my idealized goal above of presenting music in a seamless radio format (utilized in tandem with the website for accessibility reasons).

You can help me achieve this goal by signing up for my email list, interacting with the website and community; sharing the site, the show, and the community with your friends; purchasing one of my products (as they are released); and supporting the project on Patreon.

Thank you! I’m DJ Ponyboy. Stay gold.