The title of this mix is based of the term, ‘Manufactured Run’ in baseball. There, a team will get scrappy and try to piece together a run by singles, walks, stolen bases, or whatever else it takes.
This isn’t my greatest mix, but I appreciate how scrappy I was in manufacturing it. It prepping 6 tracks, I realized that I only really liked two of them. Just to get to my usual minimum of 3 tracks, I had to dig through past downloads and what I could find on my candidates list. Made For Now ended up having a decent mellow vibe, but I had to dance around some of its more upbeat reggaeton-esque sections. I struggled to turn off beat-sync while in the mix, so Say Hello starts a little slow and you can hear it pitch shift when I do manage to speed it up.
The upshot is that I did it in one take. I prepped the tracks with transition points and kinda knew what a good transition would sound like. But in the mix, I had to improvise. I nudge tracks, mucked with tempo, and guestimated eq timings. All considered, it sounds pretty good. And, it is representative of what I would like to do when working 100% live (beat sync off, adjusting tempo, nudging tracks, unscripted transitions). So, I see that as a big win.
In my personal life, I am setting new health, career, and hobby goals. I kinda feel like I have to manufacture the confidence to think that I can do them as I get started. The real confidence will come once they all get some traction. So, I think this mix is a good start.
Enjoy!
