One year of Made You a Mix!

featuring a mix from the archives

This week marks one year of Made You a Mix! I started this newsletter on a whim following a writing workshop I took last March. I thought it would be a good way to hold myself accountable for writing about something, even if it was short, every week as well as to process my many (many) thoughts on music and pop culture. I’ve loved sharing my music tastes since I learned how to burn CDs in the early aughts, and this felt like the closest thing to that.

I never planned to send Made You a Mix to anyone beyond the friends and family who already received this kind of stuff from me. However, over the last year, this audience has grown way beyond friends and family.¹ I’m very grateful for that, so thank you! Thanks for being here, for subscribing, for listening, for commenting, for DMing me, for simply opening the email every week! Working on Made You a Mix has been a highlight of the past year.

Since last March, I’ve made over 50 mixes. Some personal favorites include:

• A Mix For: People Who “Don’t Like Taylor Swift”

• A Mix For: Drinks al Fresco

• The Nepo Baby Mix

• A Mix For: Big Ol’ Explosions

• A High School Indie Mix

In the true spirit of Made You a Mix, this week’s mix is a throwback to my roots: it is a reproduction of an actual mix CD I made in 2007 for my best friend, Elizabeth. Amazingly, she still has this CD in her car. This thing is a true 2007 time capsule, for better or worse. Hopefully you can at least laugh at the throwbacks (including a song from the musical episode of Scrubs which is probably on here because I’d made Elizabeth watch that episode). Also, I was not kidding when I said every mix I made in my teen years included at least one, if not many, Rilo Kiley songs. Enjoy!

Thanks again for being here and for listening. Some anniversary housekeeping:

• You can view the entire Made You A Mix archive by clicking here

• You can find me on Spotify for easy access to all the mixes (over 50 now!)

• You can follow Made You a Mix on Instagram for real-time reactions to music and pop culture news

• Made You a Mix does not have a paid tier, but if you would like to support this project you can do so here!

• If you enjoy Made You a Mix, please share with a friend!

Have a great week!

-Hannah

1. I can’t thank Shannon of FluentlyForward enough for being the reason Made You a Mix got a big boost in subscribers and impressions last summer. Shannon has been super supportive of Made You a Mix and I’m so, so grateful! If you are here because of Shannon- thank you! And if you’re not, you must listen to the FluentlyForward podcast or follow her on Instagram.