Unlocking Hidden Stories: How CRAFT Transforms Erasure into a Sonic Journey
My friend Andrea made me a mixtape in high school after I’d kissed my first boyfriend. The mixtape centered around the made-up fairytale of “Princess Kristine and Prince ___,” and between the chunks of narration Andrea had written and read aloud, she played relevant ‘90s-era songs like “Kiss Me” by Sixpence None the Richer. The mixtape Andrea made for me was dubbed on top of another tape, erasing what was there before, creating a new story.
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A mixtape is an erasure. It is that simple and concise. A mixtape is a culling of what distracts. A mixtape is a compilation telling the narrative you want to tell.
