This mixtape has been a long time in the making- it is not a dj mix, just a collection of songs. It is not about genre or style, it is about the power of music to communicate a very specific, very human experience.

It is about the feeling that life is sadness, joyful, serene, choatic; that life is suffering, but that in that experience there is an intense beauty, and we feel it in the pulse of life as it passes by us.  It is melancholy, it is peaceful, wistful, reflective, it is the remembrance of the past, of those no longer in our lives.  It’s like the reflection of lights on the water, it’s a long drive home late at night, it’s beautiful, and it’s sad.

It’s like my best friend passed away, and while it kills me that he is gone, I know he lived a full, good life, and the lessons and memories he gave me will last forever.

The artists who wrote these songs have tapped into something primal in the human experience, and it was my pleasure putting this compilation together for you.  Dedicated in loving memory..

Download It Here- Beautiful/Sad Mixtape

Tracklist-
Steve Ray Vaughn- Little Wing
Curtis Mayfield- Here But I’m Gone
Outkast- 13th Floor (Growing Old)
Justin Vernon and Aaron Dessner- Big Red Machine
Cinematic Orchestra- Music Box
Morrison- Slide
Wilco-Wishful Thinking
The National- Gospel
Bon Iver- Beach Baby
Cat Power- Sea Of Love
Iron and Wine- Sodom, South Georgia
Death Cab- Brothers On A Hotel Bed
Bright Eyes- I Believe In Symmetry
James Yuill- This Sweet Love (Prins Thomas Mix)
Arcade Fire- Wake Up
Passion Pit- Moth’s Wings