Moving from the personal to the public, some mixtapes are meant to broadcast, not serenade. Most people have a friend or workmate who is always trying to get them to listen to “this great new band”. The original Social Network app, a good mixtape can build more bridges than the Roman army. It also covers the whole gamut of self-promotion, from ‘I know my music’ to ‘look how cool I am’, however much you admit it to yourself…

Hands up if you’ve ever made or received a mixtape. Keep your hand up if it was for/from someone you fancied. Keep it up if it worked.

If you’ve still got your hand up (figuratively, at least) then I guarantee that you’ll be able to name at least one song from that mixtape, if not the entire tracklisting.