Stevie Nicks Remix Project

[GoldDustOrphan]

I initiated a thread for The Stevie Nicks Remix Project on Jan. 14, 2008.

As of today, the Remix Project Mediafire folder is hosting 200 files, including over 150 remix tracks featuring Stevie Nicks, Fleetwood Mac, and Lindsey Buckingham. Some of the tracks you probably heard at some point, but the vast majority have never been commercially released - which includes label commissioned tracks and white label bootlegs, as well as a few amateur "bedroom DJ" efforts. I also posted the radio edits of 2007's Stand Back remixes for those that prefer 4 minute mixes over 11 minute marathons.

Also included: about two dozen dance/alternative music cover tracks and mash-ups. The Stevie Nicks acapella folder features nearly 40 acapella tracks (required for remixing) culled from Master and Safety Reels. I also posted a handful of gorgeous piano demos from the Master Reel tapes (Rhiannon, Sisters, Sara, Planets, Forrest of the Black Roses, Three Birds of Rhiannon) in 320 kbps. The audio is top-notch.

To date, there have been 10, 502 downloads from the folder.

If you're curious, but don't know where to start - download Fleetwood Mac: Remixed, a diverse, 11-track collection of the best Mac remixes. CD artwork is included.

Within the next few weeks, Stevie will take her final bow on the dancefloor and I will drop the curtain on the Remix Project by terminating the links. I wanted these tracks to be available to us - SN & FM's core constituency, but the posts & links are showing up far too easily in simple Google searches. Also, there wasn't much feedback or discussion (about 30-35 Ledgies chimed in), despite the avalanche of downloads, so I started to feel a little self-indulgent (and felt that much closer to Lindsey for the first time.)

Stevie, of course, hasn't stepped foot in a nightclub in years (unless she needs to use the toilet), but she admitted that she listens to her own dance mixes while facing down the treadmill in her TV room, even though she always get sidetracked by procedural police dramas like Law & Order (true) and an unhealthy eBay habit (you know it's true.)

Christine, obviously, is a slave to nightlife. She particularly loves those dark, unsupervised, cavernous thunderdomes where she can flaunt killjoy fire codes and enjoy a good cigar without a care. Of course, she's always let down by the latest batch of seasonal microbrews and would prefer her beloved Guinness, the beer that eats like a meal, but she's trying to soften her image... become more accessible, less threatening. She eventually flirts with the perimeter of the dancefloor, just as Stevie effectively demonstrated when she dragged her to the 8-Minute Dating singles party at the Hard Rock Cafe, a bilious memory that demands an immediate crank call to Saint Nicks.

Of course, she knows Stevie is still wide awake and using Draconian measures to lock-down last minute bids while alternately hiding from her nosy housekeepers, all knock-off Abyssinian blankets and frosted-crystal cat figurines that Fed-ex delivers on an hourly basis.

She calls, expecting to get the crackly "you can talk to me!" message Stevie recorded 2o years ago, but once again Stevie's synthetic forest of neon palm trees and dancing hula lawn ornaments knocked out the local power grid, shutting down her computer and stabbing her right in the eBay heart.

Stevie was hoping someone, anyone might call during the brown-out. The vibration from her Miss Piggy cellphone provided both company and comfort.

"Chris? is it really you? What's all that noise? Did I forget about the reunion tour again? Can I just film my parts in the studio next month? "

"Stevie, shut it. I've had a hard month. Crime is escalating through the roof on this side of the ocean and Scotland Yard has me working 'round the clock. It's my night off and I'm at filthy flesh trap - having a nice puff I might add - but it's not working Stevie. I'm not a delicate bird like you. I feel foolish with all this waiting for a silly man, when I can get one MY way with one hard punch to the gut and a push toward the door. Now, I'm all wound up. Tell me a funny, so I can shake it off and find me some young turk and give 'em the ole McVie one-two!"

"Chris.."

"Shut it! Tell me the Lindsey joke."

"No! If he ever..."

"Now, listen here Lady from the Mountain, you tell me the Lily Buckingham ribber or I call Petty right now and tell him that you call him Chicklet Teeth behind his back!"

"Ugh..alright..."So, Chris...Did you hear about Lindsey's new album?"

"Why no, Stephanie, how lovely."

"Yeah, he can't stop writing about me. It's called 'Gift of Screws,' which was the only the birthday present he could afford to give me in '74.' Of course, I re-gifted to Henley."

"Oh Stevie girl, I love it. I love that one. Gets me everytime. That Lindsay, more of a lady than either of us old broads. So precious, can't take a punch, not like you puddin' hips. You brightened my spirits. I'm ready for some fast, no frills lovin' or a good fisticuf. Oh, I miss ya Stevie. We've got to get together more often, like when we were just silly girls. We still have it in us, don't we?

"Well Chris, I'm sure Mick told you about the big Walmart album and tour?"

"Oh, Stevie, have you met my friend Click?"

"No, I don't..."

CLICK.

Dial-tone.......
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So, in closing, since I like to stay on message and get right to the point...

For the next two weeks, one can directly access the Remix folder at:

http://www.mediafire.com/NicksMacRemix