DJ Greg Gioia

Life ain’t nothing but a good groove, a good mixtape to put you in the right mood.

I’ve been making mixtapes for nearly as long as I can remember. While I seldom use a cassette to hold the finished product anymore, in my mind any curated selection of songs saved in a specific order qualifies as a mixtape; the term has transcended the medium. Since I first learned of the existence of mp3s, I’ve been sharing mixtapes online in the format of shared playlists.

If you’d like to hear some of my mixes, you have two options. If you’d like to hear mixtapes converted to online playlists, select from the second list below. Those are standard playlists– one song ends, then the next song begins. If you’d like to hear samples of my mixing skills, select a mix from the first list. All those mixes were recorded live, and feature beat-matching, blending, and some occasional scratching. And fear not, I won’t do any scratching or other turntablist DJ trickeration at your event… Unless you want me to!

Beat-Matched Mixes

Mixtapes in Playlist Form

Select any playlist below and click “play” on the right side to open an audio player and hear the mixtape. None of these are mixed. They’re ordered collections of songs that I’ve created over the years, like a classic mixtape. Some of the oldest ones even began their lives on actual cassettes.