when i was faced with the fact that i had too many
cd's to manage and keep track of, i decided to encode
my collection in mp3 format. it has turned out to be
a great idea, cause when i came to college, instead of
bringing a bin of 200 cd's, i only had to bring about
20 mp3 cd's which is alot less hassle and worry.
plus, it cuts down on use of the original cd (which in
most cases is an import and costs 20-30 dollars).
just my two cents
sam
--- Brian Gause <bgause@us.oracle.com> wrote:
quoted 89 lines Everyone gets to chime in on this one, I suppose...
> Everyone gets to chime in on this one, I suppose...
>
> I used to trade in old stuff that I never listened
> to anymore, but after
> searching for a disk I'd sold and getting upset at
> myself for this, I
> realized the mistake here. In an ideal world, we
> could all carry around
> our best stereo system and our entire collection
> wherever we went and
> listen to whatever we wanted whenever we
> wanted...but this is
> impossible. And it's not always easy or fun to
> rifle through 500 CDs to
> find that one song that fits this moment
> perfectly...my solution has
> been mixtapes/CDs...and to this end, I keep
> everything just in case I
> can use one song, from that ten year old comp that I
> never listen to
> anymore, on a mix. Voila! No more selling...
>
> As for organizing...hrm...I always have a 'recently
> purchased' stack and
> I've got a 100 CD changer, so I've always got 100
> ready to go...as for
> the rest, I've got them grouped by genre and style
> now (IDM, trance, DJ
> mixes, ambient, etc.)...though I've often gone with
> the 'throw them in a
> box and memorize the important stuff' theory...that
> seems to work not so
> well, though.
>
> ---brian
>
> AeOtaku@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Wow, people have 3000 releases?
> > You are all either way too tolerant of
> > music, or way packratish. I never
> > allow myself to have more than 1000
> > or so records at a time. Honestly,
> > if you have 3000 records, you probably
> > have 2500 you'll either never listen to
> > again or listen to maybe a track or two
> > from every few years. How can you honestly
> > have a few thousand records you love and
> > rotate them in and out of your CD player?
> > My buddy Josh, who DJs jungle and techno
> > says there's no reason to have more than
> > a few hundred records if you don't DJ
> professionally
> > (and even then you shouldn't have insane amounts)
> > and I'm beginning to think he's entirely right.
> >
> > On the organization tip, I do it by label,
> > but my cousin, who collects hip-hop and
> > has just mountains of records, does it
> > by how often he plays it. The stuff he plays all
> > the time is in a crate by the sound system,
> > the stuff he plays sometimes goes in
> > crates across the room and stuff he
> > rarely/never plays goes inside a shelf by the
> > closet. I keep meaning to organize my stuff
> > this way but I sell so much of the chaff I
> > don't listen to it so often it doesn't seem
> feasible.
> >
> > Matt
>
> --
> Save the whales. Collect the whole set. Trade them
> with your friends.
>
> Brian Gause
> Technical Writer
> Applications Division
> Oracle Corporation
> (650) 506-1311
> bgause@us.oracle.com
>
> The statements and opinions expressed here are my
> own and do not
> necessarily represent those of Oracle Corporation.
>
>
>
>
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