sure, and then you don't have to worry about bothersome things like sound
quality, cover art, or the total aesthetic experience that often comes with
the object itself....
i rip all my records to MP3 as soon as i open them. now if only i could
figure out how to do that without taking off the shrink wrap!
p
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sam Stein [SMTP:s4mstein@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 4:43 PM
> To: Brian Gause
> Cc: idm@hyperreal.org
> Subject: Re: (idm) saving your music...
>
> 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:
> > 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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