Music Hoarder?

loveissucide · 09-08-2010, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by duga

Sometimes I dedicate days to listening to nothing but albums that I don't even vaguely remember the sound of. Usually, they are albums that didn't impress me upon first listen. Sometimes, I find an album I am amazed with all of the sudden. It's like it just took the proper mood for me to "get" the album.

This is why I keep absolutely everything.

+1 to be honest. If I'd had that attitude I'd have never got into the music of Animal Collective,Wilco,Steely Dan,Elvis Costello and others it took me a few listens to grasp the appeal of i now listen to obsessively.

junctionalfunkie · 09-09-2010, 07:41 PM

Guilty. I justify it by being a DJ though...i have to have the music to pay my rent! (and if that weren't the case i'd just come up with another excuse.)

ImmortalDiotima · 09-10-2010, 12:18 PM

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sidewinder · 09-10-2010, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by ImmortalDiotima

I think the biggest problem for me is not getting around to organizing the information for music I've downloaded that came out all weird. I just never listen to it cuz it's all disorganized but I don't deleted cuz I'm like... one day... i will fix this and listen to it...one day.

Oh my goodness...I cannot stand to import something and NOT adjust/correct the tags to keep things organized. If you don't do it right away, and keep downloading messy stuff, it'll never get fixed. Delete all that crap.

duga · 09-10-2010, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by sidewinder

Oh my goodness...I cannot stand to import something and NOT adjust/correct the tags to keep things organized. If you don't do it right away, and keep downloading messy stuff, it'll never get fixed. Delete all that crap.

Oh, I'm really anal about tags. When I download something, I correct capitalization in each song name, make sure the year is correct (and add it to the sort option so the albums appear in chronological order on my ipod), and I download higher quality album art if it isn't there already. My digital collection is beautiful.

sidewinder · 09-10-2010, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by duga

My digital collection is beautiful.

Mine too.

But I don't bother downloading the artwork.

duga · 09-10-2010, 12:36 PM

I used to not care, but one day I woke up and realized I wanted all the correct artwork. It was a 2 week project to update my existing collection, but once it was done...oh man. The main reason I did it is because I started thinking about back in the day when the artwork would help me decide what I wanted to listen to. Since I got an ipod classic with cover flow, I was finally able to do that again. Cover flow rocks the ****.

sidewinder · 09-10-2010, 12:39 PM

Yeah maybe one day I'll do it, because I really do love artwork and it has always gone hand in hand with music for me. But I won't do it till I switch to an app other than iTunes, since it has a really messed up way of storing it. I really don't care about it displaying on my current device though (iPod Nano), the screen is too small to care. But coverflow on the computer would be nice. And eventually I'll have a device with a larger screen.

ImmortalDiotima · 09-10-2010, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by duga

Oh, I'm really anal about tags. When I download something, I correct capitalization in each song name, make sure the year is correct (and add it to the sort option so the albums appear in chronological order on my ipod), and I download higher quality album art if it isn't there already. My digital collection is beautiful.

I really need to get on it! But i download a lot while I'm at work and I can't really spend time doing that... i would do it when i get home but I admit... I'm not on my computer very much. I just turn it on, put on a cd and then go about my business. I should dedicate a bunch of time to it. But for instance, I downloaded the ministry discography and it is the most f***ed up thing I have ever seen!!!! I have like 5 copies of the same songs and idk.... I have to look up each individual album to see which songs are on which. So time consuming...
But you're right. It's important! It would make looking at my itunes so much more zen.

duga · 09-10-2010, 01:25 PM

Zen is a good way to put it. Oneness with my music collection.

09-10-2010, 12:36 PM	#77 (permalink)
duga MB quadrant's JM Vincent Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 3,762	I used to not care, but one day I woke up and realized I wanted all the correct artwork. It was a 2 week project to update my existing collection, but once it was done...oh man. The main reason I did it is because I started thinking about back in the day when the artwork would help me decide what I wanted to listen to. Since I got an ipod classic with cover flow, I was finally able to do that again. Cover flow rocks the ****. __________________ Confusion will be my epitaph...

09-10-2010, 12:39 PM	#78 (permalink)
sidewinder Engorged Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,536	Yeah maybe one day I'll do it, because I really do love artwork and it has always gone hand in hand with music for me. But I won't do it till I switch to an app other than iTunes, since it has a really messed up way of storing it. I really don't care about it displaying on my current device though (iPod Nano), the screen is too small to care. But coverflow on the computer would be nice. And eventually I'll have a device with a larger screen. __________________ last.fm \| my collection on RYM \| vinyl instagram @allthatyouseeandhear I'd love to see your signature/links too, but the huge and obnoxious ones have caused me to block all signatures.

09-10-2010, 01:25 PM	#80 (permalink)
duga MB quadrant's JM Vincent Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 3,762	Zen is a good way to put it. Oneness with my music collection. __________________ Confusion will be my epitaph...

09-09-2010, 07:41 PM	#72 (permalink)
junctionalfunkie Groupie Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 8	Guilty. I justify it by being a DJ though...i have to have the music to pay my rent! (and if that weren't the case i'd just come up with another excuse.)

09-10-2010, 12:18 PM	#73 (permalink)
ImmortalDiotima Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Santa Cruz and Petaluma California Posts: 95	^ I like your name!