As it says above I currently have an iPod with 60gb capacity...on this iPod I have:
8769 songs. 12 videos and 1604 photos.
It is almost full. I love my iPod and the music on it (mostly) but I feel as though I have lost sight of what its like to sit down with a good album, by one of my favourite artists, and listen to it from beginning to end. Although this reflects more of my personality than it does the technology of the iPod; where the iPod is a dichotomy...all the music you could want at your fingertips but the distinct lack of appreciation for that one good song or the one good album that ten years ago would have meant so much more.
For example. I was late onto the Jeff Buckley scene. In 2002, I first heard the song New Years' Prayer by the man himself. Now, the first generation 20gb iPod had come out the year previous to this. I was 14 years old. I had a CD walkman. Before that I had a cassette walkman. It was only a matter of time before I jumped on the iPod band wagon. So yes, in 2002 I heard that song. It then lead to me going into the place I would later work in (Virgin Megastores) and on advice from a future co-worker called Kath (who now owns the cake selling firm - the Crafty Carrot) I purchased my copy of Grace. It was £5.99 in the sale. Its still quite possibly the best album I have ever bought. I came home and put it on...and it was amazing. His voice, the riffs. I loved it. Of course I bought albums after this...many a mistake but also many a cherished CD. Some still stand out...in particular: Morrissey - You Are the Quarry, Hope of the States - the Lost Riots and of course the entire Jeff Buckley back catologue, including: Sketches For My Sweetheart the Drunk and Live in Sine. As my tastes developed so did the amount of albums I bought.
Skip forward to my 18th birthday. I received a BRAND NEW 60GB PHOTO IPOD. Which later became a 60GB Video iPod. At first it was amazing - it still is in many respects. Having that much choice at your finger tips is any music lovers dream. The problem is...there's too much choice. Its so easy to make a playlist and not listen to an album. To listen to a song, scroll through your artists and listen to a different song. The magic of an album is deceased. At least it is for me, and this brings us to the point of this blog.
A few days ago I sat at my computer constantly refreshing http://www.engadget.com/. It was covering "the Beat Goes On" conference hosted by Steve Jobs. He was about to announce a new range of iPods. I was excited to says the least - in quite possibly the most geeky was possible. I am not ashamed. I waited and waited then it came: the announcement of the iPod Touch. It is an amazing piece of technology. I instantly wanted one; then the world was told it would only be available in 8GB and 16GB models. I was rather disappointed but after mulling it over I saw it as an opportunity to tighten up my music collection. To have the best of the best on one device; so that I could once again listen to individual albums. So I would not have anything on there that was there for the sake of just being there. Alas, this is where we have come to. I am reducing my collection to 16GB. I obviously won't get rid of everything else I own but the iPod will be full of albums and songs that are constantly listened to and loved.
The system is simple...I will go through my current iPod, alphabetically and choose the albums I wish to keep and which will go by the by. The blog is open to all, so please feel free to recommend bands or songs that you love and I will give them a try. Even if they are unsigned send my links of where I can hear their music and I will listen to it!
And so it begins...
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With announcement of the new iPod touch I have decided to reconsider my musical collection. To do this I have to reduce my music the size of my collection from 60gb to 16gb...I am open to recommendations.
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- The best super power to have is obviously Super Intelligence. As Napoleon Dynamite would say that's some 'MAD SKILLS.' Of course invisibility would be a good skill to have but what could you do...go into the opposite sexes changing rooms? Blah. Flying would be absolutely amazing - I accept it. However, we have airplanes! We have helicopters! We have hand gliders! We are already flying. Super strength - what's the use of it? Super intelligence is amazing. Although usually in most comics/films of superhero books the baddy is super intelligent. I think this is an unfair portrayal of super intelligent people. Also, they usually have really big heads like that guy did in superman. This does not trouble me so much though because if you were really that clever you could figure out a way to distort the way the rest of the world views you if you really wanted to. I think you could also invent a machine that made you invisible or indeed a machine that made you fly unaided. In conclusion - super intelligence, when used correctly, has the potential to make every other skill obsolete. Thank you for reading.
3 comments:
This is an interesting experiment you have going.
I have owned my beloved lil' black 4gb Nano for about 2 years now and I absolutely love it. I don't have an enormous library on iTunes, but I was a little worried when I first got the iPod, because I did (and obviously still do) have way more music on the desktop than can fit on the iPod.
I quickly figured out that it doesn't matter. I look at them as the mothership and the satellite x-wing fighter. My iTunes collection has it all and then I manually move music onto the Nano as I get interested in different songs and artists.
I was actually excited about the 16 gb touches, because it would literally quadruple my space.
They sure look nice, don't they?
Ben O.
Cool site.
good read!
I have just bookmarked your blog so keep it up - I will be watching :)
I did have a 20gb ipod which died and replaced it with a 3g nano 8gb which I love, I bought it because of the size and to carry everywhere - I will get a touch maybe when they jump to 30gb (I dont need the space as I hope you will show me but I figure I want to use it for video too)
I have always kept my itunes and ipod libraries as entire albums, in a specific scenario I could see myself making my own best of if there was a massive back catalogue and I did completely love all of it.
But I love listening to an album right through as it was intended.
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