Sunday, 22 Feb

Assimilated:

My mp3 collection is in better shape after the weekend. Following Justin’s recommendation, my files are separated into albums and singles directories — a system I previously ignored, but am now finding very practical. Example: I’ve given up being able to see all an artist’s songs in the same place, but I’m saved the trouble of having to rename different versions of the same song.

All told, I’ve amassed 7,765 tracks: totalling 602 hours 23 minutes 50 seconds of playing time; swallowing 38.9GB of disk space. (note that there are still some duplicates I haven’t weeded out yet, but for the most part repeated tracks are either different versions or from different albums) That’s 99 minutes of music per day for one year. Still, Ryan has double that.

I’ve made the “playlist” heading on the sidebar clickable, it will take you to a frequently updated listing of all the songs in my collection. If you’re interested in that sort of thing.

Now, tell me what holes you see in my listening experience. Which artists do you recommend I discover next?

update: Not to be left out of the all-important stats action, Justin has given me the green light to share his dirty little secret with you: his mp3 stash is 270GB, very near to 45,000 songs!! One isn’t quite sure whether to offer congratulations, or condolences.

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I’m a fan of Aphex Twin, and you don’t have nearly enough. Try these songs: Flim, Ageispolis, 4, Fingerbib, IZ-US, Alberto Balsam. If you’re into whole albums (or EPs), try these: Selected Ambient Works 85-92, Richard D. James Album, Come To Daddy, Melodies From Mars.

You don’t appear to have any of The Who! Try these songs: Baba O’Riley, Bargain, I Can’t Explain, Magic Bus, My Generation, Pinball Wizard, Who Are You, and many more. For whole albums, these are my favorites: Quadrophenia, Who’s Next, Tommy.

Supergrass in another great band. For some reason, I don’t think they’re very popular, but they’re incredibly good. I’ve been recommending them to everyone lately. Very upbeat music, and very consistent. Download everything they’ve ever made.

Also, I recently discovered Brian Eno. His ambient music is really interesting to listen to and like nothing else I’ve ever heard. He’s best known for being a producer but his music is very diverse and well done.

“The Whole World” from OutKast is also a requirement.

yafujifide | February 23, 2004 01:20 AM
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Thanks for going in-depth there Ryan. I’ll definitely check em all out, and let you know how it goes.

Ryan | February 23, 2004 12:22 PM
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