CDs Last Forever?

[vansmack]

Originally posted by Bagalicious Tangster:
  So how do you spend your time organizing your music -- not sure I understand that.

Autobiographical was about the stupidest thing I ever did with my collection, but Chronologically and Alphabetical are the most popular, followed by Genre breakdowns coming in a close third.  
 
 Currently, I have a Top Shelf with the 50 or so Cd's I've recently purcahsed at Smackette's request so she doesn't forget about them, with the rest Alphabetically (then subdivided by release date) followed by compilations organized by Genre, Classical Music always separated, and lastly my own mixes, organized by date.

[vansmack]

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
   
   i feel like ipods are more for people who want to listen to music, but dont want to spend hours organizing all thier songs.

I spend more times organizing my songs via crazy playlists with my Napster Player then I ever did organizing my CDs (except for the aforementioned autobiographical attempt, which was a disaster).
 
 I've actually found that via random play some songs that I thought would never mix well together are perfect and I make playlists with songs on varying themes - kind of like a challenge.
 
 I think my Napster Player has brought me full circle back to radio days and I focus more on songs now than complete albums - which I never thought I would do again.  It's been a real treat as a music fan.

[Fico]

I bought an iPod about 2 months ago so I am fairly new to it...that said I now can't live without it...so here's a question to the proficient lot with ipods..
 
 I hate how when a soundtrack or compilation cds assigns the tracks to the artist themselves instead of maybe categorizing the soundtrack name as the artist...is there a way to bypass this??
 
 How can I eliminate the songs on my library (to free up my disk space) without having them dissapear from my Ipod once I update it??

[Bombay Chutney]

Originally posted by vansmack:
  Autobiographical was about the stupidest thing I ever did with my collection, but Chronologically and Alphabetical are the most popular, followed by Genre breakdowns coming in a close third.  

Silliest sorting: alphabetically by the main color on the spine of the lp:  black, blue, brown, green, orange, red, white, yellow, etc.   Really.   I think that lasted about a week.
 
 

Currently, I have a Top Shelf with the 50 or so Cd's I've recently purcahsed at Smackette's request so she doesn't forget about them,

I do the same thing, but it's more of a stack because I've completely run out of shelf space.  And it's more like 100, so I still manage to forget about some of them.

[chaz]

Originally posted by Fico:
 
 
 I hate how when a soundtrack or compilation cds assigns the tracks to the artist themselves instead of maybe categorizing the soundtrack name as the artist...is there a way to bypass this??
 
 

These instructions are for itunes on a pc so if yer on a mac just go ahead and apply them as needed...
 
 Select the song you want to make changes to (or songs) and right click and select "get info".  Then go to the info tab.  Here you can change artist name, album name, track name etc.  If you've selected multiple songs you can edit common elements to all of them (artist etc) in one shot.  
 
 Not sure about question # 2.  Try looking for an answer in the forums at www.ipodlounge.com

[ratioci nation]

Originally posted by Fico:
  How can I eliminate the songs on my library (to free up my disk space) without having them dissapear from my Ipod once I update it??

you would have to switch to manually managing your ipod rather than having the auto sync

Is it possible to jerk an Ipod?

[ratioci nation]

Originally posted by Dupek Chopra:
  Is it possible to jerk an Ipod?

if you use plenty of lubricant

[Fico]

Thanks a bunch!!... that should be of great help..
 
 Oh and since I'm already here lurking and posting come check my band (Cartel) on DC9 next friday May 28th.... we're in the middle of the recording process for our EP... Jason Caddell who played guitar for Dismemberment Plan is handling the boards...great chap.