i think i have a problem, i can't stop buying music. i haven't bought anything new since the Franz Ferdinand one, but i have been having a difficult time not buying more. i have decided to take a step back from buying new music, and evalute the music that i have on my Itunes at work.
you know how you can rate each individual song with a 1 to 5 star rating? well i have decided to listen to my Itunes on random and rate the songs individually. what i plan on doing is coming up with a list of the best albums that i own based on those ratings. this is how it will work:
1) rate all the songs 1 through 5. (since i tend to be generous, 3 will be a good song that i will listen to when i am in the mood , 4 will be a great song that i will listen to 75% of the time altogether (mood or no mood) and 5 stars, excellent song that i cannot get myself to skip even when it was not the song i was expecting to hear.)
2) after all is rated i will come up with an average star rating (ASR) for the album.
3) list that on here. (maybe even facebook)
i don't think i needed to list out the steps, but hey, it makes it feel official. now this is only to decided which album is the best that i have on my computer (at work). this list will not tell you which is my favorite band ( this is mostly a disclaimer to myself because i know that some bands will not score as well (ACDC) even though they are one of my favorite. the reason they will not score as well is because Bon Scott is the man and i only have one of his, and i don't have Back In Black as a whole.) however, i fully expect my favorite bands to be somewhere at the top.
so, this may take a while but i look forward to posting the results. ( i am very interested myself........that should go without saying, otherwise i wouldn't do it :) )
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
CD's
I was once an Itunes guy, now i am back to CD's. I love having a CD collection, but the main reason is that when you buy music or whatever (i do have a few audio books) from Itunes, you don't actually own it. You have to "authorize" a computer to play the song, and even then you only get 5 computer authorizations. I understand this is probably to keep people from pirating music, but seriously? I think it is a little over the top. There are times at work where i can't help myself and have to buy the album right then and there (Guns N Roses: Lies, was the last one). I like to listen to music while I working and sometimes I just can't control myself.
However, Itunes does have it's uses when you are a CD buyer. You can listen to the quick snippets of songs on an album that you are considering buying and decide from the snippets if you would actually like to purchase them. Sometimes I wish I would do this all the time. I bought the new Franz Ferdinand CD today solely based on the song on the radio. After hearing the song on the radio on my way home from work, I decided to stop by the neighborhood Best Buy and if they might have the album. (side note: to be honest, i went in thinking i was going to by the Nirvana box set if it was at a favorable price. but i was thinking about possibly picking up the Franz Ferdinand album. I went in, found the Nirvana set, it was $50........i decided that since i don't like Courtney Love, i didn't feel like giving her that much money. so alas i found the FF album, it was $13.) I found it, bought it, drove home to listen to it. (home is only about 2 min. from BB and i didn't want to fumble around with the stupid cellophane.) I toss the album into the DVD player, plop on the couch, press the play button, and start reading my GQ about LeBron James.
I was glad to hear that the first song on the album was the one on the radio. I like it, I bob my head, things are starting well. 3 songs in, I am thinking "OK, not bad, not great but not bad." I was waiting for the "next radio hit" to reveal itself. 6 songs in "OK, i think this is one long song, sounds like it's been on for about 15 min." 10 songs in "I am done with my LeBron article, I don't want to listen to this song anymore."
Question: Why is it that i always get sucked into the radio song that makes me want to buy the album only to find out that the rest of the CD A) sucks or B) has 2 songs, the one i like on the radio and then another song that for some reason lasts for about 45 minutes and has pauses every 3-5 min.? For the record, i have bought albums much worse than this one. i could actually feel pretty good about playing this album in the background while i through a party or do some stuff around the house. i am not even going to say that it is a bad album, but i will say it's not that great either.
(i didn't have time to proof read, hopefully it isn't as bad as some of mine on here.)
However, Itunes does have it's uses when you are a CD buyer. You can listen to the quick snippets of songs on an album that you are considering buying and decide from the snippets if you would actually like to purchase them. Sometimes I wish I would do this all the time. I bought the new Franz Ferdinand CD today solely based on the song on the radio. After hearing the song on the radio on my way home from work, I decided to stop by the neighborhood Best Buy and if they might have the album. (side note: to be honest, i went in thinking i was going to by the Nirvana box set if it was at a favorable price. but i was thinking about possibly picking up the Franz Ferdinand album. I went in, found the Nirvana set, it was $50........i decided that since i don't like Courtney Love, i didn't feel like giving her that much money. so alas i found the FF album, it was $13.) I found it, bought it, drove home to listen to it. (home is only about 2 min. from BB and i didn't want to fumble around with the stupid cellophane.) I toss the album into the DVD player, plop on the couch, press the play button, and start reading my GQ about LeBron James.
I was glad to hear that the first song on the album was the one on the radio. I like it, I bob my head, things are starting well. 3 songs in, I am thinking "OK, not bad, not great but not bad." I was waiting for the "next radio hit" to reveal itself. 6 songs in "OK, i think this is one long song, sounds like it's been on for about 15 min." 10 songs in "I am done with my LeBron article, I don't want to listen to this song anymore."
Question: Why is it that i always get sucked into the radio song that makes me want to buy the album only to find out that the rest of the CD A) sucks or B) has 2 songs, the one i like on the radio and then another song that for some reason lasts for about 45 minutes and has pauses every 3-5 min.? For the record, i have bought albums much worse than this one. i could actually feel pretty good about playing this album in the background while i through a party or do some stuff around the house. i am not even going to say that it is a bad album, but i will say it's not that great either.
(i didn't have time to proof read, hopefully it isn't as bad as some of mine on here.)
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