Friday, September 11, 2009

Music.. Challenge? Help Me Decide!

So I was thinking the other day when I was browsing my music library that there are a lot of bands on there that I haven't listened to even once and that that is fairly disgraceful and completely unacceptable.  In order to right this wrong, I am going to listen to every item in my whole music library consecutively from A-No Artist, which extends beyond Z and artists that start with numbers!  My conditions are not that I have to have music playing at all times, but that every time I do want to listen to music, it has to be in this order, no skipping, no replaying, no cheating.  This also only applies to the music library on my computer as it differs from the music library on my iPod (due to space restrictions) and trying to continue on my iPod will be too complicated.  However, if I am near my computer and want to listen to music, it has to be from the computer.  I can't put off listening to a certain dreaded artist by plugging my headphones into my iPod instead.(click to enlarge image below; library size specs can be seen at the verrry bottom, so you know what all of this entails.)

Now this may heed a few different results.  If things go well, I will feel that my music library has been suddenly renewed without needing to download something new, even though some particular artists have been at my fingertips for years.  Or I may rediscover some old gem that I've forgotten about.  I will feel like less of a poser for having certain artists on there and have nothing to say about them because I can't even recall their genre, let along music.  On the other hand, I am positive I am going to have to endure several horrible albums, including some stand up comedians (Dane Cook?), untalented pop artists, and others I am embarrassed to say I used to listen to (I would lend an example, but it's too difficult to choose just one).  The positive side of this effect is that I may finally realize it's okay to delete the whole Blink-182 discography I've held onto "just in case!" because there will never be a situation in which I'll allow those songs to come from my iPod (no offense to Blink-182 or their fans, they were just the first to come to mind). 

The question is, how can I make this more interesting?  How can I give you something to read about this experience?  Or is it a dead subject after this post and I should just ask you to wish me good luck?  If you have an idea to make this challenge extend beyond the challenge to my ears, heart, and brain (btw Oxford Comma is winning, so far) and turn it into a project, etc. then leave a comment about it here.  I have already started.  I'm only in the beginning of the "A"s.  So there's still time to give me all of your brilliant ideas and I'll try to think as well.


In other news, it's September 11th, so you know what that means!  Call my grandparents and wish them a happy anniversary!

Goodnight!

1 comment:

  1. I'm just posting because, if I was you, I'd check my blog on a minutely basis to see if anyone commented on my posts. And, despite your misguided goals concerning me, I'll try to brighten your day just a tad.

    'Cause I'm nice.

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