Missing Music

May 25 2009

Published by Kirsten under Music

Remember how I used to participate in CD mix exchanges all the time? How I used to do Music on Mondays posts? How I used to have a whole page on my blog dedicated to music but but took it down because it never got updated? The point is, I like music. I take it personally much in the same way that John Cusack’s character does in High Fidelity, though I don’t have quite the collection that he does. I’d even go so far as to say that listening to music is a hobby of mine.

I listen to my iPod at work most of the time to avoid the deafening silence of paper being shuffled for 8 hours a day. I always keep CDs in my car because commercial radio more or less sucks. But it’s been a long time since I’ve gone out and explored new music. If the birthday fairy brings me some iTunes gift cards so I have $ to spend at the store there, I can quench my appetite for that. (My birthday is this coming Friday, btw.) I brought my iPod home this weekend to update it, which hasn’t been done for months, and I bought some headphones this weekend so that my process of picking music for my iPod doesn’t drive Mister crazy, and I can listen to my music without interfering with Mister’s music.

Did you know that amazon.com has free music in their MP3 store? So does last.fm. I’m listening to Pandora right now, which could be an option for work, except that I find it a bit too interactive for when I’m supposed to be working.

Since I have the new headphones, another project I’ve been working on is uploading all the CDs that I got from mix exchanges. I’ve gotten so behind on that, and I really need to get it all in because I’ve found so much great music from those exchanges. If I had time, I’d participate in more exchanges, but I barely have time to blog anymore, so spending hours obsessing over my collection for that perfect mix just isn’t in my schedule. But I do miss them. I was rereading the “liner notes” I created for those mixes the other night. I usually include the reasons I chose the songs with the song list, which is something I always like getting when I receive mixes.

So, armed with my new headphones, I’m going to spend some time today revamping my listen-at-work mix for the iPod and uploading some CDs. Besides the mixes, I only have maybe 1/4 of my personal collection uploaded. Here’s to music!