Mixtape: August On a Wing

Saturday, September 20th, 2008

Kim Taylor is a better candidate for incessantly repeated airplay than Sara Bareilles. I wrote about this song over a year ago stating that I had heard it a year before that. Unfortunately, the studio mp3s are no longer hosted on her site, but I was lucky enough to catch her demo version when it [...]

Mixtape: Predicting April

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

It’s about time I made and shared a monthly mix of songs that call out to me in some way. Instead of going the illegal route and handing out a downloadable mp3 playlist, I figured I’d capture the collection on video where possible.
I know… I’m 2 months behind. But this is truly my April playlist [...]

Fixed and Smart Playlist Ideas

Friday, July 20th, 2007

As described at the end of my guide to online music, here’s are some playlists that will give you the power tools to organize your music better like a power user.
Smart Playlists
Top 100 Played
Limit to 100 items selected by most often played
I listen to post rock and instrumental stuff while sleeping sometimes, so I exclude [...]

How to Manage Your Digital Music Library

Monday, July 16th, 2007

(If you have a short attention span and don’t care much for commentary, skip this paragraph and go straight to the five steps for the online music lover)
Years ago, it was harder to find out more detailed information about songs and their writers without searching catalogs, or finding related articles or interviews, or talking with [...]

Manage Checked iTems in iTunes

Thursday, June 7th, 2007

I’ve got an iPod that can’t store all my music, but I still automatically update checked items in my iTunes library (it’s a syncing option). I’ve found a workaround for one of my wishes that Apple probably won’t be adding any time soon. My desire is to sort tracks by check mark box (whether selected [...]