In 2005, I saw the future of personal music was going to be carried
on an MP3 player. I had a vast
collection of cds. I always wish I had
kept track each time I did an inventory as to where I was. So when I wrote something like this, I could
say something smart like, “in the summer of 2005 I had 1,328 cds in my
collection.”
The Rasselas, 2003-2006
In my car, I had a 72-disc case that I filled with burned
cds. Mix cds of my favourite songs from
my favourite artists. It was a great
collection. But I knew of the size
limitations on MP3 players. I knew that I
couldn’t fit everything I owned on one.
I probably couldn’t even fit all 72 of those mixed cds, plus everything
else that was missing from those onto an MP3 player.
I came up with a plan: I’d make a list of my every song I liked
from my top artists, and then pick a top ten.
That way, at least I’d get ten of those songs on there. I had
seventy-nine top ten lists.
I didn’t even look at the old book when I made the new
lists. I flipped through my iPod and
listed the artists that would be included.
I came up with 134 of them. As I started
the process, I realized there were other artists that I needed to include, that
I had forgotten. I’m currently at 167
artists, with at least six more in the “research” mode.
So, the question becomes, who’s your favourite artist? What are your top ten songs of theirs? Why?
I'll start going through mine, and even comparing and contrasting the 2012 lists with the 2005 lists. It's amazing how they've evolved...
I'll start going through mine, and even comparing and contrasting the 2012 lists with the 2005 lists. It's amazing how they've evolved...
