Cleaning out your music |
 Jan 7 2009, 01:16 PM
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 Senior Member  Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 2,454 Joined: Nov 2008 Member No: 696,018  |
How often do you do it?
I'm trying to go through ~30 days worth of music and its really hard for me. My friends gave me their external harddrives and I'm trying to sort through what I like and don't like, which sounds like it should be easy but it really isn't. There's a lot of stuff that I don't hate, but don't love, but think I could come to love, and I don't know what to do with those :( |
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Jan 7 2009, 02:16 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 786 Joined: Dec 2006 Member No: 488,341 |
I don't download much music so I clean out like...once a year lol.
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Jan 7 2009, 02:32 PM
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 Amberific. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 12,913 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 29,772 |
I need to. There's a shitton of stuff that I don't listen to. But if I ever change my mind, I have everything backed up on external harddrive. Yay, Time Machine!
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Jan 7 2009, 03:57 PM
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 Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,155 Joined: Feb 2005 Member No: 95,404 |
I try to clean out my music every time I listen to my library. If I notice that I skip a particular song a lot, I'll delete it. Sometimes I will spend the whole day deleting and organizing my songs. It's relaxing.
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Jan 7 2009, 04:01 PM
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 mercenary on call Group: Member Posts: 926 Joined: Aug 2006 Member No: 447,606 |
QUOTE(heartquasm @ Jan 7 2009, 01:16 PM)  How often do you do it? I'm trying to go through ~30 days worth of music and its really hard for me. My friends gave me their external harddrives and I'm trying to sort through what I like and don't like, which sounds like it should be easy but it really isn't. There's a lot of stuff that I don't hate, but don't love, but think I could come to love, and I don't know what to do with those :( I do what you do. I always think hey I wouldnt want to put this song on a playlist, but I wouldnt mind it being in my library. I HATE IT. |
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Jan 7 2009, 06:14 PM
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 I'm Jc Group: Mentor Posts: 13,619 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 437,556 |
i just worked on mine the other day. i deleted over 200 songs and added album artwork to tons of stuff.
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Jan 7 2009, 06:16 PM
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 Photoartist Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 12,363 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 399,390 |
I always have to clean up my iPod since it constantly fills up, I usually just delete what I don't listen to that much anymore (trying hard to be honest with myself), even though I'd prefer to have everything on my iPod incase I get the sudden urge to listen to something. But not enough space. :(
If I haven't intently listened to a song for a few months, it usually goes out. |
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Jan 7 2009, 06:20 PM
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I'm Jc Group: Mentor Posts: 13,619 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 437,556 |
yeah it gets really hard to delete stuff when you really start thinking about it too much. that's why i have to try to do it when im a not caring mood otherwise ill be all reminiscent and shit about songs that i rarely ever listen to.
i used to be obsessed with keeping everything but i'm tryin to cut my library down to only stuff i really really really like. |
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Jan 7 2009, 06:26 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Head Staff Posts: 18,173 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 108,478 |
QUOTE(heartquasm @ Jan 7 2009, 01:16 PM) There's a lot of stuff that I don't hate, but don't love, but think I could come to love, and I don't know what to do with those :( QUOTE(ArjunaCapulong @ Jan 7 2009, 06:16 PM) I usually just delete what I don't listen to that much anymore (trying hard to be honest with myself), even though I'd prefer to have everything on my iPod incase I get the sudden urge to listen to something. But not enough space. :( I get these feelings all the time whenever I want to add new songs to my iPod, then find out that I need to delete old ones to make room. It's especially hard for me to decide which songs to clear out since I have a 1GB iPod Nano (yes, I have been meaning to get a more spacious MP3 player for a while now). There are a few hundred songs in my iTunes that I've kept either because of the "maybe I'll come to love this" and/or "what if I want to listen to this one day?" thoughts--I really can't bear to delete them. |
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Jan 7 2009, 06:31 PM
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 Has a PhD in horribleness Group: Member Posts: 866 Joined: Sep 2008 Member No: 686,301 |
well if theres a song I just dont like to listen to, and it comes on shuffle, I'll delete it. I don't really need to though, I have plenty of memory left on my zune.
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Jan 7 2009, 07:11 PM
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this is why i rarely download albums unless i can't find the song anywhere. i preview albums off imeem or other sites. i try not to add music to my ipod unless i've already went through every song. i don't keep whole albums because i know i won't like every single song. i'm one of those annoying shufflers who can't stick to finishing a single song, even when i make playlists.
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Jan 7 2009, 07:30 PM
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 Keep going...or be left behind. Group: Member Posts: 300 Joined: Feb 2008 Member No: 623,863 |
stop twiddling around with your thumb up your ass
 and start trashing the ones that mean nothing.
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Jan 7 2009, 07:42 PM
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 DDR \\ I'm Dee :) Group: Mentor Posts: 8,662 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 384,020 |
I only keep the songs that I listen to a lot on my iPod. My iPod is practically empty (even with 2,206 songs). I download all my music to my external hard drive, so I don't really go through it, but I don't download music unless it's something I want.
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Jan 7 2009, 10:00 PM
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 Hey, I'm Mike Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 1,272 Joined: May 2006 Member No: 406,241 |
I go through my music like once a month in detail and i delete the stuff I don't listen too much. I download new stuff pretty much everyday though haha
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Jan 7 2009, 10:19 PM
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 This bag is not a toy. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 3,090 Joined: Oct 2007 Member No: 583,108 |
I finally deleted a bunch of Christmas music because I've had it for like four years and I just realized I never listen to it. It just got annoying because there were a bunch of random songs spread throughout my itunes library and I never listen to individual songs - usually I listen to full albums.
Other than that I usually don't delete anything. |
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Jan 12 2009, 06:14 PM
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I don't think I would ever want to get rid of my music it wouldn't be right!
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Jan 12 2009, 08:00 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 113 Joined: Dec 2008 Member No: 704,636 |
Delete music? I've never heard of such blasphemy
I'm about to buy a 2TB hard drive and download the internetz |
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Jan 12 2009, 08:05 PM
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DDR \\ I'm Dee :) Group: Mentor Posts: 8,662 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 384,020 |
^ I don't ever completely delete music, but I will delete it off my iPod from time to time.
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Jan 14 2009, 05:02 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Official Designer Posts: 5,880 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 593,382 |
Its crazy! All my files take up like 8gb of space on my cp!
Music 4gb pics 2 docs and vids 2 |
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Jan 15 2009, 11:46 PM
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When I fill up my ipod I uncheck some shit. I really don't have much any more that I flat out don't want.
Hahahaha, 8gb of space. I have more than enough to fill up my 80gb ipod. |
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Jan 16 2009, 12:28 AM
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 Tick tock, Bill Group: Administrator Posts: 8,764 Joined: Dec 2005 Member No: 333,948 |
I don't delete anything. I create "rarely listen to" or "specific mood list" playlists and dump stuff there. That way if a song pops in my head and feel like listening to it, I can add it to a different playlist and synch really quickly. I find Genius to be pretty helpful (if I'm figuring out something I'm in the mood for. There's been a surprising amount of occasions that I see something to related to a song I have highlighted that I already own and forgot about).
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Jan 16 2009, 12:52 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 67 Joined: May 2008 Member No: 650,014 |
eugh it takes me agggggggggggggggggggges
i end up deleting random tracks that sound weird when they start (: |
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Jan 18 2009, 08:42 PM
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 and so it is Group: Human Posts: 1,304 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,085 |
I don't get albums and I just download the song that I like, so most of my music is stuff I would listen to. I add album art/lyrics/album title/song title/artist (I AM AN IPOD ORGANIZER FREAK) as I add new songs so everything's pretty organized.
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Jan 18 2009, 09:23 PM
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Amberific. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 12,913 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 29,772 |
QUOTE(espressive @ Jan 18 2009, 08:42 PM) I add album art/lyrics/album title/song title/artist (I AM AN IPOD ORGANIZER FREAK) as I add new songs so everything's pretty organized. [/font] You're not the only one. I hate files with incomplete information.
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Jan 20 2009, 04:16 PM
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and so it is Group: Human Posts: 1,304 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,085 |
QUOTE(hi-C @ Jan 18 2009, 08:23 PM) You're not the only one. I hate files with incomplete information. Omg I know! It irks me when I look through IPods that are unorganized (ex: weird file names, 'unknown artist', etc)! My friends think I'm crazy... but at least now I know I'm not the only one :) |
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