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Mood Music

ALRATIBA — Fri, 12 Apr 2019 04:35:24 GMT

I saw a topic about music yesterday that got me thinking ....

I have boxes of CDs and Cassettes and two CD players and 2 cassette players - but when I feel like listening to music, all I do is tune into the Soundscapes Music Choice channel.

I realized that I was missing "my" mood music so I got all the CDs out.

Years ago, I catalogued the CDs I had up to that point .... numbered and entered into a database. I had a printout - but have no idea where it is, and the database was on an old computer that's long gone and had never been backed up on an external drive.

So - last night I spent hours re-entering all the numbered CDs into an Excel spreadsheet and also entering the ones w/o a number ... I'll assign numbers over the weekend when I have some time.

All together I have just over 300 CDs ... and my goal over the next couple of weeks / months - to play every single one of them. I have a really great collection of music.

I ordered another Atlantic Wave CD tower from Amazon ... it will be here tomorrow.

Next ... I plan on doing the cassettes. There are boxes of boxes of them. I ordered something to display them - having them stored away on boxes doesn't make much sense ... if I see them, I'll play them.

Looking forward to "my" music again! Just going through them last night brought back so many memories! I have so much stuff you just don't hear anymore!

Re: Mood Music

Harpa — Fri, 12 Apr 2019 11:14:51 GMT

@ALRATIBA

Yes, that is a lot of music! Glad you are enjoying it! I've never catalogued all the music I have!

For someone who teaches it day in and day out, I rarely listen to music for the sheer pleasure of it these days. And I know lots of music!

Have fun with your collection!

Re: Mood Music

Eileen in Virginia — Fri, 12 Apr 2019 12:08:17 GMT

I wish we only had 300 cassettes and CD’s to catalog! DH has thousands of them all through the house and in all 3 of our cars, as well. I’m sure he has duplicates (maybe triplicates) of many of them. Last week I told him he had to start developing an inventory and weeding out those he doesn’t want or can’t play anymore. So far, he hasn’t done anything. I’m not surprised - it’s a daunting task. I’m sure there are some valuable and/or collectible items there. However, if he dies before I do, I’d have absolutely no idea how to distribute or dispose of them. He, on the other hand, would probably point to my clothing collection. . .

Re: Mood Music

proudlyfromNJ — Fri, 12 Apr 2019 12:51:50 GMT

Threw all cassettes out years ago. We do have cd’s though. And record albums.

Re: Mood Music

fthunt — Fri, 12 Apr 2019 12:57:02 GMT

@Eileen in Virginia How to get rid of them?............a suggestion or a hint for you

My guy had stacks of the original style of music - big round black flat records. Heavy stacks sitting in basement. When the time was right - and I had hired a junk truck to come for lots of stuff.....records met truck too. Who still has a record player?

Re: Mood Music

Eileen in Virginia — Fri, 12 Apr 2019 14:50:04 GMT

@fthunt Vinyl is popular again! He got rid of most of his record albums and turntable years ago. Then, a couple of years ago, he bought a new turntable and new albums started appearing in the house. His explanation - vinyl’s back, Baby! I agree, though, at some point that stuff’s going to make some dumpster diver very happy.

Re: Mood Music

Tinkrbl44 — Fri, 12 Apr 2019 16:03:46 GMT

I don't listen to music as much as I used to. At some point, it turns into "noise" and I just shut it off. In some cases, silence is best of all.

Re: Mood Music

ALRATIBA — Fri, 12 Apr 2019 15:47:03 GMT

@Eileen in Virginia wrote:
I wish we only had 300 cassettes and CD’s to catalog! DH has thousands of them all through the house and in all 3 of our cars, as well. I’m sure he has duplicates (maybe triplicates) of many of them. Last week I told him he had to start developing an inventory and weeding out those he doesn’t want or can’t play anymore. So far, he hasn’t done anything. I’m not surprised - it’s a daunting task. I’m sure there are some valuable and/or collectible items there. However, if he dies before I do, I’d have absolutely no idea how to distribute or dispose of them. He, on the other hand, would probably point to my clothing collection. . .

@Eileen in Virginia

Disposing of stuff can be painful ... we did it twice. First time when we moved from NYC to CA ... and secondly when we moved back 19 years later.

When we moved back to NY in 1989, rather than ship hundreds of albums and old 78 rpm and 45 rpm records, we sold them to a local shop that sold used records.

We didn't make a lot of money on the sale. I don't know that those shops even exist now.

We only shipped one carton of records back that I eventually passed along to one of my brothers. He added them to his collection. He also has a collection of record players!

Re: Mood Music

Catty2 — Fri, 12 Apr 2019 19:48:56 GMT

I still have every record album and 45 record that I ever bought. They are in a closet. I do have a stereo that plays vinyl, cassettes and CDs but rarely listen to music. I love oldies music so maybe I should dig them out.

Re: Mood Music

RetRN — Fri, 12 Apr 2019 19:55:38 GMT

Vinyl is back and I know many people with record players who enjoy them. I love listening to music, I have CD's. Music is playing in my house all the time. I can't imagine life without music.