perjantai 30. elokuuta 2019
Curse of the redtide
50185 songs (or 'files') - and counting - now. Been listening to the 'L'-bands. For instance lots of Laibach and Led Zeppelin. The last that caught my attention is Legend of the Seagullmen. Apparently some kind of super-group featuring people from Tool and Mastodon, and some others. I'm not such a fan of project bands, but this sure sounds great, lots fucking better than their original groups.
perjantai 23. elokuuta 2019
Gods on fire
I noticed I have 50,000 songs (156,2 days) copied on my hard drive now. What my method is that when I purchase or loan new music (if I ever download a song from the internet these days, I merely pick up a song from YouTube, usually a live track that took to my liking) I immediately download it to my computer. And, here's my thing, the songs that are either under 3:30 minutes or over 7 minutes in lenght I listen to immediately. If I don't like the song, I delete it immediataly and if I do like it, I save it and mark it 5 five stars (*****) on my player and I have my 'best of' file on Word where I simply write it down. There are now 22,743 songs on my 'best of' file.
On top of that, if some song is thunderously great, I copy the song to my MP3 player that I use when I'm outside of my home. And those songs I also mark 5 stars and in addition I paint them red in my Word file. There are now 530 'red' songs.
I get back to the songs (between 3:30 and 7:00 minutes) whenever I feel like. And I usually go through that collection alphabetically (by the band name). And the method is the same, I delete the songs I don't like and mark 'em five that I do like and write the name of the song and the performer on my best of file.
It's usually my morning habit going through my music, especially on weekends and, like now, on holidays. It's a must thing in the evenings when I'm drinking red wine.
And it's fucking great.
Mind you, I still purchase new music (CD's and vinyls, even cassettes) and I have a reasonable collection and I still listen to those with the stereo equipment. But I also have transformed most of my own collection to the computer as well. And it's pretty comfortable sitting on my table, with the headphones on, listening to stuff from the computer collection while browsing through the internet, drinking coffee or wine, and petting the cat that's sleeping on the table.
On this particular holiday, every day I spend at least 2 to 4 hours listening to music meticuosly. Right now I'm going through the bands starting with the letter 'K'. I listen to at least one song from one album. If there's a band with just one album under their belt, I pay a little more attention to them and listen a little more than one song. What inspired me to write this update on the blog down is that I came across a song from the Finnish band Kuusumun Profeetta called "Jumalat liekeissä" from the 2004 album "Sanasaattaja Oraakkeli Salamurha Hyökkäysvaunu". Not a band I'd normally listen to, but this song hit me, I starred it 5 (it's also worth the 'red', 531st), wrote on my Word:
Kuusumun Profeetta
Jumalat liekeissä Sanansaattaja Oraakkeli Salamurha Hyökkäysvaunu (2004)
And it's not only the one listening experience. I spent time with every band otherwise as well. I check out the history, where the band or artist is now. If the band is really interesting, I check out some YouTube videos, how the band performs live. And I also check out do I possess the entire catalogue from the band's or artist's discography. If I don't, I try to find ways to obtain it. Naturally, if the music is shit, I hardly pay any attention to it, I just delete the song and move on to the next one.
During this holiday - apart from the new music I've bought or loaned from the library - I have listened to some incredible - Khold, King Diamond, Kreator, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - and slightly interesting - Killing Joke, Krokus, Kauko Röyhkä, Korpiklaani, Kris Kristofferson, Katatonia, Keith Richards, Kilpi, Kiss, Kumikameli, Kataklysm, Krisiun - and not too interesting - Kaiser Chiefs, Kamcatka, Karma to Burn, Kasabian - music. Scratches the surface really, there are dozens and dozens more bands, but can't bother to mention.
Anyways, this method suits me fine. Don't mind listening to music from different genres at the same session. After Kuusumun Profeetta, it's the bands Kvalvaag, Kvelertak, K-X-P, Kylesa, Kypck, among others. And next up is 'L' with Laibach quite soon. Can't wait. As I've been doing this for years and years, some of the songs are 'marked' already, I don't listen to them (not the time and place), I listen to the 'unmarked' ones, the new stuff, that can easily be decades old still.
On top of that, if some song is thunderously great, I copy the song to my MP3 player that I use when I'm outside of my home. And those songs I also mark 5 stars and in addition I paint them red in my Word file. There are now 530 'red' songs.
I get back to the songs (between 3:30 and 7:00 minutes) whenever I feel like. And I usually go through that collection alphabetically (by the band name). And the method is the same, I delete the songs I don't like and mark 'em five that I do like and write the name of the song and the performer on my best of file.
It's usually my morning habit going through my music, especially on weekends and, like now, on holidays. It's a must thing in the evenings when I'm drinking red wine.
And it's fucking great.
Mind you, I still purchase new music (CD's and vinyls, even cassettes) and I have a reasonable collection and I still listen to those with the stereo equipment. But I also have transformed most of my own collection to the computer as well. And it's pretty comfortable sitting on my table, with the headphones on, listening to stuff from the computer collection while browsing through the internet, drinking coffee or wine, and petting the cat that's sleeping on the table.
On this particular holiday, every day I spend at least 2 to 4 hours listening to music meticuosly. Right now I'm going through the bands starting with the letter 'K'. I listen to at least one song from one album. If there's a band with just one album under their belt, I pay a little more attention to them and listen a little more than one song. What inspired me to write this update on the blog down is that I came across a song from the Finnish band Kuusumun Profeetta called "Jumalat liekeissä" from the 2004 album "Sanasaattaja Oraakkeli Salamurha Hyökkäysvaunu". Not a band I'd normally listen to, but this song hit me, I starred it 5 (it's also worth the 'red', 531st), wrote on my Word:
Kuusumun Profeetta
Jumalat liekeissä Sanansaattaja Oraakkeli Salamurha Hyökkäysvaunu (2004)
And it's not only the one listening experience. I spent time with every band otherwise as well. I check out the history, where the band or artist is now. If the band is really interesting, I check out some YouTube videos, how the band performs live. And I also check out do I possess the entire catalogue from the band's or artist's discography. If I don't, I try to find ways to obtain it. Naturally, if the music is shit, I hardly pay any attention to it, I just delete the song and move on to the next one.
During this holiday - apart from the new music I've bought or loaned from the library - I have listened to some incredible - Khold, King Diamond, Kreator, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - and slightly interesting - Killing Joke, Krokus, Kauko Röyhkä, Korpiklaani, Kris Kristofferson, Katatonia, Keith Richards, Kilpi, Kiss, Kumikameli, Kataklysm, Krisiun - and not too interesting - Kaiser Chiefs, Kamcatka, Karma to Burn, Kasabian - music. Scratches the surface really, there are dozens and dozens more bands, but can't bother to mention.
Anyways, this method suits me fine. Don't mind listening to music from different genres at the same session. After Kuusumun Profeetta, it's the bands Kvalvaag, Kvelertak, K-X-P, Kylesa, Kypck, among others. And next up is 'L' with Laibach quite soon. Can't wait. As I've been doing this for years and years, some of the songs are 'marked' already, I don't listen to them (not the time and place), I listen to the 'unmarked' ones, the new stuff, that can easily be decades old still.
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