MP3 Library

Ang blog entry ko ay tungkol sa aking  mp3 library.

my preciousssssss

Simula't sapul ay may sistema na kung paano ko i-arrange ang mga mp3s sa computer.  Sa halip na by music artists, ang mga tracks na nasa folder ay categorized according sa genre nito: Alternative Rock, Light Alternative Pop, RnB, Electronica, etc.

Ang sistema ay nakuha ko pa noong sinaunang panahon.  Nagsimula kasing magkaroon ng mp3s sa hard drive dahil sa pc game na Sims. Nadiskubre ko na bukod sa built-in music na galing sa game ay maari kang mag-import ng mp3s mula sa hard disk. Sa halip na Simlish ang mga kantang lumalabas sa stereo na binili ng Sims mo, naroon ang mga kanta ni Paula Cole at Shawn Mullins upang magbigay background music sa mga bahay na kasalukuyang nilalaro ko.

guess what genre these songs belong

Noon pa man ay kilala na akong tirador ng mga pirated audio cds sa University Mall. Ito yung mall na katabi ng DLSU.  Mula Alternative Rock hanggang Ibiza, asahan mo na meron akong cd nito. 

I was able to set my rules when getting my music fix.  It must be assorted. Bawal akong magnakaw ng entire album ng isang artist. Noong naglevel-up ako at nadiskubre si Napster at Limewire, ganun rin. One or two songs from a music artist and then off I download from another. Paniwala ko kasi na I'm not just getting their music, 

I am preserving them.

this is where mami athena's ms office training went

It took great pains to hold on to my word that I will preserve these mp3s. Noong una, I burned  tracks with blank cds to compensate pero hindi ito sapat. I burned some more until I realized that it was not working. I tried listing down the songs and the artists in an excel spreadsheet then sent a copy to my email, hoping I would never use it in the future.

Then one day, my fears came true. A careless technician who was reformatting my computer accidentally erased my entire library. Five years' worth of downloaded and pirated songs suddenly went kaput.  As in tulala talaga ako. I demanded access to one of their units for several days. Download lang ako ng download. Mabuti na lang at nasa akin pa yung mga na-burn kong cds before. Malaking tulong rin yung excel sheet na sinend ko sa email hindi man ito updated.

iTunes

Technology is evolving.  The last time I remember, Creative Zen was my mp3 player. Then comes the iPod Mini thanks to my relatives abroad. Who knows, maybe I will have a gadget upgrade this year. 

The shift from single-spreadsheet mp3 listing to multi-spreadsheet genre-based listing is still ongoing.  Matrabaho lang kaya matagal.  It's good that I'm using dial-up internet connection at home or else I would include the album of each song which I have to research pa.  Nakakatagal rin yung habit of playing the song of a track I'm working on before proceeding to input a new data.

As of last count, nasa 2,800 files ang lahat ng mp3 ko excluding those belonging to my sister and those that I haven't listed yet sa excel file.  The number is not that big for those who download entire albums from Torrent and other file-sharing websites. However, these numbers represent around twenty five hundred artists from all genres.  Having Virna Lisa's "Magkaisa," Patsy Cline's "Crazy," and Depapepe's "Summer Parade" in your library speaks a lot about one's music acquisition.

In my next entry related to my mp3 library, I will describe each genre and the most hard-to-find song from each album. I'm planning to invest on getting a Terrabite storage device and a faster internet connection so I could expand my library.

It doesn't matter if I couldn't play all the songs in one sitting. After making so much effort  to have these music artists on my hard drive, the aim is not about personal pleasure anymore, it is about helping humanity in keeping the music available for all time.