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Marian Schedenig Oscar® Winner	As my collection grows, it happens more and more often that I want to listen to a particular CD and never do it for weeks. Some CDs haven't been played for months, although they should have. E.g. most of my classical section hasn't been played for months or even years. Yesterday I played Williams' Hook, which I had been intending for two months! I'm getting more and more concerned with every CD that I buy - they're slowly becoming too many to listen to. Do you have the same problems? NP: Symphony #6 (Beethoven; Berliner Philharmoniker/Karajan. For the first time since I-don't-know-when)
posted 04-22-2000 03:00 PM PT (US)

Chase&August unregistered	I used to have this problem, but I've worked out a system so that every score I own is played regularly. This is what I do. It usually takes roughly 45 minutes to an hour to listen to a score. While I listen to whatever I want to during the day, this is how it works at night. I'm on the computer from about 10PM to 2AM, which means I can get in about four scores. I go through my collection (which is set up alphabetically), and start with the first four CDs. The following night, I take out the next four, and so on and so on, taking out the next four CDs each consecutive(sp?) night. Okay, so maybe it's a bit dorky, but it works for me.
posted 04-22-2000 03:40 PM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Oscar® Winner	Not a bad idea. But my collection is sorted by composers. So I would be listening to all my 54 Williams CDs or 24 Goldsmith CDs etc. in a row... NP: Symphony #8 (Beethoven; Berliner Philharmoniker/Karajan)
posted 04-22-2000 03:43 PM PT (US)

JJH Oscar® Winner	I just decide what I am in the mood to listen to. Sometimes that means I won't play my classical discs for a very long time, but I've noticed that I have been listening to my classical collection a lot more lately. I think it's a nice problem to have though. I mean, if I am in a particular mood, I can put on something appropriate. whereas before, I couldn't really because I just didn't have enough scores. Another thing is that I like too many genres of music: opera, ballet, classical, film scores, etc......how to choose?
posted 04-22-2000 03:57 PM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Oscar® Winner	quote: Originally posted by JJH: I just decide what I am in the mood to listen to. Sometimes that means I won't play my classical discs for a very long time, but I've noticed that I have been listening to my classical collection a lot more lately. Yes. Thanks to the "Just point me in the right direction" thread! quote: I think it's a nice problem to have though. I mean, if I am in a particular mood, I can put on something appropriate. whereas before, I couldn't really because I just didn't have enough scores. Right. But often I think "When I'm at home, I'll listen to...", and when I arrive, I'm in the mood to play something else. And weeks later I still haven't listened to the CD that I originally had in mind, although I'd LIKE to play it... quote: Another thing is that I like too many genres of music: opera, ballet, classical, film scores, etc......how to choose? True again. It's sort of weird when I think "Today I'm gonna play Star Wars", and in fact it becomes a Rolling Stones day. [This message has been edited by Marian Schedenig (edited 22 April 2000).]
posted 04-22-2000 04:01 PM PT (US)

Jeron Oscar® Winner	Hmmm... and mixing Rolling Stones with Film Music is whole other issue. Shame on you! =) hehe [This message has been edited by Jeron (edited 22 April 2000).]
posted 04-22-2000 04:56 PM PT (US)

Thor Oscar® Winner	This is actually a complex problem, believe it or not. I have a very busy schedule, and usually get home about 8 in the evening (+/-). Of course, that means that I won't be able to spend a lot of time listening to scores (I have to make something to eat, you know, and perhaps watch TV, do some paper work etc.). Add to that the fact that I buy more CD's now than ever before and you've got a kinky situation. Although I only own about 350 scores total, my new aquisitions usually get one or two spins in the player and are then shelved. Back when I had more time and fewer CD's, I really got into the music to the extent that I knew it all by heart and was ahead of it all the time (THE ABYSS, JURASSIC PARK, STAR WARS etc.). As a consequence, these old CD's haven't been played in YEARS since I feel I have to get up to a similar level with my new purchases. Once in a while, though, I do as Chase&August - I say: "OK, let's start a John Williams tour, going through all 90 CD's chronologically". That usually takes some months, but it helps my conscience as to those poor, barely-played, dusted discs in my collection...
posted 04-27-2000 06:55 AM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Oscar® Winner	Thor: That's what I meant. When was the last time that I could have told you the track title if you played anything from my collection!?
posted 04-27-2000 09:49 AM PT (US)

MWRuger Oscar® Winner	I’ll go you guys one better. Not only do I have Thor’s problems with Time, but Marian’s problem as well! Add to that my current living situation, All 1800+ CD’s crammed into a tiny space and you begin to see the problem. Sometimes I just keep playing the same scores over again because it is too much of a hassle to dig out any CD in particular. And there is always so much new stuff coming in! I have CD’s that I bought in ’86 that I have only listened to once or twice! I have the Greatest Story Ever Told 3 CD Set coming, next week. Now how I am going to find the time to really get into it? Where will I put it when I am done with it? Oh well, there are worse problems!
posted 04-27-2000 11:53 AM PT (US)

H Rocco Oscar® Winner	Whoa, Ruger's got 1800-plus ... you've trumped me, indeed. Although I wouldn't WANT that many CDs unless they were PRECISELY what I wanted -- sort of a magic collection, y'know? There are too many objects of all kinds in this building as it is. (Three-story brownstone, Brooklyn NY) I'm well familiar with the "playing the same ones over and over again" syndrome -- I probably have more than a hundred in my "downstairs by the computer" file, and periodically bring some from "upstairs" to add to it. As well, though, I've ALWAYS played the same stuff over and over again ... I'm monomaniacal that way (well, not JUST in that way.) My real problem is buying stuff that I then either don't play for months, or at some level, didn't really want at all, except for the sheer joy of HAVING it. A recent example is John Williams' MISSOURI BREAKS. Hey, there it was in the bin, CHEAP! How could I resist? And maybe I'd love it. (I didn't. Or at least haven't learned to.) Years ago I'd buy certain albums because I felt I SHOULD have them -- some weird kind of brand loyalty I guess. There were some pleasant surprises, and a great many duds. I've sold off an awful lot of them -- if I'd seen the Net and E-Bay coming, I should have hung on to some of em. Well, can't go back now.
posted 04-27-2000 03:21 PM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Oscar® Winner	I can't sell CDs. Give me a CD that I hate and would never play in 10 years, and I still couldn't sell it... The ONLY CD I ever gave away was a highlights compilation from Bizet's Carmen - after I got the complete 3CD set of the same recording.
posted 04-27-2000 03:25 PM PT (US)

Valere Oscar® Winner	I have the same problem.So,I try to mix them up on tapes,that way it does not get so crazy!It DOES get Crazy,THOUGH....When yo do not do the writeup on the tapes!So....,you scratch your head,and say WWHHAATT!! is this? NP:MAJOR DUNDEE ***/** [This message has been edited by Valere (edited 27 April 2000).] [This message has been edited by Valere (edited 27 April 2000).]
posted 04-27-2000 07:03 PM PT (US)

Scorro Oscar® Winner	I think my collection of scores is just about right at this point in time. I've managed to become more selective because I know my taste in filmscore music now. That took awhile to learn, I still consider myself to be a relative newcomer to the genre. Tonight I'm playing Mountains Of The Moon (Michael Small) and, although I haven't listened to it for awhile, it sounds great. There is a box I have in the backroom with some 'extra' scores. I'll probably keep those for historical purposes, but am trying not to let that box get too big. Otherwise, I'll go back to selling on ebay again! NP: Mountains Of The Moon (a good example of a CD I don't play often enough) [This message has been edited by Scorro (edited 27 April 2000).]
posted 04-27-2000 10:52 PM PT (US)

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