Excess, and loving it

[slipjig3]

Herein is the primary problem with the iTunes/CD burner one-two combo:

I decided, just for giggles, to make myself a mix. And this being a mix just for myself, and therefore not needing the bells and whistles and Cecil B. DeMille production values, I figured I could just go through my library and put all of the good stuff on, limiting myself to one song per artist. I spend a nice few afternoons making primary selections before the trimming-down and arrangement.

Which is more or less how I ended up with a 19-hour, 305-song playlist. One that'd swallow about 15 blank discs whole if I decided to actually burn the bastard.

*cough* Yes, well. I think I'm going to be in for a bit of an editing process, most likely.

(And before you ask: No, I don't have an MP3 player of any sort, other than Muckle John the Happy Blue iMac itself. Pity, that.)

Comments

[koyaanisqatsi.livejournal.com]

Heh. I had that problem too. Ended up making a 5-disc set for my friends and my younger sisters.

... If you decide to make an mp3 disc, you can fit about 175 per CD, but you should probably drag the selections from iTunes to Roxio or another cd burning program once it's ready--iTunes (stupidly, IMO) renames mp3s by song title and puts each one into a folder by artist and then by album. It makes the file system a hell of a mess to look through.

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

That'd be the smart thing to do, but again, I don't have an MP3-savvy CD player, aside from the Mac that the playlists are on anyway. Oh, and my DVD player, which is all of 5 feet away from the Mac. (Need to get Roxio, though...)

[irisira03.livejournal.com]

I think you need an iPod now. :-)

Seriously, though, five disks? That just gives you 5 mixes. Not a bad thing!

[irisira03.livejournal.com]

Excuse me, 15. I haven't had my coffee yet.

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

I think you need an iPod now. :-)

YES! YES, I DO! IPOD!!!

*cough* Um, yes. Sorry for the, uh, screaming, and all that. Yes. Um...