Erland in bold:- 1. HOW DO YOU FIND MUSIC IN YOUR OWN LIBRARY? Artist -> Album or Composer -> Album (using multi-library and custom browse) - WHICH TYPE OF REMOTE/INTERFACE DO YOU USE ? DIFFERENT FOR DIFFERENT SITUATIONS ? Mostly Controller, sometimes iPeng, rarely web interface. - DO YOU FIND MUSIC THROUGH STATISTICS BASED BROWSE MENUS ? (RATINGS, PLAY COUNTS, HISTORY) No. - DO YOU FIND MUSIC THROUGH SMART PLAY LISTS BASED ON STATISTICS OR RANDOM SELECTION OR OTHER KIND OF AUTOMATIC MIXES ? Occasionally random play list, just for fun. - DO YOU USE ALBUM ART WHEN SELECTING WHAT TO PLAY ? No. - DO YOU TYPICALLY START SEARCHING/BROWSING FROM AN ARTIST, ALBUM OR TRACK AND WANT TO FIND SOMETHING RELATED TO THAT ? I sometimes wish I could find related tracks, artists, composers or musicians to tracks I am listening to. But usually I am just happy to listen to what I have chosen.
2. HOW DO YOU USUALLY FIND NEW MUSIC YOU LIKE TO GET BUT CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE IN YOUR LIBRARY ? If I already know what music I want then I first use Napster to listen and only add it to my library if I like it enough to want "hi-fi" quality or if I want to take it out on my iPod. - HEARD IT ON THE RADIO ? Definitely. - WHERE DO YOU START WHEN SEARCHING ? TOP CHARTS ? GENRES ? SIMILAR ARTISTS ? - DO YOU USE SOME WEB SITE WHEN SEARCHING OR DO YOU BROWSE SOME MUSIC STORE DIRECTLY ? - ARE YOU USING THE COMPUTER, YOUR SQUEEZEBOX OR SOME OTHER DEVICE WHEN SEARCHING FOR NEW MUSIC ? - DO YOU PREVIEW THE MUSIC BEFORE PUCHASING ? If I only have a vague idea of what I want, such as if I know the Genre but not the artist, album, concert or track, then I surf Spotify on my laptop sometimes in combination with Wikipedia (for more detail). - DO YOU PREVIEW IT ON THE REAL SYSTEM OR CHEEP LAPTOP SPEAKERS OR SOMETHING SIMILAR ? Headphones on my laptop. - DO YOU USE A SUBSCRIPTION BASED SERVICE...? Napster amd Spotify (free) - THROUGH FRIENDS ? This is probably my biggest way to find music I have not heard before. Either hearing it at a friends house or through recommendation. 3. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE ABLE TO FIND MUSIC IN YOUR OWN LIBRARY IN THE FUTURE ? Pretty happy with the way it works now, when it comes to music already in my library. If I feel my listening is getting "stale" I just put a player on random play list to see what pops up. 4. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO FIND NEW MUSIC YOU LIKE TO BUY/GET IN THE FUTURE ? - WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO THROUGH THE SQUEEZEBOX/SBS OR ONE OF IT'S REMOTES ? - WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON SOME OTHER HARDWARE ? A Spotify-like service on iPod Touch or via iPeng would be fantastic if it could play through Squeezebox. At the moment my workflow (playflow?) is 1. hear a track on Radio or at friends house, or read about in magazine/newspaper. 2. Surf Spotify and Wikipedia to learn more and preview snippets. 3. Once I have identified music use Napster to search and find (if available) and listen through Squeezebox. 4. If I like the music enough I will buy the CD and rip it to FLAC files for my own library. 5. WHAT KIND OF TAGGING/MANAGEMENT DO YOU DO ON NEW MUSIC YOU ADD TO YOUR LIBRARY TO MAKE IT EASIER TO FIND STUFF LATER ON ? Absolute minimum. No time to be "anal" about it! For pop music: I fill the artist (band), album, track, year and Genre fields. I put the Artist in the Composer, Album Artist and Artist fields (on all tracks). I do not distinguish in pop music between the artist, band and composer. For classical music on my Squeezebox library: I fill the artist, album, track, composer (surname only), year and Genre fields. Unfortunately iTunes cannot handle searches by "composer" for -only- classical music, so on my iTunes library (MP3 files) I put the Composer in the Artist field, and the Artist in the notes (a real pain!). - IS THE FOLDER STRUCTURE THE MUSIC FILES ARE STORED IN IMPORTANT ? Extremely important as it allows me to convert easily from FLAC to MP3 as well as see what I have in backup. My folder structure is for pop and Jazz: Genre / Artist / Album /- tracks For instance: Dance / US3 / Hand on the Torch / 1. Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) For Classical: Genre / Composer / Album /- tracks For instance: Opera / Verdi / La Traviata / 1. Overture - DO YOU MANUALLY ADD RATINGS TO YOUR MUSIC ? WHY ? No. 6. DO YOU SYNCHRONIZE THE DATA IN SBS WITH SOME OTHER APPLICATION TO MAKE IT EASIER TO FIND INTERESTING MUSIC ? - IMPORT STATISITCS FROM MUSICIP ? - EXPORT STATISTICS TO MUSICIP ? - IMPORT FILES, PLAYLISTS AND STATISTICS FROM ITUNES ? - EXPORT STATISTICS TO ITUNES ? - DO YOU USE SOME OTHER APPLICATION INTEGRATED WITH SBS/SQUEEZEBOX ? No to all of these. Hope that is helpful! -- TheLastMan Matt *SqueezeBoxes:* SB Duet (Controller + two receivers) *Server:* Synology Diskstation 107+ NAS (with firmware 2.3-1157) running Squeezebox Server 7.5.0 on Synology Package Manager *Network:* Netgear DG834GT ADSL modem/router, 2 x Buffalo WHR-HP-G54 as access points *Livingroom:* Receiver into Naim 42/110 amp, B&W CM2 speakers *Kitchen:* Receiver into Denon DM37 mini-system, B&W 686 speakers *Study:* Linn LP12, Naim 72/Hi-cap/Headline. LPs ripped usingBehringer UCA202 USB into Windows XP PC ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TheLastMan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16021 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80910 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
