(And all that) Random Jazz
Sometime last year, I ripped my entire CD collection into MP3. No, not for sharing purposes. I have been against music sharing (and any pirating for that matter) since long before I started at Zymeta. Instead, I did it because I was tired of having to bring four or five CDs to work each day to listen to when instead I could bring everything with me wherever I and my laptop ended up.
The result, ripped at 128 kps, was seventeen CD-ROMs and thousands of tracks - the actual math is left to the reader. And yes, it’s all from CDs that I physically have.
I have also set up Netjuke so I can easily pick some music for the never ending list and have XMMS play it. Very cool. Last week I had Netjuke select some random jazz for me and the result was an eclectic mis-mash of new and old. But the best part was that one of the songs it picked was Oscar Peterson’s ‘Just In Time’, a catchy tune that’s just short of two minutes. The result? I rediscovered Oscar Peterson and have been listening to his music now since.
Probably time for a change now though…
Tue, 18 Jan 2005 23:11 Posted in General
