From david turgeon Sent Wed, Oct 27th 1999, 19:13
From david turgeon Sent Wed, Oct 27th 1999, 19:13
how do you classify your cds & vinyls? i'm asking because i've recently bought a cd tower & i must have spent hours just debating that question with myself: how do i classify them? of course, putting them in alphabetical order seems like the obvious answer, but i wanted to break it down some more, so i first separated between 'normal' electronic music & the more 'free' stuff (abstract electronics, noise, free jazz, etc.) however, this wouldn't always do: where do i put those sonic youth & white noise records? so i needed a 'rock' section & while i'm at it i figured i'd break it down into even more categories: this was even more disastrous! chris watson's cd of wildlife recordings couldn't be 'drum n bass', 'idm', 'abstract electronics', 'heavy/noise' or 'jazz', much less 'rock' or 'pop electronics'. & of course i didn't want a 'miscellaneous' section because i'm a prick like that. nobody ever browses the miscellaneous section! my latest idea was to break them down by country. no questions about whether one cd befits a certain pile or not, & it was actually interesting to make comparisons between the american, canadian, english & german outputs. packaging-wise, europe beats north america hands down, although the few really nice-looking american covers are always especially nice (lucky kitchen for one...) i'm aware that this thread may be awarded a prize for utter futility if it ever takes off, but i'm seriously interested in hearing any creative stunts you guys & gals may have pulled off to overcome this, er, problem. ~ david