Jazzmoose Posted March 11, 2004 Report Posted March 11, 2004 Well, I got a wild hair up my ass (or is the expression "hare"? Didn't notice any ears...) and reorganized my CDs, completely alphabetically, with no regard to genre. I found that I really wasn't listening to the rock stuff at all, because I never made it over to that shelf, so I thought I'd give this a shot. But the placement of certain acts seems rather odd. Such as: Organissimo is now next to the Offspring. We've got Roland Kirk next to a Carole King disc. Ella is now surrounded by the Firesign Theater and Flatt & Scruggs. Run, Ella!! The answer to "Who's Next" appears to be Baby Face Willette... Milt and Joe Jackson are having a strange "family reunion". Sorry; no point to this thread...I just never realized how odd this would look! Quote
WD45 Posted March 11, 2004 Report Posted March 11, 2004 Mine are organized the same way, and have made some of the same observations. I'll have a closer look at the rack tonight to give some specifics. Quote
AfricaBrass Posted March 11, 2004 Report Posted March 11, 2004 I've been wanting to do the same thing for ages, but I just haven't had the courage (or space and time) to do it. I look forward to seeing how this works for you, Moose. It's probably what I'll do when I move in the fall. Quote
Dr. Rat Posted March 11, 2004 Report Posted March 11, 2004 I use the Vince Guaraldi filing system: where ever I cast em, there they are. But we've got two djs in the family so there's a lot of hither and thither. A crapshoot finding anything in particular. But I'm alright with "openness to the unbidden." --eric Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted March 11, 2004 Report Posted March 11, 2004 Lord, I can't imagine that kind of "everything all together" system working very well in my household. Just my wife and me, but there's so much music that I own that she has NO interest in (85% to 90% of the jazz, 60% of the classical (all my crazy 20th Century stuff, especially serial composers, and their ilk) ---- that I don't think I'd ever hear the end of it if I tried to mix EVERYTHING all together, A to Z, without any division by type of music. In fact, I've already taken to pulling out the 10% to 15% of the jazz that my wife will listen to, and keeping it in it's very own section. Yeah, that means that Herbie's "Speak Like A Child" is in "the wife's jazz" section, and not with the rest of my Herbie --- BUT, having a system like this makes it 100 times easier to find jazz that I can put on that my wife will listen to too (without raising a fuss). She really likes jazz piano trios, and some sessions with horns - but "not with all that wild screeching, and 27-notes-per-second soloing" on it. She really likes Brad Mehldau, and I've got her sorta liking some of Andrew Hill's solo piano albums, and even a few Jason Moran albums. I've even thought a time or two about trying to split up all the classical (about 1,500 to 2,000 CD's) into music that we both like in one section (meaning more conservative styles, late Romantic-era music mostly), and keep all the stuff that only I like in a different section. Probably would make some things more difficult, and some things less difficult. Quote
Jazzmoose Posted March 12, 2004 Author Report Posted March 12, 2004 Holy catfight, Tom! Don't get me wrong; the wife's CDs and my CDs are in completely different rooms! Furthermore, any old commercial-type R&B and soul I have is located on her shelves rather than mine. (I get to keep my T-Bone Walker and Parliament with no arugment, but the Jackie Wilson and O'Jays have been kidnapped!) This is just the stuff that only I listen to... Quote
Soulstation1 Posted March 14, 2004 Report Posted March 14, 2004 holy shiz-nizzle, i've been thinking about this topic forever ac / dc / cannonball rob base and dj ez rock / count basie dj quik/sweet pappa lou/ domino (beat dat) dorham / dr dre duke / missy elliott fat boyzzzzzzz/ ella gangstar/ red garland mcgriff/ mc lyte freddie roach / run dmc more to follow Quote
wesbed Posted March 14, 2004 Report Posted March 14, 2004 (edited) Feck. I had to have ss1 help me to get my RVGs organized. Yeah, this story is true. And, nothing against ss1. I'm glad he got me going on the project. There were certain RVGs I owned but hadn't seen/couldn't find for months (a la 'Green Street'). Edited March 14, 2004 by wesbed Quote
Soulstation1 Posted March 14, 2004 Report Posted March 14, 2004 wes you should take a digital picture of your collection and post it. Quote
wesbed Posted March 14, 2004 Report Posted March 14, 2004 (edited) wes you should take a digital picture of your collection and post it. Done. It's interesting that, from what I see in this picture, I don't appear to have many CD titles in my possession. However, this picture includes all but a couple of the available RVGs, with several other jazz titles included in the mix. My Mosaics are in their Mosaic boxes located in my closet. I have many other CDs besides these, some stacked on the floor, some in the other closet, some in my car. But, the CDs in this picture are the CDs I play the most. And, are the ones I organized, alphabetically, due to the inspiration from ss1. Edited March 14, 2004 by wesbed Quote
Soulstation1 Posted March 14, 2004 Report Posted March 14, 2004 (edited) wes does have every us rvg except 2/3. ps b-3er next time i'm over at wes' place, i'll move your cd into it's rightful spot, Edited March 14, 2004 by Soulstation1 Quote
wesbed Posted March 14, 2004 Report Posted March 14, 2004 (edited) not that one, the other stack Oh! Do you mean the CDs that are stacked in the corner? On the floor? Also, notice the bottoms of the Mosaic Select boxes sitting atop my old Bose 301 speaker. hehe... Edited March 14, 2004 by wesbed Quote
doubleM Posted March 14, 2004 Report Posted March 14, 2004 My, what an O.C.D. bunch we are, us collectors...I think we could dedicate a whole category to categorization. Quote
Soulstation1 Posted March 14, 2004 Report Posted March 14, 2004 is it easy to add a regular 35 mm photo of my cd collection via a scanner to this page? ss1 Quote
wesbed Posted March 14, 2004 Report Posted March 14, 2004 (edited) is it easy to add a regular 35 mm photo of my cd collection via a scanner to this page? ss1 Yes. Scan your photo into your computer. Shrink the picture to 100KB (or less) using a picture-viewing program. 'Reply' to this thread in the usual manner... at the bottom of the Reply screen there is a 'Browse' button. Use the 'Browse' button to tell the Board software where to locate your scanned image from your computer. Finally, add your post to the Board the way you would normally do, by pressing the 'Add Reply' button. The picture will be uploaded along with your text. Edited March 14, 2004 by wesbed Quote
Jazzmoose Posted March 14, 2004 Author Report Posted March 14, 2004 Holy shit! And the "not easy" method is...? Quote
couw Posted March 14, 2004 Report Posted March 14, 2004 Holy shit! And the "not easy" method is...? invite all of us over Quote
Jazzmoose Posted March 14, 2004 Author Report Posted March 14, 2004 A house full of jazz fans...my wife would have a...er...never mind... Quote
marcoliv Posted March 14, 2004 Report Posted March 14, 2004 my jazz section is on a different rack and classified alphabetically. i´m very methodic when it comes to CD's, only with CD´s MCO Quote
wesbed Posted March 14, 2004 Report Posted March 14, 2004 (edited) I wonder if it's better to stack Mosaic boxes in a vertical fashion, on their sides? Or, to stack the Mosaic boxes in a horizontal fashion, on their ends? If the storage space permits, the boxes take up less useable space in a room or closet by stacking them vertically. I wonder what the risk of damage is to the boxes at the bottom of the stack? I wonder how they stack the boxes at the Mosaic warehouse, and how many they place in a single stack? Edited March 14, 2004 by wesbed Quote
couw Posted March 14, 2004 Report Posted March 14, 2004 I'm wondering what you do if you decide you want to hear the bottom disk in the corner stack? Quote
wesbed Posted March 14, 2004 Report Posted March 14, 2004 (edited) I'm wondering what you do if you decide you want to hear the bottom disk in the corner stack? If I pull the bottom disk out really quick, all the disks above it drop down by the width of a single disk and no damage is done. Errr... maybe. Truthfully, there aren't any jazz disks near the bottom of my in-the-corner stacks. All the disks I play are near the top. Whew! The bottom row contains such notable items as a George Strait, a Yanni, a Sampler of 1980s dance music, and a collection of Christmas tunes played on an organ in some large Eurpean church (and it ain't no Jimmy Smith a-playin' that organ). The risk of needing to grab a title off the bottom remains quite low. Edited March 14, 2004 by wesbed Quote
Bright Moments Posted March 14, 2004 Report Posted March 14, 2004 i just ordered 2 more 3-drawer cd cabinets from caselogic. each drawer holds about 75 cd's (after first "decanting" them and putting them into "cd sleeves"). that will make 36 drawers for me. i organize my cd's first by catagory i.e.jazz, classical, rock, vocalists, ska, reggae, big band, misc etc.; and than alphabetically within each catagory. B) i wish i knew where to file my Jeanne Newhall cd. Quote
Bright Moments Posted March 14, 2004 Report Posted March 14, 2004 oh, and for cosmic humor i file my "religious" cd's in the same drawer as my "comedy" cds. Quote
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