Thought Overflow

I have too much music.

My playlist, which contains just about every piece of music in my computer and runs on shuffle mode, has 6742 songs right now. It comes up to roughly 40 GB. It’s not a lot. I have heard of people who have 100′s of GB of music. So, my collection, while sizeable, is not outrageous. However, I always liked that aspect of my music collection. I have actively tried in the past to avoid spreading my grabbing hands on every piece of MP3, WMA or FLAC that anyone else might remotely have recommended to me. Why?

When I first started listening to music, I didn’t have a computer. I bought 2 audio cassettes, and I listened to them extensively. The first rock music album I really listened to was Incubus’ “Morning View”, which was, once again, an audio tape I had borrowed from a friend. I recorded it and played the song “Nice to Know You” over and over until I almost screwed up the tape. But I loved that album, and I still do.

Then came MP3 and CD-writers, unlimited download internet connections and torrent sites. I was getting discographies now, not just individual albums. In a heartbeat, I had the entire 16-album, 1.4 GB discography of Joe Satriani from a friend (as far as I remember, this is what started the collection craze). I hadn’t heard much of Satch (Joe Satriani’s nickname) before except that he was one of the best guitarists in the world. I got the discography years ago, and I am yet to listen through the entire thing even once.

Why am I rambling on and on about this?

For the last one hour, I have been in what I can only best describe, despite my self-professed credentials as a writer, as a “moodless mood”. I feel like doing … nothing. I don’t want to study, but I don’t feel like watching House or sleeping or playing videogames either. I didn’t feel like listening to music either, but I did not mind the music that was already playing. Isn’t that a little odd? I love music, so why didn’t I feel like listening to music? Maybe because most of the music that plays on my speakers these days is unfamiliar. And that’s when it struck me…

I have too much music.

Haha, I just realized that I’ve made yet another post about music. Are music and XLRI the only things I am capable of writing these days?

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