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Given my previous fascination with musical playlists, and this suggestion from Nicole, I decided to put my entire musical library on random and start playing. I generally don’t do this because it is soooo disconcerting. Jumping between a Bach fugue to a Grateful Dead space out to “The Wheels on the Bus” is enough to give any one a headache.
But I’m almost embarrassed to list what it might play …
- Life Is A Circle from the album “Songs Without Words” by Michal Whalen (Windham Hill Collection)
- Who Killed Davey Moore? by Bob Dylan from the album “The Bootleg Series: Rare And Unreleased” (Bob Dylan)
- Walk Like A Pygmy by Mo Boma from the album “Trance Planet”
- Countermoon by Donald Fagen from the album “Kamakiriad”
- Who Loves You Better by Lyle Lovett from the album “The Road To Ensenada”
- Foam by Phish from the album “Hampton Comes Alive” (a bootleg of a 1998 concert)
- Reflections by Thelonious Monk from the album “The Composer”
- I Have the Touch by Peter Gabriel from the album “Plays Live”
- Southern Man by Neil Young
- Harold the Barrel by Genesis from the album “Nursery Cryme”
Actually, that wasn’t too embarrassing… I was afraid a “Barney” song (for my two year old) would pop up. I was also surprised by the lack of classical music that showed up … well, I was surprised until I remember that I haven’t ripped much of my classical music collection (‘cause I’ve been trying to figure out how to categorize it … but now that iTunes has a grouping tag, I think that has been solved).
| Blues: | 12.3% |
|---|---|
| Classical: | 7.5% |
| Folk: | 7.1% |
| Jazz: | 24% |
| Rock: | 32.4% |
| Newage: | 4.8% |
| World: | 6.6% |
| Other: | 4.6% |
Actually, I haven’t ripped all of my CDs … I did at one time, but then that hard drive crashed, and I haven’t gotten around to redoing my work. I’ve only put in 450 of my CDs … that’s only 16.7 days worth of music. Sheesh, how repetitive. 
Hmm…. I’m also curious as to the proportions between my different musical genres. I’m actually curious enough to find out. I should do a pie chart or something:
Hmm… didn’t realize I had that many “Rock” albums … but I suppose just about everything gets categorized that way. I’m curious how this compares with others … any takers?
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