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revbob wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 6:52pm
Fuck Spotify...he says while using Pandora...
I'll look into it. I don't use streaming services often, but I would like to pick what the hell I want to hear.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 6:53pm
revbob wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 6:52pm
Fuck Spotify...he says while using Pandora...
I'll look into it. I don't use streaming services often, but I would like to pick what the hell I want to hear.
I added the shifty after because I dont think it is likely much better .
Can only shuffle unless you pay.
I have found a way to use it to my liking though. I setup roughly 100 or so artist stations that are to my liking. Then I put all those stations in the shuffle. I rarely hear a song I dont like or cant tolerate.

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revbob wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 6:57pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 6:53pm
revbob wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 6:52pm
Fuck Spotify...he says while using Pandora...
I'll look into it. I don't use streaming services often, but I would like to pick what the hell I want to hear.
I added the shifty after because I dont think it is likely much better .
Can only shuffle unless you pay.
I have found a way to use it to my liking though. I setup roughly 100 or so artist stations that are to my liking. Then I put all those stations in the shuffle. I rarely hear a song I dont like or cant tolerate.
Fucking hell. I guess I need to load my phone up with my own music then.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft

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Dr. Medulla wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 7:01pm
revbob wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 6:57pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 6:53pm
revbob wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 6:52pm
Fuck Spotify...he says while using Pandora...
I'll look into it. I don't use streaming services often, but I would like to pick what the hell I want to hear.
I added the shifty after because I dont think it is likely much better .
Can only shuffle unless you pay.
I have found a way to use it to my liking though. I setup roughly 100 or so artist stations that are to my liking. Then I put all those stations in the shuffle. I rarely hear a song I dont like or cant tolerate.
Fucking hell. I guess I need to load my phone up with my own music then.
Sounds like me, spent this afternoon ripping CD's to my desktop so I can put them on my iPod nano.
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Sparky wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 7:34pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 7:01pm
revbob wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 6:57pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 6:53pm
revbob wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 6:52pm
Fuck Spotify...he says while using Pandora...
I'll look into it. I don't use streaming services often, but I would like to pick what the hell I want to hear.
I added the shifty after because I dont think it is likely much better .
Can only shuffle unless you pay.
I have found a way to use it to my liking though. I setup roughly 100 or so artist stations that are to my liking. Then I put all those stations in the shuffle. I rarely hear a song I dont like or cant tolerate.
Fucking hell. I guess I need to load my phone up with my own music then.
Sounds like me, spent this afternoon ripping CD's to my desktop so I can put them on my iPod nano.
I did that long ago. Every cd I own got ripped then burned to a dvd-r for permanent storage. I actually don't own many cd's anymore, and what I have are in a box in the basement. I'm full-on non-removable media now.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft

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Dr. Medulla wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 7:01pm
revbob wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 6:57pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 6:53pm
revbob wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 6:52pm
Fuck Spotify...he says while using Pandora...
I'll look into it. I don't use streaming services often, but I would like to pick what the hell I want to hear.
I added the shifty after because I dont think it is likely much better .
Can only shuffle unless you pay.
I have found a way to use it to my liking though. I setup roughly 100 or so artist stations that are to my liking. Then I put all those stations in the shuffle. I rarely hear a song I dont like or cant tolerate.
Fucking hell. I guess I need to load my phone up with my own music then.
That's my usual go to. I have over 11 days of songs I can and do shuffle most of the time.

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revbob wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 8:15pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 7:01pm
revbob wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 6:57pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 6:53pm
revbob wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 6:52pm
Fuck Spotify...he says while using Pandora...
I'll look into it. I don't use streaming services often, but I would like to pick what the hell I want to hear.
I added the shifty after because I dont think it is likely much better .
Can only shuffle unless you pay.
I have found a way to use it to my liking though. I setup roughly 100 or so artist stations that are to my liking. Then I put all those stations in the shuffle. I rarely hear a song I dont like or cant tolerate.
Fucking hell. I guess I need to load my phone up with my own music then.
That's my usual go to. I have over 11 days of songs I can and do shuffle most of the time.
I have an iPod loaded up with that, but the battery is going on it. It's a question of me generating the initiative to get that fixed. I need a man servant.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft

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Re: I need a good boffin.

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Dr. Medulla wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 8:39pm
revbob wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 8:15pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 7:01pm
revbob wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 6:57pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 6:53pm


I'll look into it. I don't use streaming services often, but I would like to pick what the hell I want to hear.
I added the shifty after because I dont think it is likely much better .
Can only shuffle unless you pay.
I have found a way to use it to my liking though. I setup roughly 100 or so artist stations that are to my liking. Then I put all those stations in the shuffle. I rarely hear a song I dont like or cant tolerate.
Fucking hell. I guess I need to load my phone up with my own music then.
That's my usual go to. I have over 11 days of songs I can and do shuffle most of the time.
I have an iPod loaded up with that, but the battery is going on it. It's a question of me generating the initiative to get that fixed. I need a man servant.
I store everything on a computer, then a backup drive and move stuff to an SD card on my phone. I change phones i just swap the SD

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Re: I need a good boffin.

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revbob wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 9:08pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 8:39pm
revbob wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 8:15pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 7:01pm
revbob wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 6:57pm


I added the shifty after because I dont think it is likely much better .
Can only shuffle unless you pay.
I have found a way to use it to my liking though. I setup roughly 100 or so artist stations that are to my liking. Then I put all those stations in the shuffle. I rarely hear a song I dont like or cant tolerate.
Fucking hell. I guess I need to load my phone up with my own music then.
That's my usual go to. I have over 11 days of songs I can and do shuffle most of the time.
I have an iPod loaded up with that, but the battery is going on it. It's a question of me generating the initiative to get that fixed. I need a man servant.
I store everything on a computer, then a backup drive and move stuff to an SD card on my phone. I change phones i just swap the SD
Same here, internal & external backup, but still kept all my CD's. My current phone has a SD slot, but from what I'm seeing, the newer phones don't, which is pretty lame IMO.
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Re: I need a good boffin.

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Dr. Medulla wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 8:09pm
Sparky wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 7:34pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 7:01pm
revbob wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 6:57pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 6:53pm


I'll look into it. I don't use streaming services often, but I would like to pick what the hell I want to hear.
I added the shifty after because I dont think it is likely much better .
Can only shuffle unless you pay.
I have found a way to use it to my liking though. I setup roughly 100 or so artist stations that are to my liking. Then I put all those stations in the shuffle. I rarely hear a song I dont like or cant tolerate.
Fucking hell. I guess I need to load my phone up with my own music then.
Sounds like me, spent this afternoon ripping CD's to my desktop so I can put them on my iPod nano.
I did that long ago. Every cd I own got ripped then burned to a dvd-r for permanent storage. I actually don't own many cd's anymore, and what I have are in a box in the basement. I'm full-on non-removable media now.
I had some new CD's that I hadn't ripped yet. When I built a new PC last year, I found all the newer cases I liked didn't have the 3.5" drive bay's for optical drives, so I made do with the external USB DVD / CD drive, which is SLOW to rip when compared to an internal drive. I like having everything on my PC, then I can put it on a USB stick to put in the car or on my phone or iPods.
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Sparky wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 9:13pm
revbob wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 9:08pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 8:39pm
revbob wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 8:15pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 7:01pm


Fucking hell. I guess I need to load my phone up with my own music then.
That's my usual go to. I have over 11 days of songs I can and do shuffle most of the time.
I have an iPod loaded up with that, but the battery is going on it. It's a question of me generating the initiative to get that fixed. I need a man servant.
I store everything on a computer, then a backup drive and move stuff to an SD card on my phone. I change phones i just swap the SD
Same here, internal & external backup, but still kept all my CD's. My current phone has a SD slot, but from what I'm seeing, the newer phones don't, which is pretty lame IMO.
I'd be happy to plug in some kind of SSD drive to my phone, but Generalisimo Apple doesn't allow that stuff. Or it's beyond me how to do it.
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Sparky wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 9:17pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 8:09pm
Sparky wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 7:34pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 7:01pm
revbob wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 6:57pm


I added the shifty after because I dont think it is likely much better .
Can only shuffle unless you pay.
I have found a way to use it to my liking though. I setup roughly 100 or so artist stations that are to my liking. Then I put all those stations in the shuffle. I rarely hear a song I dont like or cant tolerate.
Fucking hell. I guess I need to load my phone up with my own music then.
Sounds like me, spent this afternoon ripping CD's to my desktop so I can put them on my iPod nano.
I did that long ago. Every cd I own got ripped then burned to a dvd-r for permanent storage. I actually don't own many cd's anymore, and what I have are in a box in the basement. I'm full-on non-removable media now.
I had some new CD's that I hadn't ripped yet. When I built a new PC last year, I found all the newer cases I liked didn't have the 3.5" drive bay's for optical drives, so I made do with the external USB DVD / CD drive, which is SLOW to rip when compared to an internal drive. I like having everything on my PC, then I can put it on a USB stick to put in the car or on my phone or iPods.
When I replaced my dying iMac a few years ago, I went with a Mac Mini, which was better for my monitor preferences. But they don't come with optical drives, so I bought an external blu-ray. I do so little ripping nowadays—I get maybe a couple physical cd's a year now—that I haven't noticed any slowness. But, yeah, it's great having, like, a year's worth of music on a hard drive. Take that, hipster vinyl people!
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft

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Sparky wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 9:13pm
revbob wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 9:08pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 8:39pm
revbob wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 8:15pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 7:01pm


Fucking hell. I guess I need to load my phone up with my own music then.
That's my usual go to. I have over 11 days of songs I can and do shuffle most of the time.
I have an iPod loaded up with that, but the battery is going on it. It's a question of me generating the initiative to get that fixed. I need a man servant.
I store everything on a computer, then a backup drive and move stuff to an SD card on my phone. I change phones i just swap the SD
Same here, internal & external backup, but still kept all my CD's. My current phone has a SD slot, but from what I'm seeing, the newer phones don't, which is pretty lame IMO.
I have a samsung and looked at some motorolas that had a slot as well. But yeah they are trying to phase them out because people suck and most people like sucky music and are happy to just stream whatever fucking crap that comes along

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revbob wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 9:48pm
Sparky wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 9:13pm
revbob wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 9:08pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 8:39pm
revbob wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 8:15pm


That's my usual go to. I have over 11 days of songs I can and do shuffle most of the time.
I have an iPod loaded up with that, but the battery is going on it. It's a question of me generating the initiative to get that fixed. I need a man servant.
I store everything on a computer, then a backup drive and move stuff to an SD card on my phone. I change phones i just swap the SD
Same here, internal & external backup, but still kept all my CD's. My current phone has a SD slot, but from what I'm seeing, the newer phones don't, which is pretty lame IMO.
I have a samsung and looked at some motorolas that had a slot as well. But yeah they are trying to phase them out because people suck and most people are content with sucky music and are happy to just stream whatever fucking crap that comes along
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 9:43pm
Sparky wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 9:17pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 8:09pm
Sparky wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 7:34pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
09 Nov 2021, 7:01pm


Fucking hell. I guess I need to load my phone up with my own music then.
Sounds like me, spent this afternoon ripping CD's to my desktop so I can put them on my iPod nano.
I did that long ago. Every cd I own got ripped then burned to a dvd-r for permanent storage. I actually don't own many cd's anymore, and what I have are in a box in the basement. I'm full-on non-removable media now.
I had some new CD's that I hadn't ripped yet. When I built a new PC last year, I found all the newer cases I liked didn't have the 3.5" drive bay's for optical drives, so I made do with the external USB DVD / CD drive, which is SLOW to rip when compared to an internal drive. I like having everything on my PC, then I can put it on a USB stick to put in the car or on my phone or iPods.
When I replaced my dying iMac a few years ago, I went with a Mac Mini, which was better for my monitor preferences. But they don't come with optical drives, so I bought an external blu-ray. I do so little ripping nowadays—I get maybe a couple physical cd's a year now—that I haven't noticed any slowness. But, yeah, it's great having, like, a year's worth of music on a hard drive. Take that, hipster vinyl people!
The slowness is because I cheaped out and didn't buy a high speed external CD / DVD burner. USB is a bit of a bottleneck when compared to SATA, but for how few CD's I rip, it works.
God, what a mess, on the ladder of success
Where you take one step and miss the whole first rung

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