Where do you find the time?

**pdowney** · September 20, 2005, 04:06:59 PM

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Every week I try to listen to Digweed's show and the guest mix. And the Essential mix. So there goes four hours. I will look at the special downloads, and if there is a big buzz on the boards I will check them out.

I work at home, so as long as I am not on the phone I can have music running most of the day. I listen to cds, downloaded sets and other things.

I don't listen to the radio very much, unless I am driving. But half the time it will just be a cd.

At night I will listen to cds on the stereo or mp3s on my iriver.

I also review cds for Exclaim magazine. This can be a problem. Each cd needs a good listen, then a second listen for the ones that are worth reviewing. This can take a lot of time, especially when I get the cds close to deadline.

I do watch a few tv shows, I don't watch or go to the movies.

To answer your question, I barely keep up. Sometimes I rue not giving albums a second chance, and sometimes I do actually get to hear things more than once. I find releases I buy have the best chance of being heard more than once.

Recent releases that have captured my attention:
Royksopp - The Understanding
Chris Fortier - Balance 007
Damian Lazarus - Suck My Deck
Jamie Lidell - Multiply
Richard Devine - Cautella
the Ricardo Villalobos special downloads

**peloquin** · September 20, 2005, 06:51:59 PM

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pretty interesting article about this here

**peloquin** · September 20, 2005, 06:52:45 PM

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Ricardo Villalobos special downloads? was that from a while ago, if so i think i got it, if not i NEED IT

**picklemonkey** · September 20, 2005, 11:40:10 PM

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thanks for the read pel, defo a good one.

HE'S ME!

**evangelion** · September 21, 2005, 12:05:37 AM

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I feel your pain man..I've got a total of about 250 Gigs of music...5-10% of which has been listened to. :?

I just deleted about 30 Gigs of sets that had just been sitting on my hard drive...some of them for years!!! I just listen to to many different kinds of music to catch up on one particular kind. I just take it as it comes and try to listen to something different as often as I can. I can't listen to music at work and I haven't bought and iPod yet, so it's pretty much while I'm sitting doing this or driving...which it seems I don't do that much of anymore.

But hey, when it comes down to it...too much is better than too little. :wink:

**feather** · September 21, 2005, 12:16:47 AM

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I tend to skip through my downloads and delete the duds. Every morning when I wake up to finished downloads, I transfer the fresh sets onto the iPod, listen to them on the way to work and at work. I put on the more banging fresh sets on the shuffle to listen to when jogging. I listen to the sets at home when I'm on the computer (which is all the time, barring meals--wow that sounds bad).

So I'm basically listening to music all times of the day except for showers and meals . Even so, I listen to sets one time, and if they're particularly good, I give them another spin. But for long sets like Zabiela or Digweed, I tend to listen to them only once (no matter how good they are).

**dasbooyah** · September 21, 2005, 02:06:19 AM

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it is just too difficult to leave a hot liveset/album (esp. if it is you fav. dj) you've just listened to a few times, for instance, Digweed live at gg2005.

i've tried to listen to something else in my hdd, but within 10 minutes of listening to that something else...i will think about listening to the Digweed set again and i end up going back to it.

it is a never ending story.

**Dzone** · September 21, 2005, 05:34:03 AM

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I have the same problem as you lots..... i try my best to get to listen to every thing ....but i cant keep up .... but i defo appreciate the fact that i have access to all this music for Free ...dasbooyah ...it took me couple of weeks to get Digweed GG2005 out of my car Mp3 player !!

**Kobe** · September 21, 2005, 08:14:10 AM

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It's interesting that so many of you will only listen to a set once or twice no matter how good it is. My entire goal is to find that set that I can listen to over and over.

**rms1k** · September 21, 2005, 08:42:46 AM

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To me , music is one of the essentials of life. I don't stock pile water in my garage,(except during hurricane season!) I don't have enough food for a month in my freezer. Why do I have more music then I'll ever be able to listen to in one life time? The answer is: Cause it's there and it makes me happy. I like to share it with others too. If it means half as much to others as it does to me, then they should have it too. Want a set and can't find it: look me up on slsk (rms3k) i might have it, and your welcome to it. It's all a part of good Karma. I am one of those that get farther and farther behind in listening, because I get stuck on something I like and listen to it over and over. I have to force myself to take the cd out of the car and put a new set in there to try.
Beats are oxygen to me. Can never have enough. I won't try to get current on my stuff but I will continue to D/L if not for me, then for the next guy who might want it.

ps where can i retrieve my avatar from the other site?

**rms1k** · September 21, 2005, 08:46:00 AM

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**pdowney** · September 21, 2005, 09:15:04 AM

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Originally posted by peloquin

Ricardo Villalobos special downloads? was that from a while ago, if so i think i got it, if not i NEED IT

Ricardo Villalobos at Phlegmatic Dog, Russia April 21, 2005
Ricardo Villalobos at Awakenings, Amsterdam April 16, 2005

Five hours of wicked techno

I think they were hosted in June.

**bart_smastard** · September 21, 2005, 03:13:07 PM

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i am a bit of a glutton when it comes to music . and no way could i listen to what i have stored on drives . i get lots of music i don't realy like but i still keep it on drives incase a mate or fellow sharer wants it . i have probably listened to the first and last track of every set i have downloaded and i have way more than 2000 sets on drives those that get me interested get listened to all the way through.. the others i leave

**thesightless** · September 21, 2005, 03:21:32 PM

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Originally posted by bart_smastard

i am a bit of a glutton when it comes to music . and no way could i listen to what i have stored on drives . i get lots of music i don't realy like but i still keep it on drives incase a mate or fellow sharer wants it . i have probably listened to the first and last track of every set i have downloaded and i have way more than 2000 sets on drives those that get me interested get listened to all the way through.. the others i leave

i can attest that bart has more music than he could possibly listen to in the nest 10 years. still wondering how many drives he has......

ffs, 13,000 shared items.

**rewing3** · September 21, 2005, 03:26:13 PM

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Probably yes. I listen to music all the time. Whether trying to find new tracks for a set or looking for the newest diggers set. It usually has something to do with music. Then I work the other part of the time.

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