for those of you who have not seen the movie or read the book, i highly recommend "high fidelity." the protagonist, played by john cusack in the movie, is the owner of a vinyl shop. he has a huge lp collection that he rearranges in some nutty ways, including chronologically, as it relates to him. he also has some great things to say about picking music for demo tapes that this thread brought to mind. (BTW, the book is by nick hornby.)
sarah's categorization"system" is remarkably similar to mine, tho i don't use quite as many genre (it's hard enuff for me with only 9 ): classical (alphabetical by composer); rock/pop (alphabetical by artist); grateful dead & gd artists(an entire 100 cd shelf and most of a 125 lp unit, arranged chronologically); folk (alpha by artist); blues (ditto); c & w (ditto ditto); soundtracks (alpha by movie/musical); jazz (alpha artist); and "gems", comprising some 40 or 50 cd's and around the same number of lp's that are extra special (kinda like hp's original dirty dozen list). i tend to play stuff "relationally." i start with a piece that's new or for which i'm in the mood and move on to the next lp/cd based upon what the earlier one brings to mind. that could mean something by the same artist, same genre, similar mood, whatever. i rarely have more than one recording in mind when i start my listening sessions, whether they are a half hour's or half day's duration. great thread, onhwy61. -cfb
sarah's categorization"system" is remarkably similar to mine, tho i don't use quite as many genre (it's hard enuff for me with only 9 ): classical (alphabetical by composer); rock/pop (alphabetical by artist); grateful dead & gd artists(an entire 100 cd shelf and most of a 125 lp unit, arranged chronologically); folk (alpha by artist); blues (ditto); c & w (ditto ditto); soundtracks (alpha by movie/musical); jazz (alpha artist); and "gems", comprising some 40 or 50 cd's and around the same number of lp's that are extra special (kinda like hp's original dirty dozen list). i tend to play stuff "relationally." i start with a piece that's new or for which i'm in the mood and move on to the next lp/cd based upon what the earlier one brings to mind. that could mean something by the same artist, same genre, similar mood, whatever. i rarely have more than one recording in mind when i start my listening sessions, whether they are a half hour's or half day's duration. great thread, onhwy61. -cfb