Doing the MP3 shuffle...

[General Zod]

For those of you with MP3 players, or for those who listen to a lot of music while on the PC, how much time do you spend listening to specific CDs and how much time do you shuffle?

Zod

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

50/50

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

shuffle most of the time. what usually happens is a song i really want to listen to comes on random, and then i realize i want to listen to that entire album, so i queue it, and after it's done i let it go to shuffle again

good point, I do that a lot too

 

[JayKeeley]

never shuffle.

Of course I do dig out particular songs that I'm in the mood for, but that's not the same as "random shuffle".

 

[Nate The Great]

I never shuffle. Mostly because I'm not gay, but also because I like listening to an entire album.

By the way, here's a cool device that hooks up to your computer and transmits an FM signal to any stereo in your house. I have one, and it works great. Very good reception . . . of course there's only like 4 radio stations where I live.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...69935-9924940?n=507846&s=electronics&v=glance

 

[Ellestin]

I don't use a mp3 player, but when I listen to music on my computer (which is more or less the same activity) I always listen to full albums.

 

[lizard]

I almost never do. I have a VERY short attention span.

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

My mp3 player lets me do dynamic playlists on any SQL attribute that the mp3s have. So I do random albums and listen all the way through. Only problem is that it some bands have done albums with the same name. but thats not that bad.

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

meh, not really. I can also randomize artists, genres etc.

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

yeah. It's no harder than randomizing the directories though. It's all built in. And I like some of the other features of the program.

 

[IOfTheStorm]

I almost never do.

yay

 

[lizard]

not to mention that most albums contain some amount of filler.

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

I almost never do. I have a VERY short attention span.

really?

when I'm in the mood for a band, I 99.9% of the time listen to whole albums.

 

[KILL TULLY]

I shuffle a lot to find random bands I've downloaded but didn't remember to listen to, haha.

 

[lizard]

I've actually calmed down quite a bit but when I was younger, jesus, I was the poster boy for ritalin.

 

[NAD]

Fuck shuffle.

albums > songs

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

Fuck shuffle.

albums > songs

agreed. Album shuffling is ok though

 

[KILL TULLY]

Fuck shuffle.

albums > songs

IMO a sweet mix that accomplishes the same thing as an Album, but uses different genres/artists/albums/etc. >>>>>>>> all.

 

[NAD]

A well thought out mixtape is certainly a grand thing, but I would never put shuffle on par with such a work of art.

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

I shuffle a lot to find random bands I've downloaded but didn't remember to listen to, haha.

haha that's exactly why I shuffle as well. I must have 1-2 songs by 2 bajillion black metal bands that I forgot are actually on my iPod. The only way I ever hear them is thru the ol' shuffaloo