erland;566383 Wrote: > > 1. How do you find music in your own library ? > -Most of the time, I use the My Music -> New Music link. I frequently add new albums to my collection, and I like to have an easy way to access the latest music I've added. When I do a search, I tend to just type into the search box. -If I'm at work, I will use the web interface or Moose (depending on how tight the network settings are at the office I'm in). At home I tend to use Moose or one of the Android-based Squeeze interfaces to control the SB. -I do use automated mixes - I use the MusicIP plugin. Unfortunately, development on MusicIP stopped a year or so ago, but the plugin still works fine and I use it to generate a mix based on a track/artist/album. That's one of my favorite uses for my SB. I think MusicIP doubled the usefulness of the SB for me - I make mixes based on it all the time, it's like having my own Pandora/Slacker/Last.FM radio right on my computer.
erland;566383 Wrote: > > 2. How do you usually find new music you like to get but currently > don't have in your library ? > -Can't remember the last time I heard something new on the radio, unless it was being showcased on NPR. -I read music blogs like Pitchfork, get recommendations from my older brother (who is a new music junkie), check out the Hype Machine once in a while, and frequently ask my friends what they're listening to these days. -Tend to do all my searching for new tunes via my computer. Yes, I preview before purchasing (on my computer speakers). -I have an eMusic subscription, and use that to preview/buy most of my music. erland;566383 Wrote: > > 3. How would you like to be able to find music in your own library in > the future ? > -I would absolutely love to have a service like MusicIP, but with a real development team behind it, that can scan my music for similarities and make recommendations/mixes based on attributes of a selected track/collection of tracks/artist/album/genre/ -Once in a while I browse by genre (mostly around December when I want to find my "holiday music" tag. Sometimes I will combine that with another genre tag, so a multiple-genre browse would be nice. erland;566383 Wrote: > > 4. How would you like to find new music you like to buy/get in the > future ? > -I don't really see the need to purchase through the SB as a priority. erland;566383 Wrote: > > 5. What kind of tagging/management do you do on new music you add to > your library to make it easier to find stuff later on ? > - Which additional tags do you add which isn't handled by standard SBS > today ? > - Is the folder structure the music files are stored in important ? > - If you use Custom Scan, which additional tags do you add besides > those supported by SBS ? > - Do you manually add ratings to your music ? Why ? > -I use my folder structure to separate FLAC and MP3s. -I don't usually add additional tags, but I always set title, artist, album, date. -I sometimes rate songs, but I almost never remember to go back and make a playlist of highly-rated songs (though I would like to do this if it were easier to rate while playing). erland;566383 Wrote: > > 6. Do you synchronize the data in SBS with some other application to > make it easier to find interesting music ? > -I use the Last.FM plugin to report all playback to my last.fm profile, then I use that to analyze my listening. I would also love to be able to integrate with my MP3 player (Sansa Sandisk). Thanks, Erland! -- tfish77 Jordan Hirsch Technical Project Manager Content Management Expert http://jordan.teamhirsch.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tfish77's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1809 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80910 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
