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[Heidi]

It's purely coincidental - I threw instrumental holiday songs into the instrumental mix at work... and today's been a stream of Christmas songs.

Right now it's Satie's Gymnopedie 3. It's beautiful. It makes me want to cry.

I think I'm on the verge of being pushed passed my limit of being stressed out at work. I really need it right now.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

"Misirlou" - Dick Dale
"Helter Skelter" - The Beatles
"Take Five" - Dave Brubeck
"Skating" - Vince Guaraldi
"The Ride of the Valkyries" - Richard Wagner

[Sarah]

You've got some powerful instrumentals in there.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

Yep! Today I'm listening to my "100 Songs" CD I made for another exchange. It's 100 songs on one CD, mp3 format, and I've got them arranged in Dewey Decimal order.
For example, skating is 796.9, and horseback riding (which is what the Valkyries are doing) is 798.2.

:)

[Sarah]

That's awesome, Librarian.

[Meen]

How do you get 100 songs on one cd?

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

You convert them into mp3 format, Mindy.

[Meen]

I thought they already were in mp3 format if they're on your computer? Oh, I feel so unadvanced!

[Matthieu]

"Randy Described Eternity" - Built To Spill

[smetchie]

Matt wrote: ""Randy Described Eternity" - Built To Spill"

Matt: Joanna Newsom. That was you right? (i would look back to be sure but GR is sooooooooooooooo slow) You know I actually kind of like that. I was surprised because we seem to have pretty different taste. didn't exactly like it at first but her voice is just so odd I couldn't help myself. I like her lyrics. Plus she makes my 5-year-old giggle uncontrollably, which I find irresistible. So, THANKS!

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Jackie "the Librarian" wrote: "You convert them into mp3 format, Mindy."

That would make sense since mp3 players can be quite small and still hold a lot of music(and the program) as compared to a regularly burned CD.

[Meen]

Dang, KD.

[Meen]

OK, someone explain to me how to convert to mp3 format? I could've sworn all the songs on my computer are mp3s and only about 20 of them fit on a cd.

[Meen]

It's really all-occasion music!

[Sarah]

Mindy -- they're converting themselves back into audio format when you burn them onto CD, though they are still mp3 quality if they are stored on your computer as mp3s. Do you use iTunes? It's an easy configuration thing.

[Meen]

Nah, I don't do the iTunes thing. So if I burned a cd as a data disc would it work that way? But then how would it play in my car?

[Sarah]

Some cars can read mp3s, some can't. Probably depends on how new your car is.

[Sally, la reina]

Do you want to burn a data disc with 200 albums, or do you want to burn music files that will play in a cd player?

[Sally, la reina]

NP: MMJ Okonokos disc 2

[Meen]

I want to burn a cd with 100 songs on it like Jackie did! (And I want it to play in my car, which I think does play mp3s since it plays all the 20-song mixes I burn, right?)

[Sarah]

No, the 20 song mixes are mp3s that your computer has converted into AAC format. If you want to try it, you need to go into the options/preferences for your burning software, and tell it to leave the files as mp3s when it burns them. Then test it in your car.

[Meen]

OMG, this shit is way too complicated! Jackie if I send you 5 20-song cds will you put that all on one disc for me?

:)

[Sally, la reina]

No. You can put many more albums on a disc, but if you do anything on it that isn't a playable file then that disc will pop back out of the player. CD players can't read that format.

Sometimes the discs you people make won't play in my old, pre -8 disc player I use at school in my office.

[Sally, la reina]

I'm trying to say you can move files to the disc drive and put many on there, or you can open iTunes (or whatever) and burn individual songs.

[Sally, la reina]

*punches wall*

[Meen]

Bad day all around, huh, Sally?

*hugs*

[Meen]

Can I burn 100 songs on a disc with iTunes? If so, I might use it after all.

[Meen]

OK, here's another question. If I saved all the music on my computer to a disc as non-playable data files, could I then remove it from the disc and convert it back to playable files?

[Sally, la reina]

I don't think it is possible to put 100 songs on a CD. Even a rewritable one. Can we use the analogy of an old LP album?

[Sally, la reina]

Yes to 553.

[Meen]

Oh cool! (#555) I need to reformat and I have WAY too much music that I don't want to delete!

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

Mindy wrote: "Can I burn 100 songs on a disc with iTunes? If so, I might use it after all."


Yes, that's how I did it, Mindy. When you're burning you're CD in iTunes, you can choose the format you want it to use for the burning.

[Meen]

And then the 100 songs play on a cd player?

[Sarah]

Not necessarily. Some CD players will recognize it, some won't, likely depending on the age of the player. When you buy one now it says "CD/DVD/MP3 compatible" or whatever combination it can play.

[Sally, la reina]

No, then you can put it in your computer and open it with iTunes. Then you can make playlists and burn 20 songs/4.7 gigabytes worth of music to a disc.

[Meen]

OK, I'm back to this is too damn complicated. I'll just get a bigger mp3 player eventually with all the music I own on it.

[Sally, la reina]

It's the way the future is headed. That's why it's a little silly we're still exchanging discs. But I like them to play in my car.

[Sarah]

That's way easier.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

I think as long as they're going after people for sharing music electronically, I'm going to stick to CDs for exchanges.


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[Kevin]

hey, i need some chinese folk music to play at my son's rehearsal dinner friday night. we are doing a chinese them because he loves chinese food which we are having catered in from his fav restaurant. anyway, does any of you know a web site or something were maybe i could find some authentic style chinese folk music?

(just finished typing out all of my custom fortunes i will put in the home made fortune cookies i am making. my fav is: THAT WASN'T CHICKEN)

[Sarah]

That's a great fortune. I also like "YOU LOVE CHINESE FOOD".

Django Haskins and his band The Old Ceremony have a song or two in Chinese. They're pretty songs. Not exactly traditional, though.

[Kevin]

Help! I’m being held prisoner inside a Chinese bakery

Your dog Sparky… well, he’s no longer missing

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those are some of the other ones. i am looking on itunes now. i could just buy some songs and put them on the ol ipod and play it that way. the library was useless

[Sally, la reina]

how about the library of congress website?

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

Kevin, try here:

http://music.ibiblio.org/pub/multimed...

[Meen]

There's always Chinese hip hop!

http://www.myspace.com/redstarhiphop

[Knarik]

chinese music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tA-gK...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_M_xf...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Voa4ui...

[Chloe]

Mindy, you were totally on it when you asked that if you burned it as a data disc could you then fit 100 songs on. That's exactly what Sally et al were saying, albeit in different jargon. I love that we have such a specialized technical language for each aspect of the computer that now we can't even talk cross-program without an interpreter.

Oh yeah, today I've been listening to Florence & The Machine's new record, Lungs. It's kind of what I would expect from a less dramatic Dresden Dolls fronted by Sia with more of a pop sound added in.

[Knarik]

Sally is right about discs. Mindy, you wouldn't be able to listen to a CD with 100 songs on it in your car.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

Actually, I can listen to my 100 songs CD in my car, but that's because my car CD player also plays mp3s.

[Chloe]

I can! mp3 discs play on some stereos but not all. It's something better tested out.