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- The SWLing Post
- Alan Roeβs A-24 season guide to music on shortwave (version 4.0) & program grids for BBC WS, VOA and CGTN English services
Alan Roeβs A-24 season guide to music on shortwave (version 4.0) & program grids for BBC WS, VOA and CGTN English services
The Radio Phonics Laboratory
August 2024 Schedules: From the Isle of Music and Uncle Billβs Melting Pot
From the Isle of Music and Uncle Billβs Melting Pot Schedules for July 2024
Alan Roeβs A-24 season guide to music on shortwave (version 3.0)
- The SWLing Post
- βMusic On The Moveβ explores portable audio technology developments over the decades
βMusic On The Moveβ explores portable audio technology developments over the decades
My Greatest Hits Playlist
Wow itβs been a long time since Iβve updated this blog! Lots of things going on but wanted to post this in case a reader or two might find it interesting.
Several years ago, I spent a lot of time uploading my entire library of 175 music CDs to iTunes. I then ripped my few remaining LPs.
As I listened to my library over the years on my PC, iPhone or iPad, I began grouping tunes into a bunch of playlists. Three playlists were especially useful for grouping favorites: 3, 4 and 5 star groups.
My βthree star or betterβ playlist now has 1,956 tunes, the β4 star or betterβ list is 1,477 songs and my 5 star playlist has 1,050 songs (71 hours of music without repeats).
When I didnβt renew my Apple Match subscription early this year, my entire iTunes library was not available anywhere except my computer! YIKES! I had no idea Apple Match would do that.
Luckily once I renewed with Apple, my entire collection of 5,944 songs was available again on both my iPad and iPhone.
But that got me to thinking. What if I had only a single playlist of maybe 10 songs? What would they be?
Over a couple of months, I tried to get to only 10 songs but just could not do it. The list expanded to 20, then 30β¦. now itβs at 34 songs I canβt live without. The list has remained stable now for a couple of months.
Once I migrated the handwritten list from my iPad to Excel, I was able to sort it several ways. As a 60s boomer, most are oldies for sure. Hereβs the breakdown by decades, not exactly what I expected:
- 1960s: 8
- 1970s: 6
- 1980s: 3
- 1990s: 6
- 2000s: 9
- 2010s: 2
It was a fun exercise!
Okay, hereβs my list. Perhaps this might trigger a fun musical memory for you.