iTunes A-Z
Once upon a time, I got the idea in my head that I would try and listen to every song on my iPod in alphabetical order. I’ve tried it a few times over the years but inevitably failed due to boredom or just forgetting I was doing it. Then a rare moment of motivation and stick-to-it-iveness that came through on January 14th, 2011 and continued on for nearly 6 months! I have been posting sporadic updates here over the past few months but here are some compiled stats:
Start Date: January 14, 2011 @ 3:54pm PDT in Seattle, WA
Start Song: “A-Punk” - Vampire Weekend [Live at KEXP Volume 4]
Alphabetical End Date: June 5, 2011 @ 3:06pm EDT in Winchester, VA
Alphabetical End Song: “Zodiac Girls” - Black Moth Super Rainbow [Sagatiba presents Insound Digital Mixtape - Oct 08]
End Date: June 5, 2011 @ 7:15 EDT in Baltimore, MD
End Song: “2080” - Yeasayer [Live at KEXP Volume 4]
At first, I had completely forgotten to account for songs that started with a number in this process. Apparently sorting numbers alphabetically is different than sorting them numerically, which I never really thought about before but makes sense. Also, very interesting how the first and last song are from the same album which is just a compilation from a local radio station that I bought 3 weeks before starting this journey. A few more stats about the music itself:
Songs: 2,840
Days: 136
Songs / Day: 20.88
Songs purged: 7
Songs added during the process: 55
Since I was literally listening to every single song, I decided to do some purging of music I don’t really like that somehow found its way into my iTunes listing. I only came across 7 of those so I’ll consider that a good thing. Only 55 new songs over 6 months though? I really fell off my new music wagon during this process! Looks like I’ll have much more time to explore things like XM Radio and Turntable.fm!
Relevant Posts During The Process:
