Perl script to manage enormous, and growing, music library? [more inside]
posted by chez shoes on Dec 8, 2009 - 9 answers

Calling all network experts...How can I make the music on my PC stop skipping? [more inside]
posted by st starseed on Oct 24, 2009 - 10 answers

Help me clean up my messy music files [more inside]
posted by 1024x768 on Oct 11, 2009 - 11 answers

MixFilter: I'm looking for free online music mixes to help get me & my collective crew through the most strenuous & stressful part of the year. Tell me about your favorite mix blog &/or website. [more inside]
posted by jammy on Sep 4, 2009 - 10 answers

So I basically just want to give out some of my music for free online. [more inside]
posted by saul wright on Mar 30, 2009 - 11 answers

Assuming I am true and honest to my word and delete the music from my hard drive once I sell it, how can I legally make money selling old music that I have legally downloaded and no longer want? [more inside]
posted by Effigy2000 on Jan 12, 2009 - 10 answers

I have a few hundred jazz albums on MP3 in my iTunes library. I'd to add the names of the sidemen on the albums to the MP3's comment tags, but I'd rather not enter the info manually, for obvious reasons. Is there any form of script or program that exists that will do this for me -- perhaps pulling from Amazon, or some other source? (Prefix this with, "Hey, Lazyweb," if desired.) [more inside]
posted by tweebiscuit on Nov 6, 2008 - 5 answers

My Macbook Pro was stolen. Just about the only non-shitty thing about it is that I keep my huge iTunes library on an external drive. All the music files are on the drive, but the data files (library.xml) were on the stolen Mac. I have another Macbook. What's the simplest way I can rebuild my library on it? [more inside]
posted by grumblebee on May 8, 2008 - 13 answers

Song goes something like "babbbyyy letsss groooveee" [more inside]
posted by aleahey on Nov 18, 2007 - 12 answers

Syncing music between two computers help! Here's the setup... [more inside]
posted by bsexton on Oct 26, 2007 - 7 answers

trying to locate a Korean song called SARANG HAESEOYO and/or by musician called KIM HYUN SIK 9or SHIK) [more inside]
posted by Postroad on Sep 28, 2007 - 3 answers

iTunes 7 playlist help. I have music located on two different HD's on my computer, I imported the first batch of music okay and it added playlists for each album/artist automatically, but not for the second batch of music I imported. How can I have iTunes make another batch of artist/album playlists?
posted by Mijo Bijo on Nov 23, 2006 - 6 answers

Winamp playlist help. I have a bunch of playlists in Winamp, but frequent re-organization of my music directory has broken all the links. Is there a way for Winamp to find the new locations of the files so I don't have to re-assign hundreds of songs, or, barring that, is there a smarter music library program that will do the work and can import Winamp playlists?
posted by schroedinger on Oct 27, 2006 - 3 answers

I just bought a new laptop for school. How do I transfer my music/video library from my old computer to my new one? [more inside]
posted by dward88 on Aug 29, 2006 - 11 answers

A little band called Ensimismada.... [more inside]
posted by evariste on Jun 7, 2006 - 27 answers

iTunesFilter: When I type in the search bar, how can I get iTunes to search songs' comments areas as well as the other areas? [more inside]
posted by booksandlibretti on Jan 24, 2006 - 8 answers

I enjoy early American popular music (say up until the late 1920s), and especially period recordings of the same. I have about a dozen CDs compiling this music, and have downloaded other songs from alt.binaries.sounds.*. I'm looking for other sources of free mp3s of early American popular music. (Don't fret about copyright issues: the stuff I'm looking for is old enough that it's in the public domain.) I'd also love recommendations for modern(ish) recordings of these old songs. I know Garrison Keillor performs some from time-to-time (and just did on his last broadcast, for example), and I know of Joan Morris/William Bolcome and Jody Dall'Armi.
posted by jdroth on Oct 2, 2005 - 19 answers

I want to move a chunk of my music collection from a folder on one drive to a folder on another, without losing metadata in iTune's library and without reconnecting each and every file. [more inside]
posted by Tuwa on May 9, 2005 - 13 answers

Rediscovering emusic - any mefiers use emusic? What are some stellar tracks or albums you've gotten there? [more inside]
posted by dobbs on Apr 12, 2005 - 11 answers

Remotely controlling iTunes / WinAmp on Win2000 with a PDA?
posted by skwm on Feb 10, 2005 - 4 answers

My iPod is full. I used to encode MP3s at 128k, more recently VBR at 80%. Can AAC give me quality around the latter with a file size smaller than the former?
posted by krisjohn on Jan 14, 2005 - 8 answers

Back in the day, I used to like to go slink around mp3.com, pull down a couple of mp3s based on bands' stated influences, and then, maybe, buy an album or two. Is there any sort of reputable band community offering free mp3 downloads of unsigned or indy bands now that mp3.com is dead? I found IUMA and SoundClick, but they don't seem to be as solid as mp3.com was.
posted by socratic on Dec 6, 2004 - 16 answers

Peaceful, atmospheric instrumental music...? I'm looking for music to listen to while I write. I prefer minimalist, repetitive stuff. Favorites include Stars of the Lid, The Dead Texan, Gas, Wim Mertens, and Philip Glass' soundtrack to The Hours. What do you recommend along these lines? (No Wyndam-Hill / Sounds of nature stuff, please.)
posted by dobbs on Nov 24, 2004 - 58 answers

I don't believe in headphones. Does anyone make an mp3 player with speakers built in, like a small boombox perhaps? Seems like an obvious market (even people who DO use headphones sometimes want to share their music with others in the room), but I have yet to see one.
posted by rushmc on Nov 22, 2004 - 28 answers

Now that you've an Ipod, what have you done with your music collection? [MI] [more inside]
posted by meech on Sep 18, 2004 - 19 answers

mp3Filter: What are some 'best practices' for archiving a 600+ CD collection in mp3 format on CD-R? [more inside]
posted by mischief on Jul 18, 2004 - 28 answers

I just bought a new car stereo that plays MP3/WMA cds. My question: which format is better in the car?
posted by Quartermass on Jun 10, 2004 - 5 answers

Winamp question. How do I make Winamp play albums in track order rather than alphabetical order (MI) [more inside]
posted by monkeyman on May 27, 2004 - 8 answers

Portable amplification for an mp3 player? (More inside). [more inside]
posted by liam on May 18, 2004 - 7 answers

Downloading music you legally purchased (and consequently had stolen from you) -- dead wrong, somewhat wrong, acceptable, or totally okay? Not talking about iTunes here, download as in free.. [more inside] [more inside]
posted by jmevius on May 10, 2004 - 38 answers

Does anybody know a fairly easy and preferably free way to convert (like the one's here) into mp3's that I could save to my hard drive?
posted by jonmc on Mar 13, 2004 - 8 answers

What's the best way to fill up a new MP3 player? [Further details will be provided upon clicking the 'comments' link below] [more inside]
posted by bondcliff on Jan 20, 2004 - 15 answers

Is it possible to direct sound from my computer to multiple destinations? In other words, I'd like to listen to MP3s (Winamp) through speakers positioned various places in my home, but I also want users of the computer to be able to hear system sounds, game sounds, etc. (and have those sounds NOT output to the remote speakers). Can I use two sound cards for this, and assign various software to output to the appropriate card? I'm on XP pro and I like long walks on the beach.
posted by stupidsexyFlanders on Dec 8, 2003 - 10 answers