Music Collection

Archive

November 27, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

How Do You Find Music? How Does Music Find You? How Has That Changed?

Do you ever stop to consider the changes that have been made to the way you find music? Is your approach still the same? Surely it’s changed, you’ve changed formats, the formats have changed – in terms of delivery approach, in terms of regularity, in terms of how and when you receive them – as […]

Archive

November 9, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Back To The Future: The DVD Player as CD Player – Strange Revelation

Last night I found an old DVD player – I remember buying it a few years back, using it for a while, but it wouldn’t play any multi-zone discs and so it was tucked away in a cabinet. I bought an even cheaper model ($19.99 in a supermarket) and that one works brilliantly; plays everything. […]

Archive

August 27, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Shelf Life: The Order – or Lack of Order – In Your Record/Tape/Book/CD Collection/s

A friend visited at the start of the year – in town for that Webstock caper. We only catch up once a year or so these days, but as with all of the people I’ve stayed in touch with since school, half our lives ago, we make up for lost time instantly. There’s no awkwardness. […]

Archive

April 5, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

An Owner’s Manual For Your Music Collection: Are You The Stereo-Nazi In Your House?

I was reading The Drumset Owner’s Manual: A Heavily Illustrated Guide To Selecting, Setting Up And Maintaining All Components Of The Acoustic Drumset by Ronald Vaughan. Riveting stuff, obviously. But as an obsessive Wellington Public Library visitor I am on something of a quest to read every music book that building (temporarily) houses – well, […]