iTunes Advocacy Part II
OK - so I bought an iPod. To be totally honest, I cannot understand how I lived without it. I don't commute anymore so I don't have a great deal of time to listen to it - but I find a way. I work out with it religiously. I fall asleep to it - a habit my wife really hates. I turned off the backlight because it is so freaking bright that it would wake her up every time I changed the song or album.
I still use iTunes the same way - like a maniacal data junkie. Now I download podcasts in addition to ripping my own CDs. I find that I am tired of what is on my iPod after about a week. I create new playlists every time I take a roadtrip but they too get boring very quickly. Too much music and not enough time.
I figure I listen to music - actively listen to music - about two hours a day - an hour in the car and an hour at work while writing documents/reports etc. I listen at home with my wife and kids (more with my kids) on occasion, but usually in a passive type of setting. My son, who just turned six, is now a huge Green Day fan. I have been listening to Green Day since 1991 (boy do I sound like a music snob) and was very excited to hear that he liked them so much. Since one of my hobbies is recoding music, I have Digidesign ProTools which allows me to create "clean" versions of any song. Thus he has clean versions of the American Idiot songs and I have the comfort of knowing he doesn't hear the occasional curse word. They are more Disney-like in their lyrics, but I don't worry to much because it takes nothing from their energy. It also helps that he is meticulously learning the lyrics - word by word. I wonder what he makes of the edits where I flipped the words around?
Everybody do the propaganda
I still use iTunes the same way - like a maniacal data junkie. Now I download podcasts in addition to ripping my own CDs. I find that I am tired of what is on my iPod after about a week. I create new playlists every time I take a roadtrip but they too get boring very quickly. Too much music and not enough time.
I figure I listen to music - actively listen to music - about two hours a day - an hour in the car and an hour at work while writing documents/reports etc. I listen at home with my wife and kids (more with my kids) on occasion, but usually in a passive type of setting. My son, who just turned six, is now a huge Green Day fan. I have been listening to Green Day since 1991 (boy do I sound like a music snob) and was very excited to hear that he liked them so much. Since one of my hobbies is recoding music, I have Digidesign ProTools which allows me to create "clean" versions of any song. Thus he has clean versions of the American Idiot songs and I have the comfort of knowing he doesn't hear the occasional curse word. They are more Disney-like in their lyrics, but I don't worry to much because it takes nothing from their energy. It also helps that he is meticulously learning the lyrics - word by word. I wonder what he makes of the edits where I flipped the words around?
Everybody do the propaganda
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