Thursday, December 10, 2009

2 much music


Yes, there an be too much music. In particular, when you are drowning in choice. I really really want to hear it all.

A bit like all the e-newsletters you subscribe to and then there is twitter, Facebook and your e-mail - all five accounts. Then my Google Wave account was confirmed today.

OK, you say, not the same, because I can listen to music WHILE I read my e-mail, work, read newsletters or change my daughter's diapers. BUT THERE IS JUST SO MUCH !

I have CDs on iTunes, then there is Gu's Homediggin', weekly editions of WeFunk Radio, Swissgroove I haven't listened to in ages, he Craig Charles Funk Show on BBC6... speaking of BBC6, there is so much good stuff on there. Then last.fm, audiomagnet and Soundcloud where new music is suggested to me. Bassinda I found while browsing through Myspace profiles, so I should do that again sometime. Oh and then all the labels drop new funk. Daptone, Strut, Unique, Freestyle, Recordkicks etc. etc.

Oh recommendations from Amazon, Jazzthing, uptown strut, and the miriad of other online and offline media. Not to forget all the online music services I haven't even touched yet like Pandora, Lala, Spotify, etc.

There is only one way I can get all this into my head: move back to London and commute again. That way I have hours and hours stuck undergrond without Internet or phone signals and can listen to the iPod.

*sigh* Problems of the 21st Century.