Tips for Tuesday
This may be aging myself, but how many of you have vinyl albums, 8-track
tapes, cassette tapes or CDs full of music in your home? You've purchased some and you've made your
own mixes. Some are duplicates on
different media, but others are unique.
How do you decide what to keep and what to get rid of?
The first question to ask is whether or not you have the right player
for the music. Do you still have a
turntable for your albums? Do you have a
working cassette player? If not, then
donate the music, or take them to a used book store like Half Price Books where
you may get some money for them.
Next, look at what you have left. Do you have the same albums on different
media? Keep only one copy. Then look at the artists and titles. Are there any duplicates in the same medium? Do you have all of the albums by one artist,
and also their "Greatest Hits" album?
Why do you need both, since they have the same songs? This goes for "Live" recordings,
too. You probably have all those songs
on other albums.
Once you have sorted everything you are going to keep, convert them
into MP3 files. Even if you don't have
an MP3 player, chances are your phone or computer can hold these files and act
as a player. You can then sort your
music into playlists—holiday, genre, tempo, etc. You may like certain songs to play while
walking or exercising. Keep these in a
separate playlists.
Make backup copies of all your files.
You can then donate or sell the original media, freeing up space in your
home.
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