Put all my CDs into iTunes

Well, I’ve started, but my laptop tends to over heat after about 10 CDs. My CD drive isn’t doing so well (makes a godawful noise when you put a disc in), and it seems like when I think I finished a CD case…someone moves them around and it’s just all mixed up.

I need a weekend of nothing. Maybe I’ll get one this summer. Then I can do it and give my computer a chance to cool down and not freak out…

OK, 1-5 on the list I’ve written below are now done. Now I’m going to spend some time this evening cleaning up my external drive, which has multiple copies of the same thing on it – so much for my quick backups!

Also, I sold a CD on half.com this morning, so I feel good about the sixth part of my goal, and I’m a few bucks richer!

I’m going to leave this goal up for a couple days while I do some computer maintenance around it:
1. Clean up external drive
2. Update iPod
3. Run error check and disk defrag

I’ll still be done by the goal date with this extra goal folded into it. Yay!

DONE: 1. Rip all the CDs in my CD book.

DONE: 2. Rip all the loose CDs I have. (Starting tonight?)

DONE: 3. Re-rip stuff that was ripped as MP3, so that the new format theoretically has a slightly better sound.

IN PROGRESS: 4. Rate tunes for better sorting.

PLANNED FOR WEEKEND: 5. Back up files onto external drive.

PLANNED AFTER I GET CASES IN CA: 6. Weed down CD collection as I rarely listen to actual CDs anymore anyways. (This is probably another goal entirely!)

I’m going to call this goal complete after I finish #5, and make a separate goal for #6. I’m feeling good about it, but there’s still tons to rate! :)

CDs in the book are done, loose CDs are done. Now I’m re-ripping a few that were in MP3 version (ripped by WMP). I’ve also started rating here and there, and even listed a few recent releases on half.com for sale. Guess I’m tackling all the last steps at the same time!

Now just to get the old CD cases from my parents’ house out of state, so that I can figure out what to do with older discs I don’t want anymore!

The way I see it, this goal has 6 phases:

1. Rip all the CDs in my CD book. (DONE)

2. Rip all the loose CDs I have. (Starting tonight?)

3. Re-rip stuff that was ripped as MP3, so that the new format theoretically has a slightly better sound.

4. Rate tunes for better sorting.

5. Back up files onto external drive.

6. Weed down CD collection as I rarely listen to actual CDs anymore anyways. (This is probably another goal entirely!)

So, I’ve started to make progress. I have a busy week or two ahead, but I think I’ll be able to keep up this project and complete it quickly!

Started this tonight… In my big book of CDs (which doesn’t have all the CDs I own – I pulled out a lot to keep in my car a while ago), I’ve already gotten through the letter “K.” Turns out I have a lot of CDs I don’t really like. Maybe my goal after this one will be to weed down my CD collection!

Now I’ve got all the cds I really wanted to put in iTunes there.
Together with Windows Media Player I should have pretty much everything on my laptop at the moment. :) _{It’s just a shame that last.fm doesn’t want to scrobble my tracks from WMP for some odd reason.}

I just realized that I won’t actually have time anymore to put all my cds into iTunes. I also probably wouldn’t have enough space for all that music on my harddrive, it has been complaining about being almost full for quite some time now.
I’ll just put the cds I might miss the most (that aren’t already in my iTunes), that’ll have to do for the time being.

PS. I hate copycontrolled cds, they frustrate me so much.

went through all the cd’s finally…torturous! Luckily for me, a good chunk of them were scratched beyond burning…so took less time than i thought it would.

Just started & a long way to go but I think this will be worth it as it’ll encourage me to listen to stuff that I’ve not heard for ages.