hey, OA, go comment on jml's rant-which he is posting under another user name. seriously-put your name to your thoughts-less you be less

ok, the first part was long and complicated enough I'll get back to you tomorrow. the last part was informative :)

I have professional associates and some considerable skills myself.
The LPs turned out satisfactory. I tried four software packages before I found one satisfactory. I had to use my best turntable and a pre-amp, but it is true, that the fidelity suffers from analog to digital. It becomes too clean. Some of the subtlety, richness is lost. They sound like CDs, because of the filtering but they are preserved. Most people don’t notice, but serious audiophiles can. Sometimes I used several filters and enhancements to improve the copy, and remove some of the snap crackle and pop from the really worn ones. The wrong filtering can leave it flat and muffled. I will not part with the originals or my turntables. The tapes come out fine, but it takes time to play all of them real time for the copy, followed by a few minutes of track labeling and saving.
Rhapsody… not so much, because it would deprive me of the walk down memory lane (listening/ labeling deep cuts).
Ref. Jewelry and the lucky babe: I like to think so, but I’m really the lucky one. I might be Hank, but thankfully, she is no Lillian. She values her Reardon bracelet as much as the gold bangles. :-)

She is!

I have too much music to transfer, at least that I want to take the time to do so. Daunting! At least in my Beetle, even though it was an '04, actually had a tape deck, as well as the 6-disk changer and XM. Now, not cassette, and they grow brittle and funky. My lp's are in a box with the turntable. They work, just not using them. Sigh

hey jml, long time no see

the reel to reels. hmmmm, Id pul in a professional. the 8 tracks-download digital new.
my brother born in 66, says there is no way the lps translate well digitally, so if you have turntable you love-store in a secure location, extra needles prepped. cassettes-see that's tricky. compilations, etc. I say rhapsody membership-rebuild libraries in that site.
shoot, OA, jewelry giver, eh? lucky babe

I have been compressing / digitizing my library and I keep a backup of my work off site. It took me three years to play all my LPs and digitize them. Now I am working on my cassettes. The eight tracks are so old they lack fidelity, so I probably won’t convert them. There are also some reel to reel tapes. I don’t even remember what became of the 45s... Boy… I’m feeling old now. :(
My wife would grab the pictures. She says her jewelry is insured. The dog won’t tell me what she would grab. :)

if you had it all on sticks, it'd be quicker, and I always believe in the multi-taking fire drill-each person saves themselves while saving something important to YOU. I've practiced this many times with good results :)

I have been playing guitar since I was a youngster, mostly rock from the sixties on. I have an eclectic taste and like all genres as long as they have a melody. That precludes most rap I’m afraid. I love classical music, especially classical guitar (Andre Segovia, John Williams, etc.) and I am quite fond of string quartets.

For me Gods do exist in one form, Guitar Gods! There are too many to list all. One of my favorite pieces was the duel between Ry Cooder & Steve Vai in the movie crossroads. The ending still gives me tingles up my spine (timeframe on following video 6:00 on). Machio was only a prop.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3nthADmA...

If your into speed check out Yngwie Malmsteen. The guy is unreal.

The vocals from Clare Torry on Pink Floyd’s the great gig in the sky still works for me also.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gwmlq4p7l...

I could fill the page. Music is such a part of me, if my house was on fire I would rescue my music right after my wife and dog. Then, time permitting; I would go back for the books.
O.A.

I don't know these. I'll check them out. or maybe I've heard them-I'm very bad with names

Hee Hee. They're old school alternative. Like Depeche Mode, Yaz. Check out a musician named Alison Moyet, who sang in Yaz. Haunting sort of voice.

What a great send off! Years ago when I was living on a sail boat in the Carribbean, I saw a funeral procession in Nassau, Bahamas. Horse drawn hearse w/ the hot pink casket in back, huge black ostrich plumes, and a second line playing. It was fantastic! I thought to myself, that's the way to do it, sans hot pink casket, but the music!

Which I find to be a travesty! He had some shows up this way about three weeks ago, but it was during that massive snow dump, so I didn't trek down to NYC, where he was playing. Don't know if he actually got to play, either.

Earth, Wind and Fire, James Brown...

Fiiiiyah!

My pleasure! :-)

I had friends years ago who played madrigals,etc. they were silly talented.

$ are abundant. Words are copper. Desperate hearts are the shopper.
Pirates start the music stopper.
Explosive shards are my opera.
Target trains tied 12 sails.
Octavating steel trails.
This composer cannot fail.
An antique jet is my tail.
Soon crashing in Paradise
Every note so precise
Your vision I entice
Perfect is your prison price.

Good call Five$. Parliament? George Clinton?

Or Grand Funk Railroad.

In a funk? How about I recommend some funk...Ohio Players or The Gap Band is a great place to start ;)

Thanks for the comment and link khalling. As usual you and LS are rock stars! Thanks for the input

Well, since I lost my CD of Deutsheschachmusik (German chess music), I've been in a funk musically. Just decided to wait for the next Beatles album.

Exactly what I am looking for. Past experience and current motivation. Thanks Non Mooch

Good for you. In NOLA he's thought of as the natural heir to Louis Armstrong, and yet he doesn't seem to be well known outside of there.