Reply To: My JoCo Music
My iTunes says 173 items when I type in Jonathan Coulton. A couple of those are not songs but podcasts w/him, and there are three live concerts (broken down into individual songs, and, occasionally, banter), a small handful of youtube video’s audio tracks, and various remixes grabbed off the web. This, of course, leads to a lot of repeats – for example, I have the original Still Alive, one live version, and 3 remixes.
I subscribed to the TAW podcast after the fact and got it all, and also took all the free songs offered. Then I bought a handful of the rest, and later I bought everything I didn’t have. Later still, I borrowed my friend’s TAW cds and stuck them in, since I couldn’t figure out how to listen to the TAW songs as songs and not podcasts on my ipod (they would only play one at a time). Later still, same friend and I bought about 15 karaoke tracks, which we have yet to convert to a useable format!
We (hubby and me) have all our music loaded onto our desktop G5, and we listen over our stereo or I use my ipod (2nd gen nano). I made a couple of cds for the car at first, but I’ve gotten to the point where I don’t HAVE to listen ALL the time, and I’m not in the car much anyway.
I don’t feel guilty – I’ve gone about it in a way that is sanctioned, and I have bought many (6) concert tickets and a shirt for myself, and have brought many many more folks to shows, many of whom have bought cds and tshirts and stuff.