CBear

• How old is too old? (DJ related)

  CBear

  January 2016
  I always assumed I would graduate to a radio show, but that industry has changed. Maybe one day radio will become retro and I'll have another chance.
  
  I stopped DJing becuase I became too old to stay up that late. Brunch DJing? I'm all about it, but it's pretty low demand. I also became old enough to realize that I'd rather play what I want to hear and not what everyone else wants to hear. There's not much demand for Jazz DJs. The only place I occasionally play records any more is for a jazz brunch or dinner hour at my friend's restaurant that specializes in playing jazz vinyl.
  
  I think as DJs get older their taste changes, but the people you are playing music for stay the same age, so it's hard as one becomes more disconnected. At least that's me. I'm sure if you're in the thick of it, you stay on top of it.

  

• Is Isaac Hayes' 'A Few More Kisses To Go' a song about rape?

  CBear

  October 2015
  I think it's about consensual beautiful sex, but that's my take.
  
  What's your take on Ray Parker Jr and Raydio's song More than One Way to Love a Woman? Is it about butt sex?
  
  You should know there's more than one way to love a woman
  Try something different, open up your mind
  Keep it exciting like the very first time
  There's more than one way to love a woman
  
  I'll try anything, almost anything, to keep this love alive
  There's more than one way to love a woman
  
  A woman's works from sun til sun
  But a man's work is never really done until he learns all of the ways to love a woman.
  
  I'll try anything, almost anything to keep this love alive
  
  I'll change my old fashioned ways to keep my baby
  
  I'll try something new because I love you
  
  
  
  

  

• Whittling down the collection

  CBear

  October 2015
  Every record I have is listenable and enjoyable the whole way through. Since I don't DJ any more, I've gotten rid of all the one-trackers and just got the MP3 of that song. I hover at about 1000 records. I want to put records on so I can listen to them from start to finish. I enjoy listening to whole albums and records is my preferred method for doing so. My MP3s are always on random.
  
  On a deeper level, purging allows my tastes to evolve. By opening up shelves and earning income on the sales, I feel inclined to buy what interests me currently. Keeping records that interested me 10 years ago just tied me to who I was 10 years ago.
  
  I'm purging my MP3s right now which I've never done before. I listen to every song and rate it 1 star for delete or 2 stars for keep. After about 4 months I'm 26.7% through my collection. It's a lot of work, but the results are so worth it and I'm listening to music, which I love doing. I can listen to my approved playlist and every song is one I want to hear. If I miss the deleted songs at some point, I can just download them again, but that rarely happens. I'm sorting songs right now as I type this. 26.8% now.

  

• Post random /record culture stuff from your phone

  CBear

  October 2015
  One more from yesterday...

  

• Post random /record culture stuff from your phone

  CBear

  October 2015
  I"m loving this drag and drop! @RAJ