Going All In With Digital Music Solutions

The Concept of a Digital Toolbox – Part 2

You could possibly have the same problems we had with our collection of music.  Where are you keeping and accessing the music you’ve collected over the years?

I know… my younger readers may not remember the days when Columbia House mailed you 3 CD’s a month (of their choosing).  This was the way music subscriptions were provided. At any rate, most of us have accumulated many CD’s over the years and what do you do with that (junk) now?   

Before I start to answer that question, I need to come clean. I mixed up the order of my web-posts a bit to keep you interested in the topics I need to cover.  I know that music is more interesting than discussing digital note-taking, but I was thinking if I do this one well, then you will (at least) endure and possibly enjoy the topics to come that might not interest you as much, like digital journaling.

There are two main reasons for this content on digital music.

• Who’s the Keeper of the Libraries?  When the digital music revolution hit, I became the go-to person of the family to transfer and store various family members’ digital libraries.  Back when iPhones started growing in popularity, each time my sister-n-law got a new phone she’d ask me to load her oldie-goldies. She has a pretty good collection, but I’d occasionally throw in a few of my musical favs on her device.

You can’t imagine today how much space was needed on a hard-drive to store these libraries and the time it took to transfer them from CD’s to digital format.  Regardless, I found joy in being the music library keeper. BTW – It’s my joy to organize stuff like this.

This was reason one for embracing digital music; keeping the libraries was too time consuming and hard drives kept filling up.

• Are You Embracing All Things Digital?  If you don’t know by now, I’m an information systems (I.S.) and technology (I.T.) professional.  Why would I remain behind in all things digital? This is the question Pamela and I asked several years ago.  Afterwards, we decided to go all in.

Millennials (if there is such a thing) won’t own their music libraries, they just rent them.  Is this good or bad? We don’t know, but it works and a heck (h-e-c-k) of a lot better than using an analog method.  

What we mean by “embracing” was simply stop fighting it and be an early adopter of the technologies.  What we’ve found are some great benefits others are missing out on.

Embracing all things digital doesn’t mean you totally throw out your system or way of doing things.  It just means use the best of both worlds as it suits you.

The answer to our problems came by way of a hybrid system.  We saved our collections in a digital format and yes, we also subscribe to new digital solutions.  

That brings me to the tools we wish to share: Google Play, Amazon Music, and Apple Music.
The problem…

Today is Friday!
Looks like we’ve run out of time to give the detail of each tool; I only give myself 45 minutes to write and perfect this content.  Plus my wife doesn’t like when the posts are too lengthy. Maybe you’re having a problem knowing what to do with your old music collection and want a few tips on how music can be done.  Join us next week as we explore the 3 music platforms our family uses.

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