My old Dell laptop has been dying a slow death for the past handful of years now. Last Christmas, I made the switch to a new Dell meaning I was no longer running on the Vista platform and now had the much-ballyhooed/maligned Windows 10. While my day-to-day computer work moved to my new Dell, I left iTunes untouched on my old laptop because, frankly, I knew that it would be a complete clusterfuck. The straightforward directions from Apple made the process appear simple and seamless. The reality was quite different. After doing exactly what Apple.com suggested, my music transferred over successfully. The problem was that only about one-third of my massive music collection made the trek. I don't know why the other songs decided they didn't want to join the party. So, I tried again only to have my playlists not transfer. A third attempt yielded my entire music library making the trek including multiple copies of the majority of my songs, but again no playlists. So, I manually deleted well over 1,000 duplicates of songs. Next up, go in and trim the audio and recreate all my playlists. (Why the hell haven't I just make the switch to Spotify, you're asking. Again, I don't have a reasonable answer.) I did discover many songs I
Phil Collins, Elton John, and Gloria Estefan dominated Adult Contemporary radio back in the 1980s and '90s, yet have disappeared from modern radio. Seemingly, the only time you ever hear them is at the grocery store or your local CVS. This blog remembers the music, the stories and the quirky characters from my days working in Adult Contemporary radio.
Saturday, August 20, 2016
Newton Faulkner - "Dream Catch Me"
My old Dell laptop has been dying a slow death for the past handful of years now. Last Christmas, I made the switch to a new Dell meaning I was no longer running on the Vista platform and now had the much-ballyhooed/maligned Windows 10. While my day-to-day computer work moved to my new Dell, I left iTunes untouched on my old laptop because, frankly, I knew that it would be a complete clusterfuck. The straightforward directions from Apple made the process appear simple and seamless. The reality was quite different. After doing exactly what Apple.com suggested, my music transferred over successfully. The problem was that only about one-third of my massive music collection made the trek. I don't know why the other songs decided they didn't want to join the party. So, I tried again only to have my playlists not transfer. A third attempt yielded my entire music library making the trek including multiple copies of the majority of my songs, but again no playlists. So, I manually deleted well over 1,000 duplicates of songs. Next up, go in and trim the audio and recreate all my playlists. (Why the hell haven't I just make the switch to Spotify, you're asking. Again, I don't have a reasonable answer.) I did discover many songs I