How my iPod calms my obsessional personalty.

I have bipolar, and as such, suffer from certain obsessional behaviour problems. These range from checking my emails twenty times an hour, to how I organise my music.

The way I listen to music has changed with the times, and my methods of classification have also changed. Where once all my music was filed alphabetically on records, tapes and cds, it is now all in folders on my iPod. I can listen to, and amass, seemingly unlimited amounts of music. Equally, there seem to be endless options as to how I can arrange said music.

However, on examination, my methods have remained similar. I used to make mixed tapes – spend hours hunting for, and selecting perfect tracks. The inspiration generally came from having listened to enough new good music that I was no longer happy with the old tapes.

Making a tape was always a precise and time consuming operation. Working out what would fit into ninety minutes, making sure there were no gaps, no jerky starts, rewinding and checking. And I had endless rules. For example, I wouldn't put two tracks by the same artist on the same side, the best tracks had to be balanced out through both sides, and it was not acceptable to have a track run out on the end of the side.

Now I am part of the iPod generation, I have playlists. Gone are the days of precision and commitment. On an iPod, any decision can be reversed, tracks can be added pretty much instantaneously, and the only time limit is the memory of the Ipod (which is no comparison with a ninety minute tape).

But, I still have my rules. I still make a new playlist when I have a glut of new music. The only difference now is I have one overall playlist which everything gets added to. I don't delete my playlists. The same way I have kept all my mixed tapes, my playlists are soundtracks to certain periods of my life. I also don't delete tracks from my lists. Once it has been committed, it stays. In the same way with every mixed tape I made, there was one annoying track which I always wished I'd never added, the same is true of my playlists. Whilst there is no logic to not deleting the offending track on my iPod, I never do.

However, because of the speed of making lists, there are now so many possibilities. I can make a list for every mood, for every eventuality. Sometimes, I feel overwhelmed by the range of options and sit in front of the computer, motionless, lost in thought over the next best way to tackle the classification of my music..

Royalty Free Music: Production Music Libraries

Music has always been a huge part of human lives. It is sang to us when we are babies as lullabies; it is used to help us remember important things while we are growing up, like the alphabet song; and music is used to help us celebrate and commemorate important events in our lives such as weddings and funerals. Because of the popularity of music, it is no surprise that there are more and more uses for music in films and other media outlets. Production music libraries have come into being for the sole purpose of providing music to producers in these venues.

Production music libraries are licensed to provide music for those consumers who want or need music for soundtrack scores, television, radio and other public outlets. A big plus for the production music libraries is that they own all of the copyrights to the music contained within their libraries, allowing them to license it without the permission of the composers. This allows media producers to purchase music at a reasonable price, making the libraries very convenient indeed.

The range of music that is available in production music libraries enables consumers the ability to find multiple types of music within a single library. This prevents a consumer from searching several libraries for the songs that are needed for a single project. The libraries also can vary in size with some having only a few hundred tracks to others that have several thousand tracks available to producers and consumers alike.

The music in production music libraries is also extremely affordable. There are packages that allow consumers to purchase a few songs to packages that allow producers to purchase a multitude of songs. Having different packages available, makes it a very worthwhile expense when one is trying to save money on production costs.

Production music libraries are a great way for television and film producers to obtain the music that they require for the musical scores. They are also great venues for producers to find music that are in the media outlets, such as the radio. That music is available at reasonable rates, making it very affordable to purchase both large numbers of songs and only a few at a time. Most of the libraries have a large number of tracks, making it easy for the consumer or producer to find and purchase all of the songs that they need for their project.



John Bickerton is the founder of Royalty Free Music provider UniqueTracks.com that offers royalty free classical music and background, and production music. Create presentations and use special effects from UniqueTracks. Get Royalty Free Music Downloads today.

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