Beginnings

My iPod died recently - it's the 3rd one I've had that's given up the ghost just after the warranty ran out (there's a conspiracy theory in there somewhere).

One of the main reasons I like having an iPod is having all my music with me wherever I go but, as I've got over 100gb of music and podcasts in my iTunes library, I'd need to replace it with a 160gb model to fit it all on. Not sure I fancy spending £180 on a new iPod that'll only last 2-3 years before it needs replacing. So....

...I bought a CD Walkman off Ebay yesterday, it cost £20 and looks like this:

My plan is to rummage through my extensive CD collection every morning and take one disc (or two, depending on where I'm going) as my listening for the day. My aims in doing this are as follows:

1. Not buy another iPod
2. Listen to some of the music that gets swallowed by iTunes and you forget about
3. Hear some albums as albums, not as individual songs

I've got room on my phone for a small amount of music so I can still listen to podcasts and whatever I've got downloaded that I don't actually own on CD so this isn't a hard and fast 'must be a CD every day and must be a different one' thing. Just thought I'd delve back into the vast quantity of music I've got on CD and see what's hiding in there.

That's it - I'll be posting my Disc of the Day as and when I have one (the CD player should arrive tomorrow).
Cheers