
See the following Wikipedia link (and especially note the “History” and “Models and features” sections of the article)…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod
Thanks for the nice story.
I bet you have the most dramatic [polling vote B] “the iPod I owned was thrown away” experience for the people who voted in the poll to this question.
Usually someone hates it when their technological device doesn’t work, but your device malfunctioning fit in nicely with your plan to leave your old life behind and begin anew.
Thanks for your service. I’m glad you received a going away party & memorable sendoff, and hope you’ve had a peaceful & fulfilling life since leaving the military.
Life after has been crazy. Up to a year ago I missed it and wished I could go back, but at the turn of this New Year there was a part of me that realized the military I loved does not exist anymore and I do not want to be a part of this new military.
You have a Sony device—ok.
And you are a mobile DJ—cool.
How big is your music collection that is on your device—how many albums/songs?
My current collection is around 48,000 songs - very few complete albums; they're mostly singles. Roughly 25,000 are "catalog" songs - stuff that is from the 1940s and newer but still gets play on the radio or in movies, TV shows, and commercials all the time - and roughly 20,000 are the last decade of singles released to radio (stuff that I get from my DJ music subscription), but to be fair, the vast majority of this music never really became hits. I get 400-500 songs a month from my subscription, and maybe 10 of those songs are still important 3 months later, and 2 of them are important 12 months later.
48,000 songs—wow!…how much data is that (like 350 terabytes)?
And how many “common songs” would you say that you usually play at each of the different wedding receptions that you DJ at?
My collection fits on a 512 GB Micro-SD card. I'm going to have to start deleting some of the subscription music - I'll have to go through and move the songs that I'd actually play to my "catalog" collection, and delete the rest from 9 and 10 years ago, because no one will ever want to hear most of that stuff again. The thing is, I typically only play 150-200 songs on a 4-5 hour gig, but even if 100 of those are songs I play a lot (and they are), I'm always going to get requests that aren't common, and while I won't play everything people ask for, I do try to fulfill most reasonable requests. Also, surprisingly often, people will spring some surprise on me - recently at a dinner party, the host wanted to play a Musical Chairs game that I wasn't notified about in advance - so you have to have a deep catalog for special purposes. Another gig had a "surprise" (to me, anyway) dog show, and I quickly had to dig up dog-related songs to play. Another parent hired me to do a 50's "Grease" themed birthday party, but then the birthday girl (16 years old) had dance/performance routines to a few 80s rock songs that they asked me to play - and I had them. These weren't dance songs at all - Kansas's Dust In The Wind was one of them - but I had the song. As a DJ, these unexpected requests and "surprise" themes and sub-events are all too common, and you are a hero if you can satisfy those requests, and a goat if you can't. I *specifically* state in my contract that people should notify me IN ADVANCE about such special requests, but it doesn't matter - people, even guests - come up with ideas at the last minute and just expect me to figure it out.
Other requests: "play a bunch of Salsa - our friends from Panama are here." "My boyfriend is a huge reggae fan - do you have any authentic reggae music?" "My 82 year old dad is a big fan of 60s Country - can you play some danceable country songs from that era?" "Can you play circus music? We're having a clown for the kids." "We'd like to do some square-dancing for an hour - do you have square dance music?"
Some kid who only has music from the last 5 years of Pop/R&B radio is going to crash and burn with these crowds, but I can usually find things to make them happy. That's why I get work from high-end customers.
Wow, so interesting that you “try to fulfill most reasonable requests” and are so well prepared with your extensive catalog for “surprise” requests!
Regarding your 48,000 songs fitting on a 512 GB Micro-SD card, sorry about my very ballad math I did…
I had checked my phone and saw that I have like 4000 songs/30 GB of music on it, and I then did some very quick (and incorrect) math and I (incorrectly) multiplied my 30 GB of music by 12,000 (duh! 🤦♂️) instead of correctly multiplying my 30 GB of music by 12; and a conversion app that I have says that 360,000 GB = 351.56 Terabytes…when in actuality 30 GB x 12 just equals 360 GB, which would fit on your 512 GB Micro-SD card. Lol
I started DJing in 1986, so I have had a lot of time to learn the kinds of challenges that I am likely to face, and I do what I can to manage them, but I still can't accommodate every request. I do a lot better than most, though.
36 years DJing—wow!
I like how you just sort of summarized why you’re so sought after.
Although I’m sure you’re very well-known and word of mouth is what really brings in the $ (especially in the high-end customer circles), I think you should put what you just said (plus a little of what you said above) on your professional website & into your promotional ads — something like…
I’ve been DJ-ing for 36 years so I’ve had a lot of time to learn the kinds of “special request” challenges I am likely to face at customer events, and I do what I can to manage them and I have a very diverse & deep catalog of songs to meet your music needs.
In addition to today’s music & the music you grew up to, do you also like Salsa, or Reggae, or 60s Country? Or are you maybe having a “50's ‘Grease’-themed birthday party” or a “clown for the kids”?…Well, I probably have great music for you to enjoy and dance to.
Notify me IN ADVANCE about the special requests you have, but when I’m working for you if you or your guests come up with last-minute music ideas & requests I’ll do my best to figure it out for you and help make your event amazing!
What’s the difference between an iPod shuffle & iPod Touch?
And regarding “smartphone” - see the following link…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone
…and especially note these sections of the above article:
- Forerunner
- PDA/phone hybrids
- Early smartphones
- Form factor and operating system shifts
The iPod shuffle is this little square with a play button and you'd have to download from your computer on the iTunes store to the shuffle. The touch is where you could access the iTunes store on it and buy directly from it onto your touch and the fact there were no buttons it was all touch screen. This was that long ago where having no physical buttons was the future. The touch was so expensive, but it's basically as expensive as the iPhones today, only with no phone features.
Ok thanks so much for that information!
So did you never own a Touch because it was so expensive?
And what brand of smartphone do you own now—maybe a Samsung?
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I’m not familiar w “OG little square.”
…Is “OG” the brand, and “little square” the device name?
its the Ipod shuffle, I googled it for the name haha, its literally the tiny square without a screen display.
Meant to mean original, although I realised my shuffle was not in fact one of the first models so please ignore that haha
Oh oh, no problem.
Which iPod model do you have?
See the “Models and features” section of the iPod Wikipedia article…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod
Ok. I never owned a digital music device until I got my first iPhone.
So you’re 26, huh? Your profile says you’re 31.
Yeah, in the 2000’s pagers were a big thing (especially for medical & business people).
I looked pagers up, found out that they hard been around like 50 years before that…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pager
“The first telephone pager system was patented in 1949 by Alfred J. Gross.
One of the first practical paging services was launched in 1950 for physicians in the New York City area. Physicians paid US$12 per month for the service and carried a 200-gram (7 oz) pager that would receive phone messages within 40 kilometres (25 mi) of a single transmitter tower…”
Well yes, nowadays, but there was a time when smartphones that played music (and for that matter, mobile phones/cellphones of any type) didn’t exist.
For example:
The initial iPod release date was 10/23/2001.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod
And the initial iPhone release date was 6/29/2007.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone
Also:
“The first production-volume portable digital audio player was The Audible Player (also known as MobilePlayer, or Digital Words To Go) from Audible. com available for sale in January 1998, for US$200.”
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_media_player
Ha…hmm 🤔
So do you consider that you have “owned” an iPod (for that temporary amount of time)?
And did you vote A (or B) in the poll to this question?
I did have it long enough to know iTunes sucks rocks, so owned it for a week or two. B
When did you get it?
And why didn’t you just get an iPhone (or play music on a different phone that you might have had)?
The one I have in my apartment now I have had for at least 5 years. I don't remember exactly when I got it. One of my cousins originally owned it and gave it to me. And I actually do have an iPhone now.
How did you vote in the poll to this question?
I voted B.
If those were NOT given to you, why were they purchased instead of just putting music on a smartphone?; is it because at the time you didn’t have a smartphone?
They were given to me so unfortunately I can’t answer that. But I didn’t have a phone and was obsessed with music like my dad so my parents got them for me
Your parents probably got you iPods instead of a phone because they weren’t ready yet to get you a phone.(and/or phones were too expensive).
I had never heard of Zune, so I looked it up….
www.engadget.com/...crosoft-launches-the-zune.html
What’s the difference between an iPod & iPod Touch?
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