Musical Musings

I love music... Love writing to music, love listening to music. But... my tape deck in my truck (yes a tape deck!) isn't working... So, on road trips, I put 6 D cell batteries into an old ghetto blaster and use that for music. When I'm travelling to workshops, I sometimes take along my Walkman (tapes again!), but it's bulky and tapes are bulky and it is limiting. I never did move up to a CD Walkman... And now they are obsolete as well!

So, today I bit the bullet and went into one of those big-box electronic stores and bought an mp3 player - an iPod Nano! 16 GB of memory, enough for 4000 songs... That's about... 80 records or cds worth, so I figure that will do me. I could have gone for the iPod Classic which is 160 GB and room for 40,000 songs, but that seems a little excessive! As it is, this little nano is the size of... a couple of sticks of gum (the juicy fruit kind) and it can hold the equivalent of 80 records/cds!!! Amazing... I bought one in a fetching shade of violet/purple... Now, though, I learn that there are all sorts of accessories available. A case protector to make sure it doesn't get hurt... I didn't get those because there were too many options, but did buy thin screen film to protect the display screen. There are also arm band straps so I can strap the little thing onto my arm as I ride my bike or sweat away on the treadmill... I could buy small speakers to take with me... Could buy a docking station that allows me to charge it away from a computer (otherwise it charges when it's plugged into a computer).... I also need to download and install iTunes on my computer, so all my .wma files can be translated into mp3 files... I am excited though!!! I can have music on my trips... or I can put photos on there... or videos... or audio books... Wow... So many possibilities!!!