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Just want to thank members of the forum that discussed ripping CD's and others who discussed the value of Amazon Prime, specifically, the music benefit.
The one thread was about storing all your music on a USB stick. That led me to buy (ugh) a ripping program and re-rip all my purchased CD (physical CD's). That was actually fun. First, the purchased program did rip the CD's much quicker and with less hassle than the free program so the process wasn't too bad. Second, of course I listened to a bunch of music I had not listened to in awhile.
The other thread was about Prime and the music benefits of Prime. That led me to investigate Prime and Amazon Music and I am very much enjoying the music, new and old, heard and never heard before.
An interesting observation. In one of the threads, a comment was made about not owning music any longer. That the new services were the way this person was going. At first, I though, I'd prefer my OWN music. After this process, I think not. Storing and dealing with my own music is a bit fun 'cause I'm a geek, but truly, I do have better things to do. There is also no comparison to the amount and variation of music between what I can own and what I can access through a service, Amazon Music, in this case.
An interesting development is that somewhere down the line, Amazon obtained my music ownership. Not sure if it's all the CD's I've bought from them or if they accessed my iTunes or hard drive at some point, but I looked under the My Music tab and there were most of my CD's. It wasn't captured from this latest ripping because some CD's are not there. But as a result, if I have my phone with me and open Amazon Music, I do have all MY music with me, plus the benefit of having a huge selection. I still have a bit more to go in terms of understanding Amazon Music, but I can say that I do like a service like this very much and accordingly, the music has been playing much more in the house than it was before this exercise.
Thanks!
The one thread was about storing all your music on a USB stick. That led me to buy (ugh) a ripping program and re-rip all my purchased CD (physical CD's). That was actually fun. First, the purchased program did rip the CD's much quicker and with less hassle than the free program so the process wasn't too bad. Second, of course I listened to a bunch of music I had not listened to in awhile.
The other thread was about Prime and the music benefits of Prime. That led me to investigate Prime and Amazon Music and I am very much enjoying the music, new and old, heard and never heard before.
An interesting observation. In one of the threads, a comment was made about not owning music any longer. That the new services were the way this person was going. At first, I though, I'd prefer my OWN music. After this process, I think not. Storing and dealing with my own music is a bit fun 'cause I'm a geek, but truly, I do have better things to do. There is also no comparison to the amount and variation of music between what I can own and what I can access through a service, Amazon Music, in this case.
An interesting development is that somewhere down the line, Amazon obtained my music ownership. Not sure if it's all the CD's I've bought from them or if they accessed my iTunes or hard drive at some point, but I looked under the My Music tab and there were most of my CD's. It wasn't captured from this latest ripping because some CD's are not there. But as a result, if I have my phone with me and open Amazon Music, I do have all MY music with me, plus the benefit of having a huge selection. I still have a bit more to go in terms of understanding Amazon Music, but I can say that I do like a service like this very much and accordingly, the music has been playing much more in the house than it was before this exercise.
Thanks!