Dave's Top Eight

1. Jerry Reed...Revisited by Darrell Toney (reviewed 6/07) (5 Stars)
2. Sounds Like Sunday by Janet Paschal (reviewed 5/07) (5 Stars)
3. True To The Call by Kingdom Heirs (reviewed 3/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
4. Revival by Gold City (reviewed 10/06) (4 1/2 Stars)
5. Get Away Jordan by Ernie Haase & Signature Sound (reviewed 2/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
6. Breakin' Chains by Three Bridges (reviewed 5/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
7. Big Sky by The Isaacs (reviewed 4/07)
8. Skywriting by Mercy's Well (reviewed 7/07)

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October 23, 2006

NQC CDs, my new iRiver, and Rediscovering Songs

I've got a stack of CDs from NQC that I'll be reviewing in the next couple of weeks. I've spent a few weeks listening and absorbing them now, so it's time to put a few opinions in print. Normally, I'd have jumped on some of them a bit sooner, but my time has been occupied lately with a purchase I made just after NQC.

Gene Shell, who traveled to NQC with me this year, brought along a portable MP3 player. I never thought I'd want one, but after spending four days with his, I went out and purchased a 20GB iRiver a day or two after I got home. I've been spending the last few weeks moving my CD collection to this little box that's just slightly larger than a pack of playing cards. If I measure by the spine, I have 33 linear feet of CDs (including many that are just in sleeves). I have to place each CD in my computer, decide which songs I want, rip them, level them, and then copy them to the iRiver. I've covered nearly fifteen feet of shelf space and added 2005 songs so far, so the halfway mark is in sight.

The thing is supposed to hold about 4800 songs!

It has been fun going thru and finding little gems in my collection that I'd forgotten about. I never was a fan of Johnny Q. Public's music, but their hilarious "Women Of Zion" went on the iRiver. I've remembered how much I originally liked Clay Crosse's A Different Man and the Kingsmen's Shelter. I remembered hearing Billy Joel's Russia concert on the radio years ago. It was a huge deal at the time, because he was the first American pop star to perform behind the Iron Curtain. "Angry Young Man" and several cuts from that project made their way to the iRiver. The early 4Him CDs, Amy Grant's Collection and Glad's first Acappella Project have caused me to recall my years just out of college.

So I guess I'm late to the bandwagon, but I'm firmly on board now. I haven't even started looking for places to buy downloads. I've used eMusic and iTunes in the past, so I'll probably be visiting there again in the future (though I'll have to work around iTunes' proprietary format if I use them).

The last technology that changed the way I listen to music this significantly was the CD. It's true that MP3 quality isn't as good as CD, but it's as clearer than XM, FM, or AM radio. Because I'll mostly use the player in the car, it's certainly good enough for that environment.

By the way...after making this purchase, I'm 90% sure I'll be ditching XM Radio when my contract runs out next year. That's $13 a month that could be spent downloading songs I really want to hear.

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