exponent: sol searchin'

I need a boost to catapult me high / Feels like the come up is way too tight
- Sunshine and the Rain, Joi, The Pendulum Vibe

When blogfriends spread their brilliance out so much it's hard to resist. With everyone locked out of the gym (including personnel), for a good 30 minutes, I used my time wisely.

First I noticed that George did a little magic, and then Jason followed suit. Originating from Jonno and his mind, they were able to throw a keyword into iTunes and shape and mold a playlist. Since I don't have iTunes, I came up with another solution.

The problem at DIC is that there is not one piece of Apple equipment. With a total of over 15 computing devices and not one Apple, what's a brother to do? The solution: use file searching and Media Center to burn a CD. Using Media Center, we had the added advantage of fade-out/fade in when playing and recording music. (Caveat: Music Match works well also; Media Center, however, has newer features).

My keyword for the making of my CD was the word 'sun'. Using this, I came up with the following playlist:

##	*Track*	*Artist*	*Album*	*Length*
1	Sunshine & the Rain	Joi	The Pendulum Vibe	4:37
2	In The Sun	Adriana Evans	Adriana Evans	4:39
3	Summer Sun	Koop / Nagano, Yukimi	Waltz for Koop	3:47
4	Sun Goddess [Live]	Earth, Wind & Fire	The Eternal Dance (2 of 3)	7:37
5	Run To The Sun	NERD (The Neptunes)	In Search Of (Retail)	4:47
6	The Sunshine	N'Dambi	'Tunin' Up & Cosignin'' (Disc 2) (2001)	4:26
7	el dorado sunrise (super chicken)	Cee-Lo	Cee-Lo Green And His Perfect Imperfections	5:31
8	Sunshine [Mediterranean Vocal Mix]	DJ Chus/Penn, David	Jazz in the House (3 of 3)	6:48
9	Lenny Fontana Featuring Beverly T - Spirit Of The Sun (Bump & Flex Hard Step Dub)	Artful Dodger	Rewind	4:40
10	The Sunshine Ease Your Love [#]	Bingle, Aaron	Brazilectro, Vol. 4 (2 of 2)	3:47
11	Walking on Sunshine	Donnie Calvin/Rocker's Revenge	Old School Jams: The History Lesson (2 of 2)	4:51
12	Never in Your Sun	Stevie Wonder	In Square Circle	4:06
13	Sunrays	Yesterday's New Quintet	Another Late Night	3:14
14	Sunshine	Nicki Richards	Naked ( To The World )	4:02
15	Sunshine	Alexander O'Neal	Hearsay	5:59
16	A Place in the Sun	Stevie Wonder	At the Close of the Century (1 of 4)	2:51
17	Sandy Farina - Here Comes the Sun	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band		3:05

This playlist was easy to compress into a CD format. I had a mishap with the word 'moon' however, coming through with far few tracks that I had in MP3 format. A great list, yes, but far too short:

	*Artist*	*Song Title*	*Album*	*Length*
1	Erykah Badu	Orange Moon	Mama's Gun	7:10
2	Norah Jones	Shoot The Moon	Come Away with Me	3:56
3	N'Dea Davenport	Underneath a Read Moon	N'Dea Davenport	4:15
4	Erykah Badu	Orange Moon	Mama's Gun	7:10
5	Various Artists	Moonraker - Shirley Bassey	The Best of Bond... James Bond	3:09
6	Rufus & Chaka Khan	Half Moon	Rufusized	3:17
7	Brandy	Full Moon	Full Moon	4:08
8	Lamya	Pink Moon	Learning From Falling	2:47
9	George Benson	Kisses in the Moonlight	The Best of George Benson [Warner Brothers]	4:25
10	Jamiroquai	Mr. Moon	The Return of the Space Cowboy	5:29
11	Donald Fagen	Countermoon	Kamakiriad	5:05
12	Herb Alpert	Rocket to the Moon	Keep Your Eye on Me	3:53

Hmm, my mind is all clear now. What playlists do you have in mind? Discuss.

13.30

this is dope this playlist architecture you boys are tinkering with. i just let my ipod and itunes randomly play whatever. it's very suitable for my listening pleasure as my mood jumps all over the damn place. but seeing your graphic representation ej has me thinking. hmm...

posted by: lynne at 17.49