I scroll through the 10000's of songs posted to 10 of the largest .mp3 News Groups. I just download stuff that looks interesting: old stuff, disco, metal, classical, new dance tunes, D&B whatever tickles my fancy. If I really like it I'll go out and get more of it either P2P or a trip to the record store. I'm picky about my P2P stuff though; 192 or better at least.

After sorting through my NG downloads I listen to each song briefly to see if it's worth keeping. After I've pared it down to 'good' stuff, I check tags (retagging most files) and then onto the empeg it goes.

Needless to say this takes a while, but I've got lots of things I wouldn't found otherwise, including a lot of one-hit wonders.

I have a probationary playlist so I can mark songs that need more attention - either for tags or s**t-canning.


-Zeke