As mentioned two posts ago, I listen to a lot of music. It's very important to me. I also am very particular about rating my songs on iTunes, because I have several smart playlists set up that function on certain parameters, such as only playing songs rated five stars, or only playing songs rated four or five stars added to my music library within the last six months, and so on.
But two days ago, disaster struck.
I got a notification from iTunes saying that an update was available so I went ahead and clicked the update button and let it go on its merry way. But something went weird during the process and, long and frustrating story short, I can no longer get iTunes to work on my laptop.
So I've been playing my music on Spotify for the past few days, and let me tell you, my friends: it is just not the same. Sure, Spotify does have some great features- mainly the fact that you can listen to music that's not yours through its search functions and share songs and playlists with your friends. But for someone as persnickety about their music organization as I am, this is a huge annoyance. And it got me thinking about how I have become so accustomed to the methods I use for my media intake that whenever something happens to alter them it slightly rocks the foundations of my universe. That isn't to say I can't go without them for a while- there will be days or even weeks when I am on vacation, or my laptop isn't working, or I'm just too busy, and I don't listen to iTunes at all. But the difference is that I know that it will still be there when I come back. In this case, I can't access it even though I want to, and that is driving me crazy.
Plus, I have absolutely no idea what caused the problem or how to fix it, so there's a little bit of my control issues at play here, too.
I just want to be able to listen to my good songs without having "Bacon" by Harry and the Potters pop up when I'm least expecting it. Is that so much to ask?
