I finally found a scrobbler that will work with iTunes 8 the way it is - QTscrobbler.

QTscrobbler works by reading the iTunesDB straight from your iPod before you sync. Plus, it's available for Windows and Mac.

I am somewhat of a playlist addict. I started by doing something sort of like this, but I have tweaked my iTunes playlists so that they're dependent on other playlists to about 50 playlists deep. The details of this are fodder for another blog post (or 10) entirely, but suffice it to say, iTunes runs VERY, VERY slowly thanks to my efforts.

(Aside: I've told Apple that all I would need to fix this is a "Turn on/off all smartlist live updating" switch - then I could turn them all off, make changes and turn them all on again when…

I have decided in a fit of guilt that I should post my findings regarding my ipod errors (nano 2nd generation) for the greater good. I mean, I spent most of yesterday (on and off) trying to find a solution. It might help someone, hey?

Okay, so my problem was that when I synced it would sync any tracks from playlists that had changed (which all of mine do), but if I tried to change which playlists were on the ipod it would throw up an "Unknown ipod error (-50)" and then tell me I couldn't read or write to…

Celebrating 10 years of knowing about Flamma Flamma - All thanks to the Adelaide Festival.

While I was looking for Free MP3s and midis of stuff I needed to practise for Lumina Vocal Ensemble, I came across some very interesting medieval stuff by Raphael Maffei. In particular, the album Medievalia (all of which you can legally download for free here). It's got a few tracks we're singing in our upcoming mediaeval concerts plus some really interesting choices from Carmina Burana, the Montserrat Codex and some old favourites like Saltarello. I think it's quite quirky and interesting. Well, I guess, only if you're into medieval stuff. :)

I'm also very excited about finding out…

That was way too hard.

My final 10 songs:
Rootless Tree
Killing For Love
Fed And Watered
Two Receivers
Like A Pen
Stop Me
God Put A Smile Upon Your Face
Dashboard
Cheer Me Up Thank You
Planet New Year

So, I suddenly have my whole collection back after nearly four months. What do I listen to?

Well, aside from the rating playlists and funky things to automagically drag up things I haven't listened to in a while.. It's a mix of stuff I really missed and stuff I was just getting into when the computer died.

The tracks I'm getting excited about are all a little obscure but I definitely recommend getting hold of them:

Goran Gora - Fight!
The Lovekevins - Anorak and Other Complicated Words Starting With an A
Damien Rice - Rootless Tree
The Mountain Goats…

I gots my iTunes back.. and am setting up my iPod. Mmm. Music fun :)

I'm thinking it's time for another music update. It's been a while since I told the world about my musical habits of late. Actually, of late they've been very strange. While studying too many hours a day I clocked up a huge amount of Michael Nyman, Philip Glass and Yann Tiersen. While these artists are fantastic, it has rather skewed the charts towards the easy-listening/classical side of things.

I've also been without iTunes and my huge library of music. It makes me sad. :( I bought an iPod weeks ago (purely for scrobbling awesomeness and to entice myself…

Damn! I've been listening to last.fm all day and scrobbling isn't working. It's scrobbled 1 track!! Arse.