Cataloguing
August 9th, 2006 by sashafaith
I haven’t posted in over a week – but it’s been a solid week of activity – and I’m feeling so good about the project I just finished! Last night (although I was up till 3:30 and I’m going to pay for that later) I finished cataloging my entire collection of my Dad’s music. I finally realized it was time to ask for help with the long hoped for transfer of Dad’s music to digital form. (and honesty it was some more of the Getting Things Done philosophy.) This stuff has been on my list for too long – and it’s because it’s really too hard for one person who doesn’t have the spare time, or the technical setup or expertise to do it well. But several of the guys I’m in touch with are serious tapers – they do it all the time and have fantastic stills and equipment to do it well. But I needed to know what I have and get that list to them so we can prioritize, and also so I have a good record of what I may send out of the house. I’m not worried about the music, though. I have full trust in the two guys who are going to take on the project. They have shared many things with me already, and they are doing it out of love for Dad’s music.
On Monday Trip took the day off and we had a nice time at home – but I was working – I contacted two authors of articles on my Dad – one from the Daily News and one from the Village Voice – in order to get their permission to use their work on my site. they were both very sweet – and I have transcribed them both and did a nice revision of my dad’s site with lots of new pictures.
The impetus for all this activity on his page was a surge of emails from some old friends of his – it got the wheels turning again. More photos will come – more recordings will come – but i felt the need to fill in some more of the blanks and make the page a little nicer. Everyone has been wonderfully supportive.