Will Friedwald’s iTunes Collection Is Bigger Than Yours
Apr 19th, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: GeneralAccording to Will Friedwald, he has the largest iTunes collection in the world, with more than a terabyte of music managed through iTunes.
Friedwald is a music writer, and has been described as “The Poet Laureate of vintage pop music.” Friedwald spends much of his day in front of a Power Mac G5 using his his mammoth 200,000 track iTunes library.
Here, Friedwald describes his iTunes library:
I just re-compiled the main library (something that takes about six hours – I only do it a few times a year!). Here are the new stats:
- 849 GB | 172,150 tracks | 809.2 days
- 2,935 artists | 11,561 albums
- iTunes library database file – 282 MB
- iTunes library XML file – 259 MB
For reasons I will get into later, I also have several sub-libraries; theoretically, all my music will eventually go into the main library. I also have a separate “annex” of about 200-300 GB of stuff that I am gradually adding in to the main library. If I were to put everything together, which I am slowly doing, it will be around 1200 GB.
Anyone got a bigger iTunes collection?
via Glenn Wolsey
[…] According to Will Friedwald, he has the largest iTunes collection in the world, with more than a terabyte of music managed through iTunes. […]
Does it have to be in iTunes?
# 946GB | 218,856 tracks |
# 3,785 artists | 13,678 albums
I don’t know how Will get’s iTunes to work with his library. I gave up on it at half a terabyte (chokes regularly).
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I will refrain from tacky comments about guys worrying about the size of their…. iTunes collection.
I remember back in the olden days, guys boasted of, and worried about, the size of their… stereo speakers.
Podcastmama – just imagine how big his iPod has to be!
how much of that music was paid for?
[…] My iTunes library has been stagnant for quite a while now. Over 2 years, I’ve only compiled 562 songs occupying a mere 2.2 GB of disk space. Definitely doesn’t come close to this dude. Dang, I’m beginning to get bored. Any good music to recommend everyone? Preferably jazz or old school rock. I recently discovered Bob Dylan (hey, I was only born in the 80s!) and Imogen Heap. At last, new music to get obsessed about. Top 15 Most PlayedI think it’s pretty clear what my favourite song is. Dude, I have three different cover versions of it! Pardon me on the James Blunt craze, I was going through an angsty phase back then. Lip synching Blunt’s androgynous “Goodbye My Lover” with a jar of Nutella seemed right. Kudos to Billy Squire for his cheesy, “synthesizer-y” 80s rock. That’s how rock was meant to be sugar. […]