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If you were in prison for life given a half gig mp3 player, what would be on it?

Assuming the mp3 player would be recharged for you as needed, but could never be re-loaded with new songs, if you were in prison for life with one single half gig of memory to keep you company, what music would fill that half gigabyte of happiness? (One gig will hold approximately 360 songs, so a half gig is around 180, feel free not to list that many lol)
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mariacollins | 1 year, 9 months ago
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I like the idea of putting sounds on it, however next to my friends and family I would also want to hear basic sounds... laughter, rain, the ocean, wind.... that kind of things.
I would also put music on it; mostly accoustic music, probably a few classics as well; like the Beatles, ABBA, Foundations, those kind of classic songs.
10 songs that would HAVE to be on it would be:
1. A Walk Through Hell - Say Anything
2. Only Exception - Paramore
3. When the stars go blue - Tyler Hilton
4.Weak In the Knees - Serena Ryder
5. Speechless - The Veronicas
6. The Call - Regina Spektor
7. The Good Kind - The Wreckers
8. The General - Dispatch
9. The Fear You Wont Fall - Joshua Radin
10. Falling Slowly - Glen Hansard
And depending on how much more space I would have left I guess I would want a book maybe, I really enjoy Les Mis, so maybe that book on tape, or I guess some prisons have librarys and I could just borrow the book there.

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emilylengriffin | 1 year, 8 months ago Report

some of my friends and family's voices, Broadway musicals, some pop and Christian stuff.

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lillyshak | 1 year, 9 months ago
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The sound of my mums voice, the sound of my dad's voice and the sound of my best friend Millies voice. The three mean a lot to me.

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goatead1 | 1 year, 11 months ago
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There are tones and note progressions that can make you feel emotions, also they can make you feel euphoric or satisfied with your current situation. Along with these tones I would have a lot of Consonance chord progressions on piano to make me feel better about myself, as this will make anyone feel happy. Maybe I would play them for everyone else to, try to lighten the mood.

This wouldn't take up that much space though, the rest would be filled with hours of drum and bass so would could have dance parties.
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Owls | 1 year, 10 months ago
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Mp3’s have so much of the source music missing that it is hardly worth doing. Lossless is the way to go. With a decent set of earphones and an ipod, I would put on The Byrds, Joni Mitchell and Jeff Beck.

I would rather have a few high quality tunes, than a ton of mp3 junk. The MP3 version of the song is not the same as the original CD song because some of it has been removed.
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Owls | 1 year, 10 months ago Report

This prison thing and being restricted to mp3’s is cruel and unusual punishment. How about the listener is left on a tropical island, with a four GB ipod?

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garyallen | 1 year, 11 months ago
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That's funny--I just discovered the new-in-box iPod Shuffle I thought movers stole 18 months ago. So to answer your question, i'd jam all of this on there.

Pick any of the following links and press the play button on the page you get. (I was a top-40 DJ from 1990 to 1993, right when the big hair bands were big and right when the "Lite-FM" format began--we had one of the first stations in the country on that format in DC. Below you'll find my original playlist recreated, with newer things that fit in added (Maroon 5 being one), my Lite-FM playlist and I'm a big Sinatra fan, so you'll find GA Swings, a bunch of Rat Pack stuff heavy on the Sinatra (or people singing him). You'll also find Club GA, a piano bar thing--piano, cabaret, pop songs done in a jazz format...

Some of the "songs" on the lists are just separate entries for either voiceovers or sweepers (transitions in between songs) or bumps ( little mini-promos that go in-between songs, like the one from Club GA that I've attached):
GA Piano Bump-Duo-Nice (August 15, 2009)
1 Club Bump-Nice-duo
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Club Gary Allen Piano Bump
Man: Listen to this...you like?
Woman: Nice!
Man: Aww...
Woman: Thanks for listening!

Or the phone-dialing "Music by request" bump, found somewhere in the playlists, maybe more than once.

All 100% free, no strings attached, just press play and it will stream forever...I've fallen asleep at my desk at home to wake up to it.

THE GARY ALLEN SHOW!
http://www.playlist.com/playlist/14923168011/standalone

GARY ALLEN LITE-FM
http://www.playlist.com/playlist/15284437515/standalone

GARY ALLEN SWINGS
http://www.playlist.com/playlist/15284343563/standalone

CLUB GA
http://www.playlist.com/playlist/17073347595/standalone

The lists are always being changed, rearranged, etc. when I have time.

Suggestions are gladly welcomed!

THANKS FOR LISTENING!
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dainichi | 1 year, 11 months ago
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The New Testament, then if room: Proverbs, Psalms, Ecclesiastes, then random selections from the rest of the books until filled. (32kb mono mp3 audio book sound pretty good)

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bobfirestone | 1 year, 9 months ago
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An escape plan

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attitudexx | 1 year, 8 months ago
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Definitely some John Petrucci. Please listen to at least half of the attatched song if you have never heard him before. He is an amazing guitar player.
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womom | 1 year, 11 months ago
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Two things: the sound of my son's voice and the sound of my husband's voice. Over and over and over.

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silverhammer | 1 year, 11 months ago Report

Same here. Although not YOUR husband's voice.. that'd be creepy.

Definitely voices of family, friends and loved ones.

Sadly the reality of the situation is that 1) it's unlikely lifers could have access to MP3 players (depends on why they're there and State or Federal laws where they're incarcerated) and 2) the guards would, can and do confiscate personal items periodically so unless those voices/songs are available to be downloaded again after a hopefully successful lawsuit against the prison (rare), you might have a cool MP3 player but nothing on it.

That would suck.

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jjyy2010 | 1 year, 8 months ago
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Download a few books, read slowly,
,after read, then download
my whole life will end in knowlege
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iklilian | 1 year, 10 months ago
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Funny question @unwirklich, I pray nothing would ever take me to prison for half a second. Spending a whole lifetime in prison would be pretty boring and scary. But in a situation where I am taking away from the rest of the world, I would love to have a combination of songs and rhythms.

The first set of songs I would love to have in my mp3 player would be some of the songs I recorded with my family. They are about fifteen songs and every member of my family has a part in one or more of the songs.

Another set of songs would be inspirational songs and gospel songs, like those of Moen], Cece Winans, Women of faith and Ron Kenoly. I believe I would want to be closer to God at a time like that.

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