IPOD GEEK ALERT! List your "A to F" 'Featured Artists.'

Spartanacus

Truth be told, I'm anal about my Ipod. But my digital music collection is one of my favorite possessions & hobbies. As the years go on, my collection becomes bigger, but also better, as while it slowly grows I also slowly delete songs (from certain artists only) to make sure that when I leave this earth, my wife and kids will be left with an outstanding 'soundtrack of my life' for them to enjoy if they so desire (let's hope they are well over the age of 18 when they discover my 'gangsta rap' selections!).

I like the artists that show on my Ipod to be ones who I really enjoy and who have large catalogs (unless they are a newer band). For example, if I only have one album or a little 'hits' mix of an artist (Jimmy Buffett or Bob Dylan for example), then they will be regulated to my "Misc. Rock/Pop" 'artist,' and I also do that for "Misc. Reggae" and "Misc. Rap." These three 'Misc. Artist' collections contain 35 actual recording artists, leaving 96 other 'Featured Artists.' My goal is not to let my featured artists list get over 100.

Is anyone else nearly as anal about this as me? And yes or no, if you want to share your 'Featured Artists,' please list them.

I put my artists on a spreadsheet, not using any A's or The's in front of their name, and also using the first initial of an individual artist's first name (Frank Sinatra is under "F" for example).

If anyone is interested in playing along, I will follow this thread up with three other ones...'G-L,' 'M-R,' and 'S-Z.' Here we go...

AC/DC
Aerosmith
Alice In Chains
Arcade Fire
Audioslave
Band of Skulls
Beastie Boys
Beatles
Beck
Ben Harper
Black Angels
Black Crowes
Black Keys
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Black Sabbath/Ozzy Osbourne
Blind Melon
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Boogie Down Productions
Bunny Wailer
Candlebox
Chris Cornell
Collective Soul
Creed
Cypress Hill
Doors
Dr. Dre
Eazy-E
Eddie Vedder
Eminem
Foo Fighters
Frank Sinatra

nickburrows14

A
ACDC
ALANIS MORISSETTE
ALICE IN CHAINS
AUDIOSLAVE
BECK
BELLY
BLIND MELON
BLINK 182
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
COUNTING CROWS
CYPRESS HILL
DAMIEN RICE
DRUGSTORE
EDDIE VEDDER
FEEDER
FILTER
FLEETWOOD MAC
FOO FIGHTERS
FUN LOVIN CRIMINALS

hrd2imgn

I'll Play

major artists:

ACDC
Aerosmith
Akon
Alabama Shakes
Alanis Morisette
Alex Clare
Alice In Chains
Alicia Keys
Arcade Fire
Audioslave
Bach
Bad Company
Barbra Streisand
Beach Boys
Beastie Boys
Beatles
Beethoven
Ben Harper
Beware Of Safety
Billie Holiday
Billy Joel
Black Keys
bob and Tom
Bob Marley
Bob Mould
Bob Seger
Bon Jovi
Brad
Brad aisley
Bruce
Bryan Adams
Bush
Carl Orf
Chicago
Chris Cornell
Coldplay
CCR
Crystal Method
Dave Brubek
DMB
Def Leppard
Doors
Duran Duran
Howard Shore
Eagles
Eddie Vedder
Elton John
Enigma
Enya
Eric Clapton
Explosions in The Sky
Faith no More
Femi Kuti
Frank Sinatra
Free FallRescue
Fuel

nickburrows14

nickburrows14 wrote:

A
ACDC
ALANIS MORISSETTE
ALICE IN CHAINS
AUDIOSLAVE
BECK
BELLY
BLIND MELON
BLINK 182
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
COUNTING CROWS
CYPRESS HILL
DAMIEN RICE
DRUGSTORE
EDDIE VEDDER
FEEDER
FILTER
FLEETWOOD MAC
FOO FIGHTERS
FUN LOVIN CRIMINALS

Wondering where some of mine were e.g. The Cure, The Beastie Boys. They're under T

Tim Simmons

I only keep 2013 releases on my phone

Actress
Annie
Arcade Fire
Arctic Monkeys
Atoms for Peace
Autechre
Boards of Canada
Chvrches
Daft Punk
Dark Sky
Deerhunter
Disclosure
Ducktails
Earl Sweatshirt
Factory Floor
Four Tet
Fuck Buttons
Fuzz

Tim Simmons

nickburrows14 wrote:

Wondering where some of mine were e.g. The Cure, The Beastie Boys. They're under T

Doesn't iPod software ignore the "The"?

nickburrows14

Tim Simmons wrote:

nickburrows14 wrote:

Wondering where some of mine were e.g. The Cure, The Beastie Boys. They're under T

Doesn't iPod software ignore the "The"?

I cheated and used the artists stored on my Philips hard drive.
I just wanted to join in

Bronx Bombers

Tim Simmons wrote:

nickburrows14 wrote:

Wondering where some of mine were e.g. The Cure, The Beastie Boys. They're under T

Doesn't iPod software ignore the "The"?

No but usually you would see The Beastie Boys sorted under Beastie Boys under album artists so they will come up under B in the artist lists.

Tim Simmons

That's what I mean.

Spartanacus

Tim Simmons wrote:

That's what I mean.

Correct...I ignored the "The's" and "A's" entirely when inputting my collection into my spreadsheet though.

kwdaley

i'll be the first to admit that some of the following are questionable ( ie. embarrassing ) entries on my playlist!

These are all from official albums, no greatest hits/soundtracks (unless the song was s/t only). People at work love hearing what comes on next when I put my phone on shuffle (could be anything from classic country followed by rap, followed by PJ!) Any mashups were excluded also.

A3
ABBA
ABC
AC/DC
Accept
Ace Frehley
Ace of Base
Adam Ant
Aerosmith
Afrika Bambaata
After the Fire
Age of Electric
a-Ha
Alanis Morissette
Alannah Myles
The Alarm
Aldo Nova
Alice Cooper
Alice in Chains
Allman Brothers Band
Amazulu
American Hi-Fi
Amii Stewart
Amy Winehouse
Andre 3000
Andrea True Connection
Andy Kim
The Animals
Animotion
Anthrax
Apache Indian
Apollo 440
April Wine
The Arc Angels
Arcade Fire
Arcadia
Argent
Asia
Autograph

The B-52s
Babe Ruth
Babes in Toyland
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Bad English
Baltimora
Bananarama
The Band
The Bangles
Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts
Basement Jaxx
Bay City Rollers
B.B. Gabor
The Beach Boys
Beastie Boys
The Beatles
Beck
Bell Biv Devoe
Belly
Better Than Ezra
Beyonce & Jay-Z
Bif Naked
Big Audio Dynamite
Big Country
Big Pig
Big Sugar
Bill Haley and his Comets
Billy Idol
Billy Joel
Billy Preston
Billy Squier
Biz Markie
Black Box
The Black Crowes
Black Sabbath
Blind Melon
Blink-182
Blondie
The Bloodhound Gang
Blue Oyster Cult
Blue Swede
Blur
Bob Dylan
Bob Marley
Bob Seger
Bon Jovi
Boney M
Bonnie Tyler
The Boomtown Rats
Boston
Bow Wow Wow
The Box
Boys Don't Cry
The Brady Bunch
Bran Van 3000
The Breeders
Brother Cane
Bruce Dickinson
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Willis
Bryan Adams
Bryan Ferry
Budgie
Buffalo Springfield
The Buggles
Bush
Butthole Surfers
The Byrds

C.W. McCall
C+C Music Factory
Cabaret Voltaire
Cake
Cameo
The Cardigans
Carl Douglas
Carly Rae Jepsen
The Cars
Cat Stevens
Chalk Circle
The Charlatans
The Charlie Daniels Band
Charlie Sexton
Cheap Trick
Cher
Cherie and Marie Currie
Chic
Chiliwack
Chris Isaak
Christina Aguilera
Chuck Berry
Chumbawumba
Cinderella
Clarence Carter
The Clash
Coal Chamber
Coleman Wilde
Colin James
Collective Soul
The Commodores
The Communards
Company B.
Concrete Blonde
Confederate Railroad
Corey Hart
The Corrs
Cowboy Junkies
Cracker
The Cranberries
Cream
Creed
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
Crowbar
Crowded House
The Cult
Culture Club
The Cure
Curtis Mayfield
Cyndi Lauper
Cypress Hill

Daft Punk
The Damned
Dan Hill
The Dandy Warhols
The Dave Clark Five
David Bowie
David Lee Roth
David Wilcox
The Dead Boys
The Dead Milkmen
Dead or Alive
Deee-Lite
Deep Purple
Def Leppard
Denis Leary
Depeche Mode
Derek and the Dominos
The Devil's Daughters
Devo
Dexy's Midnight Runners
Diamond Head
Diana Ross
Dig
Digital Underground
Dio
Dire Straits
Disturbed
Divinyls
DJ Kool
Dobie Gray
Doctor and the Medics
Don Henley
Donna Summer
The Doobie Brothers
The Doors
Doucette
The Doughboys
The Dream Academy
Dream Warriors
Dropkick Murphys
Duran Duran
Dusty Springfield
Dwight Yoakam
Dyanna Lauren (yes... the porn star)

Eagle-Eye Cherry
The Eagles
Earth, Wind and Fire
Echo and the Bunnymen
Eddie Rabbitt
Eddie Vedder
The Edgar Winter Group
Edie Brickell and New Bohemians
Elastica
Electric Light Orchestra
Ella Fitzgerald
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Elvis Presley
EMF
The English Beat
Erasure
Eric B. and Rakim
Eric Clapton
Eric Donaldson
The Escape Club
Europe
Eurythmics
Evanescence
Evelyn "Champagne" King
Everclear
Eve's Plumb
Expose
Extreme

The Fabulous Thunderbirds
The Faces
Faith No More
Falco
The Farm
Fastball
Faster Pussycat
Fastway
Fatboy Slim
Feargal Sharkey
Fergie
Filter
Fine Young Cannibals
Fiona Apple
Firehouse
Five Man Electrical Band
The Fixx
Fleetwood Mac
Flo Rida
A Flock of Seagulls
The Flying Lizards
Foghat
Foo Fighters
A Foot in Coldwater
Foreigner
Foster the People
The Four Horsemen
Frank & Moon Unit Zappa
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Frankie Valli
Franz Ferdinand
Fun Lovin' Criminals
fun.

leekstokie

Alice in Chains
Arcade Fire
Arctic Monkeys
Ben E King
Biffy Clyro
Blink 182
Blur
Bonnie 'prince' Billy
The Bravery
Bruce Springsteen
The Calling
Coldplay
Coolio
Damien Rice
Delamere
Delirium
Dr Dre
Eddie Vedder
Elbow
Embrace
The Enemy
Eurythmics
Faithless
Fleetwood Mac
Foo Fighters

JTH

waaaaay too much stuff on my iPod to do this, so I'll go with the iPhone, which is much more "streamlined."

AC/DC
Alice in Chains
Anthrax
Arcade Fire
The Avett Brothers
Beastie Boys
The Beatles
Beck
Ben Harper
Billy Bragg & Wilco
Black Flag
The Black Keys
Black Sabbath
Blitzen Trapper
Blue Oyster Cult
Bob Dylan
Bob Marley
The Bottle Rockets
Brad
Broken Social Scene
Bruce Dickinson
Bruce Springsteen
Built to Spill
Cake
Calexico
Chris Cornell
Clutch
Coldplay
Cracker
CCR
Curtis Mayfield
Cypress Hill
Dawes
De La Soul
Dead Kennedys
The Dead Milkmen
The Decemberists
The Doors
Dr. Dre
Eddie Vedder
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
The Flaming Lips
Fleetwood Mac
Floored by Four
Foo Fighters
Frank Sinatra
Frank Zappa
Franz Ferdinand
Fugazi
Fugees
Funkadelic

eeriepadave

i have a lot of music, but i'll just list the ones i like/listen to more often. I have more on itunes than my ipod

Against Me!
Albert Hammond Jr.
Alice In Chains
Animal Collective
Arcade Fire
Arctic Monkeys
Army Of Anyone
Art Brut
At The Drive-In
Atoms FOr PEace
Audioslave

Babyshmables
Bad Religion
Band Of Horses
Band Of Skulls
Basement Jaxx
Beach House
Beastie Boys
The Beatles
Beck
Ben Folds
Best Coast
The Big Pink
The Black Keys
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Bloc Party
Blur
The Boxer Rebellion
Boy Kill Boy
Broken Bells
Burning Brides
Bush
Busta Rhymes
Butthole Surfers

CAKE
Candlebox
Cee-Lo Green
The Chemical Brothers
Chris Cornell
cKy
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
The Clash
Cold War Kids
Collective Soul
The Cooper Temple Clause
The Coral
Counting Crows
The Cranberries
The Crystal Method

Daft Punk
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
Damageplan
Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip
Danger Doom
The Datsuns
Dave Matthews Band
Days Of The New
The Dead Weather
Death Cab For Cutie
The Decemberists
The Dirtbombs
Dirty Pretty Things
Django Django
Doves
Dr. Dog
The Drums
The Duke Spirit

Eagles Of Death Metal
Eddie Veder
Editors
Elbow
Electric Six
Empire Of The Sun
The Enemy (UK)

Faith No More
Fatboy Slim
Filter
Fitz & The Tantrums
The Flaming Lips
Flaw
Fleet Foxes
Foals
Foo Fighters
Foster The People
Franz Ferdinand
The Fratellis
Free Energy
Fujiya & Miyagi

ldent42

My Samsung Galaxy S4 and I would like to play as well:

The Airbourne Toxic Event
Arcade Fire
Awolnation
Ben Harper and the Relentless 7
Better than Ezra
Billy Joel
Blur
Buckcherry
Bush
Cage the Elephant
Chris Cornell
Clutch
Counting Crows
Cowboy Mouth
Dave Matthews Band
David Bowie
Eve 6
Everclear
Foo Fighters

Since I've only had my phone since July the stuff that's on here is only what I specifically put on here cuz I wanted to hear it There is a Movie soundtrack on here that I dunno what I wanna do with the tags, right now every artist with a song on there is listed under 'artists' in my Poweramp music player.

And just to get it on the record - Better than Ezra is on there cuz I got 'Rosalea' stuck in my head while talking with my friend about possible baby names and I kept suggesting Doctor Who characters.

thefixer9

The All American Rejects
Alter Bridge
Audioslave

Barenaked Ladies
The Beach Boys
Ben Harper
Ben Harper & Relentless7
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals
Billy Joel
Blue October
Bob Dylan
Bon Jovi
Brad
Brandon Flowers
Brendan Benson

The Cars
Chickenfoot
Cluthe/Lee
Cold War Kids
Coldplay

Eagles
Eagles of Death Metal
Eddie Vedder
Elliot Smith

Foo Fighters
The Frames
Bruce Springsteen
The Bryds