The iTunes Challenge

Now, lots of us have a lot of music stored on our computer, and I mean a lot. And a lot of the time, we don't listen to half of it, instead picking out a few of our favourite artists without giving anything new a try. Me? I have 14 days worth of music and I can guarantee I have not listened to all of it. So, throughout this summer holiday I am going to try and listen to my entire music library. All of it. No matter which artist I want to listen to, I shall go through my library alphabetically. I'm sure I'll find some hidden gems! So, without further ado, may I present to you the iTunes challenge

Rules
-You must go through your music library in alphabetical order
-You cannot skip a track, no matter how embarrassing it may be to listen to
-At the end of each day you must record how many hours of music you've listened to, which artists you've listened to, and how many songs you've listened to.

Now, enjoy mine :)

Day 1- 29th July

Number of Hours: 7
Number of Songs: 100
Artists Played: AC/DC
Aerial
Aerosmith
Aetherius
Airbourne
Alex Day
Alice Cooper
Alice in Chains
Anathema

Day 2- 30th July

Number of Hours: 2 
Number of Songs: 22 
Artists Played: Anathema
The Answer
Aquarius Moon
Astra

Day 3- 31st July

Number of Hours: 3.5 
Number of Songs: 41 
Artists Played: Atonika
Ayreon

Day 4- 1st August

Number of Hours: 8.2 
Number of Songs: 88 
Artists Played: Ayreon
Badlands
Bat For Lashes
Bellowhead
BigElf

Day 5- 2nd August

Number of Hours: 6 
Number of Songs: 80 
Artists Played: BigElf
Black Country Communion
Black Sabbath
Black Tide
Blackfield
Blink-182
Butthole Surfers
Camel

 Day 6- 3rd August 

Number of Hours: 10.2 
Number of Songs: 145 
Artists Played: Camel
Canniblast
Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band
The Cardigans
Chiasm
Chickenfoot
Children of Bodom
Chiodos
Chris Cornell
Chris Isaak
Christina Augilera, Lil' Kim, Pink, Mya & Missy Elliot
Christina Perri
Clutch
Coheed and Cambria
Cradle of Filth
Crippled Black Phoenix
Cynic
Daniel Ash
Darling Violetta
The Dear Hunter

 Day 7- 4th August 

Number of Hours: 4 
Number of Songs: 48 
Artists Played: Death in Vegas
Deep Purple
Delain

Day 8- 5th August

Number of Hours: 7.8
Number of Songs: 77
Artists Played: Delain
Des'ree
Devin Townsend
DeVotchKa
Dio
The Dirty One
Disney
The Divinyls
DJ Casper
DJ Otzi
Dollhouse

Day 9- 6th August

Number of Hours: 3.6
Number of Songs: 26
Artists Played: Dream Theater

Day 10- 7th August

Number of Hours: 6.1
Number of Songs: 47
Artists Played: Dream Theater

Day 11- 8th August

Number of Hours: 3.8
Number of Songs: 33
Artists Played: Dream Theater

Day 12- 9th August

Number of Hours: 5.3
Number of Songs: 40
Artists Played: Dream Theater

Day 13- 10th August

Number of Hours: 5
Number of Songs: 31
Artists Played: Dream Theater

Day 14- 11th August

Number of Hours: 2.4
Number of Songs: 13
Artists Played: Dream Theater

Day 15- 16th August

Number of Hours: 2.5
Number of Songs: 16
Artists Played: Dream Theater


Day 16- 17th August

Number of Hours: 2.4
Number of Songs: 21
Artists Played: Dream Theater

Day 17- 25th August

Number of Hours: 2.6
Number of Songs: 25
Artists Played: Dream Theater
Dredg
Dual Prophets
Eden's Curse

Day 18- 26th August

Number of Hours: 4.1
Number of Songs: 54
Artists Played: Eden's Curse
Effloresce
Eiffel 65
Elbow
Elena Cats Chernin
Emerson, Lake, & Palmer
Emilie Autumn

Day 19- 27th August

Number of Hours: 8.9
Number of Songs: 127
Artists Played: Emilie Autumn
Eva Cassidy
Evanescense
Everclear
Fans of Friction
Final Moon
Fleetwood Mac
Focus
Foo Fighters

Day 20- 28th August

Number of Hours: 8.7
Number of Songs: 98
Artists Played: Foo Fighters
Frameshift
Frost*
Funny Fax
Garbage
Gavin Friday
Genisis
Genitorturers
God of War
Godsmack


 Day 21- 29th August

Number of Hours: 7.2
Number of Songs: 122
Artists Played: Godsmack
Gorillaz
Guinea Pigs
Gummy Bear
Guns 'n' Roses
Halcyon
Half Life 2
Hard-Fi
Hawkwind
Hayseed Dixie
Heaven's Basement
Heaven & Hell
Helloween
Ideosphere
In Glass Houses
Infernal
Iron Maiden


 Day 22- 30th August

Number of Hours: 8.2
Number of Songs: 114
Artists Played: Iron Maiden
Isle 15
James LaBrie
Jefferson Airplane
Jeremy Soule
Jethro Tull

 Day 23- 31st August

Number of Hours: 1.8
Number of Songs: 26
Artists Played: Jethro Tull

 Day 24- 1st September

Number of Hours: 4.3
Number of Songs: 57
Artists Played: Jethro Tull 

 Day 25- 2nd September

Number of Hours: 2.2
Number of Songs: 29
Artists Played: Jethro Tull

 Day 26- 3rd September

Number of Hours: 7.6
Number of Songs: 88
Artists Played: Jethro Tull

 Day 27- 4th September

Number of Hours: 5.1
Number of Songs: 53
Artists Played: Jethro Tull
John Murphy
John Petrucci
John Petrucci & Jordan Rudess
John Williams

 Day 28- 5th September

Number of Hours: 1.2
Number of Songs: 14
Artists Played: John Williams

 Day 29- 7th September

Number of Hours: 2.1
Number of Songs: 28
Artists Played: John Williams

 Day 30- 8th September

Number of Hours: 3.3
Number of Songs: 49
Artists Played: John Williams
Jordan Rudess

 Day 31- 9th September

Number of Hours: 3.6
Number of Songs: 42
Artists Played: Jordan Rudess
Journal
Judas Priest

 Day 32- 10th September

Number of Hours: 3.6
Number of Songs: 42
Artists Played: Judas Priest
Killroom
Kimbra
King Crimson

 Day 33- 11th September

Number of Hours: 1.6
Number of Songs: 19
Artists Played: King Crimson
Kings of None
Kiss
Korn
Kim Mazelle
Lacuna Coil
Lana Del Rey

 Day 34- 13th September

Number of Hours: 2.5
Number of Songs: 34
Artists Played: Lana Del Rey
Las Ketchup
Laura Marie
Lazytown
Led Zeppelin

 Day 35- 14th September

Number of Hours: 4
Number of Songs: 44
Artists Played: Led Zeppelin
Liam Gaughan
Linger In Shadows
Liquid Tension Experiment

 Day 36- 16th September

Number of Hours: 1.7
Number of Songs: 11
Artists Played: Liquid Tension Experiment
Lisa Miskovsky
Llama Llama
Long Distance Calling

 Day 37- 17th September

Number of Hours: 1.1
Number of Songs: 14
Artists Played: Long Distance Calling
The Lord of the Rings

 Day 38- 20th September

Number of Hours: 3.7
Number of Songs: 48
Artists Played: The Lord of the Rings
Lost
Lou Bega
LUDO
Ludovico Einaudi
Magnum
Mama Cass Elliot
Marilyn Manson

 Day 39- 21st September

Number of Hours: 3.7
Number of Songs: 50
Artists Played: Marilyn Manson
Massive Attack
Mastodon
Matt Barker
Matt Loveridge
Meatloaf

 Day 40- 22nd September

Number of Hours: 7
Number of Songs: 80
Artists Played: Meatloaf
Megadeth
Metal Gear Solid
Metallica

 Day 41- 23rd September

Number of Hours: 2.4
Number of Songs: 22
Artists Played: Metallica

 Day 42- 28th September

Number of Hours: 4.2
Number of Songs: 47
Artists Played: Metallica

 Day 43- 29th September

Number of Hours: 5
Number of Songs: 50
Artists Played: Metallica

 Day 44- 30th September

Number of Hours: 4
Number of Songs: 55
Artists Played: Metallica
Michael Buble
Michael the Turtle
The Mighty Boosh
MIKA
Mindless Self Indulgence
Ministry
Moby
Monty Python
Mr Mitchell
Mundy
Muse

 Day 44- 1st October

Number of Hours: 50.1 (Minutes)
Number of Songs: 13
Artists Played: Muse

 Day 45- 4th October

Number of Hours: 1.9
Number of Songs: 26
Artists Played: Muse

 Day 46- 5th October

Number of Hours: 1.8
Number of Songs: 33
Artists Played: Muse
Mutiny Within
Neil McDougal
Newton Faulkner
Nickelback
Nirvana

 Day 47- 8th October

Number of Hours: 1.8
Number of Songs: 30
Artists Played: Nirvana

 Day 48- 9th October

Number of Hours: 1.7
Number of Songs: 23
Artists Played: No-Man
Noriko Matsueda
O-Zone
O2
Oasis

 Day 49- 14th October

Number of Hours: 4.6

Number of Songs: 37
Artists Played: One Hit Wonders
One Inch Punch
Opeth

 Day 50- 15th October

Number of Hours: 2.1

Number of Songs: 16
Artists Played: Opeth


 Day 51- 20th October

Number of Hours: 4.8

Number of Songs: 35
Artists Played: Opeth

 Day 52- 21st October

Number of Hours: 2.3

Number of Songs: 21
Artists Played: Opeth
Ordem Inversa
Ozzy Osbourne

 Day 53- 22nd October

Number of Hours: 2.3

Number of Songs: 27
Artists Played: Ozzy Osbourne
Pain of Salvation

 Day 54- 23rd October

Number of Hours: 2.3

Number of Songs: 24
Artists Played: Pain of Salvation

 Day 55- 28th October

Number of Hours: 9.7

Number of Songs: 125
Artists Played: Pain of Salvation
Pandora's Box
Panic! At the Disco
Pantera
Paradigm Indifference Syndrome
The Partridge Family
PeacePerception
Pearl Jam
Pendulam

Day 56- 31st October

Number of Hours: 8.1

Number of Songs: 108
Artists Played: A Perfect Circle
Peter Gabriel

Day 57- 10th November

Number of Hours: 12.2
Number of Songs: 137
Artists Played: Peter Gabriel
Phoenix Wright Musical Project
Pink
Pink Floyd
Pipo & Elo

Day 58- 16th November

Number of Hours: 8.5
Number of Songs: 92
Artists Played: Pipo & Elo
Pirates of the Carribbean
Poets of the Fall
Porcupine Tree

Day 59- 22nd November

Number of Hours:12.7
Number of Songs: 174
Artists Played: Porcupine Tree
Portal
The Posies
Procol Harem
Prophecy Within
Queen
Queensryche
Quindon Tarver
Radiohead

Day 60- 1st December

Number of Hours:10.4
Number of Songs: 142
Artists Played: The Reasoning
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Relocator
The Ridgeways
Rik Schaffer
Romeo & Juliet
Rooster
Rush
Rusted Root
Rylan Finch
S.A. Adams
Sanity not Included
Santeria
Scale the Summit
Scatman John
Sepultura

Day 61- 3rd December

Number of Hours: 2.2
Number of Songs: 39
Artists Played: Sepultura
Sigur Ros
Silent Hill
Skunk Anansie

Day 62- 6th December

Number of Hours: 4.3
Number of Songs: 58
Artists Played: Skunk Anansie
Slipknot
Smashing Pumpkins
Snow Patrol
Soundgarden
Speedycake
Spock's Beard

Day 63- 7th December

Number of Hours: 8.5
Number of Songs: 84
Artists Played: Spock's Beard

Day 64- 8th December

Number of Hours: 2.7
Number of Songs: 35
Artists Played: Spock's Beard

Day 65- 11th December

Number of Hours: 3.5
Number of Songs: 33
Artists Played: Spock's Beard
Stephen Lynch

Day 66- 14th December

Number of Hours: 2.6
Number of Songs: 41
Artists Played: Stephen Lynch
Still
Stina Nordenstam
The Stone Roses
Stormwatch
Susanne Sundfor

Day 67- 17th December

Number of Hours: 1.5
Number of Songs: 20
Artists Played: Susanne Sundfor
Symphony X

Day 68- 19th December

Number of Hours: 1.3
Number of Songs: 21
Artists Played: T-Rex
Ted Nugent feat. Meatloaf
Terrorvision
Tesla

Day 64- 8th December

Number of Hours: 2.1
Number of Songs: 31
Artists Played:  Tesla
Thomas Newman
Thunder

Day 65- 10th December

Number of Hours: 4.2
Number of Songs: 43
Artists Played: Thunder
Time and Tenson
Tiny Tim
Transatlantic
Trivium

Day 66- 15th December

Number of Hours: 3
Number of Songs: 46
Artists Played: UFO
Unkle
Urban Voodoo Machine
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines

Day 67- 17th December

Number of Hours: 3.2
Number of Songs: 42
Artists Played: Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines
Vampire Weekend
Van Halen
Vengaboys
Vitamin String Quartet
Vixen
Voltaire
Von Hertzen Brothers
The Wannadies
War of the Worlds

Day 68- 20th December

Number of Hours: 1.9
Number of Songs: 20
Artists Played:  The War of the Worlds
The Who

Day 69- 23rd December

Number of Hours: 2
Number of Songs: 25
Artists Played:  The Who
Wigfield
The Wildhearts
Will Smith
Within Temptation

Day 70- 27th December

Number of Hours: 4.5
Number of Songs: 55
Artists Played: Within Temptation

Day 71- 28th December

Number of Hours: 2.6
Number of Songs: 29
Artists Played: Within Temptation
Yes
Yohisha Hirano
30 Seconds to Mars
3oh!3

Ladies and gentlemen, that concludes my laborious foray into the deepest, darkest recesses of my iTunes, thank you, and, goodnight!