At the beginning of each project, I like to create a palette of sound for that particular project.
I don't own a radio. I listen to everything through apps or on my iPhone. And then I download the shows I like. Shows like 'Fresh Air', 'Radiolab', 'Snap Judgement', all those shows.
I have soundtracks for a lot of stuff.
If I had a stock of fabulous sounds I would just always use them. I wouldn't bother to find new ones.
But I can't remember who is in my CD player now.
I love soundtracks. I used to have three iPod classics: one with regular music, one with soundtracks, and one with demos on it.
Thanks to the greatest invention of recent years, the MP3-playing alarm clock, I can now choose the song that wakes me up in the morning.
I have a large number of cassettes, but I look at them mainly for reference purposes.
I generally make a sort of playlist for my iPod for whatever project I'm doing.
I make playlists on my iPod like nobody's business!