Series: My Music
Talking about music which means something to me.
Desktop Music Players – Crates
Scopique
September 12, 2025
I'm test driving a bunch of desktop music players. In today's episode: Crates, a music player-slash-organizer that also lets you source plays from online services, all in one place.
Desktop Music Players – Helium 17
Scopique
September 13, 2025
Helium is a clean looking media player seemingly geared towards file maintenance, but doesn't look to offer as many bells and whistles as some of the other players.
Desktop Music Players – MediaMonkey
Scopique
September 15, 2025
Looking at MediaMonkey, a powerful tool for managing very large media libraries, and a pretty good player to boot.
Desktop Music Players – MusicBee
Scopique
September 16, 2025
MusicBee is simple yet offers a decent array of tools for organizing your media library.
Desktop Music Players – AIMP
Scopique
September 17, 2025
I guess if you have media you need to play, AIMP will work, but it's one step above Windows Media Player and only just.
Desktop Media Players – What Will I Use?
Scopique
September 19, 2025
My takeaway from trialing several desktop media players, and ultimately, which one I'm going to use.
My Music – Late Breaking Addendum
Scopique
September 29, 2025
From Crates to MediaMonkey, and from smart-ass VPN to popular workhorse Plex.
My Own Honest Playlist
Scopique
February 20, 2026
I’m borrowing this idea from Roger Edwards of Contains Moderate Peril fame. His original Honest Playlist post was an excellent idea, especially since I’m sort of kind of trying to get back into music. My relationship with music is still kind of…