The Problem With Records Is You Can't See Them

I have a lot of records. Too many, probably. And here's the problem with records: when a song comes on, you often don't know what song it is.

You're listening, having a good time, and then something starts playing that sounds familiar. "Oh, this is a great song. What is this?"

Now you have to get up. Walk over to the record player. Pick up the sleeve. Figure out which side is playing. Try to remember where you are on the record so you can guess which track it is.

This happens to me constantly.

What's Spinning started as a simple solution: a screen that shows me what's playing. Artist, song, album art. I can see it from my couch, my kitchen, wherever I am in the house.

But it turns out the solution revealed something bigger.

Now I know things I never knew before. I know which records I play the most. I know which artists I keep coming back to. I have a complete catalog of my collection -- not just what I own, but what I actually listen to.

It turns out I play the same six records over and over. Now I know which six.

The same thing works for CDs, cassettes, anything. Put on a mixtape from 1994? It knows. Playing DJ at a party? The TV shows everyone what's spinning. Streaming? It tracks that too.

Records are great. But they keep their secrets until you go look. Now I don't have to.