I love to listen to music, and so does everyone else in my family.  Everyone has an MP3 player of some kind or other, mostly because they turn out to be lifesavers on long trips.  When we travel with the kids to the States, we spend at least five hours on the road in each direction.  With the kids cocooned in their musical sanctuaries, my wife and I enjoy a much less troublesome ride.  My wife’s car (and the new car that I plan to buy) has an auxiliary input, which means that we’re also able to use our MP3 players to provide ourselves with a decent variety of audio entertainment on long trips without either renewing an expensive satellite radio subscription or burning dozens of cds.  The only sticking point is this: how do I find an easy, consistent way to manage everyone’s music collection?

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