How To Move 11,000 CDs & More

[@wayneimrie1409]

Congratulations on your move Brendan. Hope you enjoy your new home. Bet it will be great to finally have all of your CDs on display.

[@mrhoffame]

16 years!! Wow. That is really cool. This video is from 1 year ago so clearly you already moved lol. One other idea to consider....keeping the boxes the regular size, putting cds in just like you did, but using the space on top to pack clothes lol. :) I swear, dollys and carts are God's gift to man!!! lol.

[@BrendonSnyder]

Yeah all moved in and settled. Turned this new space into a music room, see link if you’re interested kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5WQfYJ7rdqeias

[@tendraftsdeep]

I picked up vinyl collecting 12 years ago, but you've inspired me to pull my CD collection out of storage and bring it home. Doing it this week!

[@briankessler3501]

Nice new home, Brendon. When me and wifey moved to our house in spring 2005, moved all my music myself to try to avoid damage. 👍 Been seventeen years now and still don't have all my cds arranged how I'd prefer and you have nearly twice my collection. Enjoy your new digs and best thing I've liked about a house is not having to be worried about blasting the neighbors w/my Bose 301s. Thanks brother.

[@robbiebarbour7933]

When I moved house a few years back took pictures of them on the shelves before I packed them :) Enjoy your new home :)

[@am3986]

What a beautiful home! I am sooooo happy for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!no more neighbours!!!!!! No more heavy foot steps on the ceiling !!!!!!!!!!!!

[@iselect1012]

Congratulations on the home! It’s beautiful & spacious.

[@BrendonSnyder]

Thanks so much!! 🙏

[@philipgapske2206]

Omg, I love your new house. I loved watching your CD's getting moved. Good safe move. I would love to have that many CD's. Thanks for the great video. Philip.😍🤩🥰

[@BrendonSnyder]

Thanks Philip! It’s certainly been a journey.

[@joemorgan4740]

Congratulations hope you enjoy your new place lots of room looks like . Look forward to seeing you get those 11,000 cd out t show them off . Take care joe

[@darlenegoodwin]

Congratulations on your new place in New Jersey! I am moving to Williamsburg Brooklyn from Bay Ridge Brooklyn and I am getting my own apartment. I am very excited about this!

[@SaintMartins]

Great advice. Always pack your own CD's. Pack them tight to prevent giggling & cracking, seal the boxes to prevent fall out. Water proof if you want for added protection. Also i admit i'm germ-phobic i can't imaging anyone packing my stuff. I don't want other peoples dirty paws touching my music.

[@The_best_days_are_yesterdays]

"giggling" - LOL

[@renetrachet]

Congratulations Brendon. Enjoy the new house. I have great admiration for the movers. This is hard labor.

[@stevecross4071]

Congratulations on becoming a property owner Brendon! I hope that you and Noodle will settle in nicely. Take your time and sort out your CDs to your satisfaction - it will be worth the wait.

[@franksmusic2880]

Congratulations on your new home, looks really nice and big. I too am a homeowner in the town next door to you, Newark Ironbound section. Bloomfield is a nice town and it’s close to the city. I like those banker boxes for storing cds.

[@richarddavies6365]

Congratulations Brendon. Must feel pretty good owning a house now. I may be moving soon also and will be following your advice for packing all my discs.

[@johndelaurentis9294]

Welcome to New Jersey and congrats on the new house! It is the state I live in. Bloomfield is about 25 miles away from me.

[@BrendonSnyder]

Hello neighbor! 👋

[@alisterstrachan7384]

Wishing you (and Noodle) health and happiness in your new home, Brendon🏡😀

[@176franks]

you can have a cool music room in your new house looking forward to seeing your progress

[@PeterMorrison73]

Congratulations on the big move Brendon!

[@krudetube795]

Welcome to NJ. You will be close to Wellmont Theater in Montclair. And Dingbatz in Clifton

[@chrisjp69]

awesome! congrats on the new place. can't wait to see your new setup!

[@richardlandreth408]

So happy for you. Now you have room for a bigger stereo!

[@BrendonSnyder]

….I’m going to go with more CDs!

[@joelespinosa1978]

Congratulations on your new home! I was hoping you would post a video documenting your move. Really cool to watch. Hopefully you took some time off work to get everything set up.

[@laurencegoodwin4047]

All the best with your move Brendon

[@vincentst.george9035]

Congrats on your new home! I used paper boxes from work to pack mine before I moved. I measured and cut down to size like you did and I used the cut cardboard to tighten up the contents.

[@shari247peace]

For my 5,500 CD’s and moving, I purchased the UltraBoxx from Bags Unlimited that is a vinyl type corrugated box with dividers, made for CD’s and holds 100 CD’s. Very similar to your box idea but already sized for CD’s and they stack great. Once I arrived at my new home and unpacked, I ended up selling the boxes to a local record store who in turn sold them immediately to one guy. My only complaint with the Ultra Boxx is, the corrugated vinyl lid was hard to to get the tabs to stay put because of the thickness of the vinyl. I easily solved that by using some clear packing tape on the inside of the lid where it snaps together and voila, fixed. I love Bags Unlimited sleeves and alphabetical dividers too.

[@shari247peace]

And I would add, I kept all mine in alphabetical order. I stacked in alphabetical order, then created labels for the 56 boxes and labeled them 1 of 55, 2 of 55, etc. so once I got to my new home, they were easily sorted by box, then putting them on shelves easy.

[@BrendonSnyder]

That’s great to know! It’s always good for people to have multiple options. I’m glad the Ultra Box worked well for you. I’m looking forward to getting most of mine out of these boxes after I have the custom shelves made.

[@shari247peace]

@@BrendonSnyder Shelves will be stellar! I’m sure your favorite local record stores would love to have the boxes you cleverly created too when you are finished with the boxes for their stock or for a customer. I imagine once you have everything on shelves, in the order you prefer, that will feel like a true triumph. Something very satisfying about all your music in its place. I’m hoping we get to see a video of all that. Thanks for sharing your journey!

[@topographic1973ify]

Glad you made it. I tried to comment yesterday but couldn't do it on the phone either. Aggravating.

[@dirkbag22]

What a nightmare! Cool to get into a nice new place, congratulations! But the work! OMG. And you have a cat there, that's the best, watching your cat explore the new surroundings.

[@JuanTondiniComediante]

Congratulations for the new house !! That mix of stress and adrenaline when it's time to move out! I felt it ! Haha

[@Marvidsen1973]

Congratulations on your new home. Enjoy all the additional space 🙏🏻🙌🏻🎸

[@BrendonSnyder]

Thanks so much Martin!

[@melprophet1936]

Whoa, I thought my NYC apartments were small. My smallest was 450 sq ft many years ago. And we left a classic NYC L shaped place last year that was about 950 sq ft. You're going to love all that space Brendon, and no more walk up. Congrats!

[@jorgeamartineze120]

Hello Mr Snyder. Congrats, finally got a bigger place. Hope you can make yourself home 🏡! Be safe. Cheers.

[@danielgros5947]

Hey man, congratulations on your house! Good for you! Great video.

[@mrdjproductions3070]

Congrats on the new house!

[@patrickjoneill4551]

Good luck with the reorganisation. Wishing You Health & Happiness in your new home and of course Happy Listening 💿 🎧

[@joelampo1]

Brendon! So glad you moved to Bloomfield. Brookdale Park is great to walk in. I grew up in Nutley so you are right next to where I used to live. Welcome :)

[@paulholmes9420]

Great to see the big move !! interesting ! Nobody can can look after your cd or vinyl better than yourself like me you have developed a great passion for your collection! The good thing now it’s done ! Onward & upward ! 😂

[@claywalnum3143]

Congrats on the house!

[@musicnmovies7067]

Omg!! That is a Super Huge Ultra gigantic collection of cds!! Wow! I don’t think I can handle that much cds. Congratulations on your new place

[@danp9092]

Congratulations on the new house and also thanks for another interesting video. There's something so satisfying about watching house moves, particularly where there's a lot of music involved. Cheers 🍻

[@chtyan]

Nice, Your going to have an awesome setup when you get done. Glad your out of those rent payments.

[@davidmitchell461]

Congrats on the move from the Big Apple to the burbs!!! I understand about moving a large collection of music and reorganizing everything. Enjoy your new house - looks great!

[@PabloReyesVelasco]

Great news! Congratulations and best wishes for Noodle, you and the collection at your new home.

[@bassbites2204]

Your new house looks fabulous, congratulations man…..cheers from India 👍🏽👍🏽

[@BrendonSnyder]

Thanks so much!

[@dangaucher2245]

Dude your Collection is helping the economy!

[@jasonmarkle9016]

Congrats on moving up and moving on out !

[@leeandrassy6815]

Congrats on your new house! I wish you the very best and can’t wait to see the new set up.

[@eugenehewitt2917]

Congratulations and best wishes on your new house.

[@BrendonSnyder]

Thanks Eugene!

[@littlegarlic]

Hi Brendon, happy for you to have a nice big sun shiny house. Some sunshine peering into your videos looks better than the gloomier look in the previous videos! Congratulations! Selfishly, I would say that I will miss seeing your old backdrop that kinda expanded my own 4-walls during the 2-years of mostly being in lock down.

[@poptopia1]

Congrats on the move...look at all that space for new cd's!

[@abbylynn8872]

Congratulations. My 5000+ collection is displayed on IKEA Billy bookcases. I have a cardboard strip behind them to keep them flush forward. I'm surprised they didn't plastic wrap the 800 set in the case then wrap in a blanket.

[@paulburrows7908]

Wow awesome Brendan, congrats on the new pad.

[@gellargod]

Congrats!!! Nice house!!! You need to display the entire collection now!!!

[@matweb8195]

Congratulations, Mr Snyder.

[@holspa]

Good you took your cat with you lol. A big aventure for the cat too. Enjoy your house.

[@mondoenterprises6710]

Wow! Congrats on the house, Brendon! It is frustrating trying to find actual cd storage boxes at banker box prices! As for organizing, I keep my organization simple as possible. It's either alphabetized Rock or its Jazz or its Classical. At the end of the Rock section, maybe a few special sections, usually small: soundtracks, world music. But that is it! But, truly, housing cds on milled shelves, bookcases, cd holders, whatever. It is so much work! The payoff is when you can just go to your T's and reach for your Talking Heads cd. Congrats on that cool looking house you bought. Honestly I was worried about you in that apartment with all those cds. You were there for a long time. It sounds like you were not a party animal, but only went out at night to shows on occasion. I am amazed at all you accomplished while doing these vids at the same time and working and buying the house and buying cds and prepping a move! Congrats again!! Can't wait to see the new cd setup!

[@williamrogers626]

Congratulations on your new place! Moving can be a big pain. Horrible that a bunch of your cd's got cracked. I love your new house! Looks like a nice neighborhood.

[@karast2000]

Congratulations for your new place. Hard to move all these cd s I did it with my approx 2k. and it was tough. Keep up your good work.

[@Jimbo4691]

Congrats Brendon. That's awesome.

[@mondoenterprises6710]

One homeowner tip: Design your cd storage so that it is away from water pipes above or in the walls and watch out for pipes and wires if going into the studs for hanging shelving. Also goes for your stereo equipment. One burst pipe and your collection could get damaged badly and I found out that the insurance company won't cover cds, so you might want to look into that also, maybe get a ryder? rider? policy if you can and video the collection and store the video of it in a safe deposit box. It is a considerable investment!

[@berntmansson]

Great movie, with lots of pointers.. such a professional movie.

[@sarahjohnson5448]

Congrats on the new house!! Looks beautiful and spacious. Can't wait for the new setup. :)

[@fmaaalacmb]

Congratulations on the new home!

[@bigfoot5347]

excellent video Brendon ,i too recently moved house and my 2000 cds and it certainly is very time consuming sorting and packing them so you having 11000 is deffo a big job . i also bought all new shelving and makes life so much easier to find what cd you want without the hassle of going through lots of boxes . all the best in your new home and keep on rocking 👍🎸🎸

[@alandeacon3018]

Congratulations on the new house Brendon - looking forward to seeing your superb collection on display🏠💿

[@johnmichaeldrahuca8432]

Sometimes moving can be a headache,but getting a big place can be better. Congratulations on the new house,after you get settled in you should do a room tour.🤟

[@landonpraught9170]

Great video Brandon Best wishes on your house .

[@BrendonSnyder]

Thanks Landon!

[@BriansVinylRecords]

Congrats on the new house! Enjoy getting things set up and all that space.

[@Mayhemaniacs]

Congratulations and good luck!

[@BrendonSnyder]

Thanks John!

[@matthewfeduzi4751]

Great tips, good luck with your new home

[@BadEnglishRecs]

Congrats for the new home and good luck with it. mr. Finglish (Bäd English Recs)

[@BrendonSnyder]

Thank you!

[@RockStarParking10]

Great looking home for your music collection!

[@carltweed942]

Hi Brendon. I enjoyed this video. Really pleased for you that you've found a nice, bigger place in the suburbs. You did a good job of making the move stress-free. I'm glad to see the wall of wonder made the trip with you ... Re the space that 11,000+ CDs takes up, a solution would be to put the ones you don't like as much into plastic wallets, keeping all the art work and ditching the jewel case. I do this, partly because a lot of the CDs I buy are second-hand and the cases are damaged or unsightly. Mind you, if you're going to have custom-shelving, it will look spectacular; see for example the CD wall on Norman Maslov's site. All the best, Carl

[@victorsvorinich1595]

Congrats on the new place! Looks awesome! I’m not far from you in Whippany,NJ. I’m not sure your reasonings to move, but to me, NYC ain’t what it used to be. Was there about a month ago and it’s so dirty now-trash all over the streets, etc. a friend is moving out of there this week to NJ too. It’s peaceful here. I hope you enjoy and looking forward to seeing your new music room in the future. Cheers!

[@donsavignano4396]

Man o man Brendon once again congrats on your new house in new jersey. Great video. Take care

[@ChrisPropfeMusicallyObsessed]

Congratulations again!!!!

[@billyblanch9642]

Awesome. . Great looking home enjoy and the for the entertainment .

[@SteveMulready]

Awesome upgrade! Congrats!

[@phrankzinatra]

Congratulations on the move and having your own house! Lots more room for your collection. I am seriously thinking about finding some of those banking boxes you use for storage, since they are a perfect fit for 90 CDs. Though I have my own growing collection of special CDs (including nearly 100 Rock Candy reissues) that I plan to keep for as long as I live, I've also picked up other random CDs that I would eventually sell at flea markets; however, I have not sold any since the pandemic began. I may start again this summer up until I have to go back to teaching this fall.

[@BuffaloMike74]

Brendon- First off, Congratulations on the move and new house! That is awesome! I thought this video was great. I just loved getting the tour of the empty old apartment as well as the brief tour of the new home. Cant wait to see all of the cd's on display eventually. Question- Will you need to get a vehicle now that you are in NJ or can you still get around by public transport everywhere you need to go(I know you can still take the subway into Manhattan for work but was more curious about getting to local stores and such in Jersey). Good luck with getting settled.

[@hofy3393]

I don't know what is worse, living in NYC or living in NJ. Good luck either way.

[@silviodraco9393]

Congratulations for the house.👍

[@MartyMurray]

Nice place Brendon. Looks like a lovely little house inside. I don't have as big a collection as you do, but I have always moved myself also. I have never used professional movers, just a lot of trips back and forth in the van. Now I have a small SUV, so the next time it will mean even more trips. Hopefully I won't have to move from here for a long time. I've been at this house now for 12 years.

[@yyman23]

Always pack everything and never trust the movers, that's my moto. Last time I moved I loaded the cd's into milk crates in alphabetical order and moved them myself. Since then, I've acquired thousands more, together with a couple thousand LPs and too much stereo equipment. It's going to be a pain in the butt, but no mover is touching my music 🙂 Congrats on the new place Brendon!

[@CatDadChris]

Congrats on the new home. You will love having the space, until it fills up too! lol

[@BrendonSnyder]

I do love it so far and if I was able to store 11,000 in my tiny NYC apt then imagine what I can do here!

[@catherine6653]

The new home looks nice. Noodle will have a larger territory to roam. Sorry to hear some of your CDs were damaged 💔.

[@paulweaver]

Hi brendon good luck on your move to new Jersey hope you get your 11.000 CDs there in one piece Paul from england 🇬🇧 🤘👍👍👍

[@magnuslindoff2644]

Great video keep up the good work

[@AlphaAstraAqua]

When I moved my 10000 CD collection seventeen years ago, I packed them all in egg boxes and loaded them all myself into a U-Haul which I drove. I didn’t want anyone else involved.

[@BrendonSnyder]

I would have prefer to do it myself but not really an opinion in Manhattan. You have to get in and get out and avoid the chaos. That’s why movers were hired and still it was an all day affair.

[@waltzfordebbie9959]

Don't wanna rain on your parade , but I recommend Iris 30.6Qt plastic storage boxes that fit 140 CDs in each, all flat, one level. Plus they have handles. I had them stacked up for years 12 high. Perhaps you can go higher but I haven't tried. Good video.

[@BrendonSnyder]

The reason I don’t like this is that they don’t hold the CDs tight. The sides of the plastic bins are sloped and not vertical so you never get a nice tight fit. Too much jostling. The banker box is a tight 90 CDs with no movement will filled which is preferable IMO. But in the end of the day it’s all what works best for each person.

[@jaredl.8465]

Congratulations again on your new place! I see lots of room painting in your future. And if you plan to keep the bulk of your collection in the storage boxes, may I suggest creating a label (with content category) and applying it to the outside of each box. I have a Brother label maker and used it when we recently put a lot of our stored items into plastic totes.

[@groofoot]

Congratulations on the new digs! At 11:52 of the video, I noticed you have some CDs stacked .... and I store CDs in stacks too. I don't Ever stack them more than 17 high, even if they're all in plastic jewel cases ... and of course, the ones in the newer thin packaging go on top of the stacks. I wondered if you have a certain number which is Your limit of stacking. As I say, mine is 17 .... what's your limit? Hope you can answer. I gave the vid a like! 8-)

[@nightdrive89]

I found it tedious to move only 1000 CDs, can't imagine ten times as many! Also, I wasn't as careful, I just moved them in these large IKEA bags. That said, I moved everything myself so I made sure to be as careful as possible. Something I've found helpful when I rearrange shelves is to take photos of how it looked before. Fun times ahead for you!

[@carltweed942]

Great tip Daniel to take photos of the shelves before you move.

[@seekah1]

Fascinating video Brendon, thanks so much for the share. Yes it was very stressful with my last move, glad I packed a lot of it myself and took it down by my car (inc the Hi-Fi). Did you run out of time to pack those wall CDs? I'm not surprised they packed them like that, terrible! Anyway, looks like you have an awesome house, be good to see it when you're finally all settled in. Congrats and take care.

[@peterrech2307]

Hi Brendon, I shifted house in 2009 and at that time I had about 7,000+ LP's and 2,000 CD's and it was a total pain in the b..t. I am now about to move again, downsizing, however this time its about 12,000+ LP's and 3,500+ CD's. It will be a total pain again, so I do know what you have gone through. I'm not looking forward to it but its necessary. .....Enjoy the music..........

[@peterrech2307]

And congratulations on buying a house.

[@am3986]

Brendon! How were you able to buy a house in this crazy market!!!! Do tell!!! Congratulations dude!!!!

[@the80slivehere]

👍. Way to go, Brendon! Thanks for this video. It is most helpful to me. 😊. It is so great to have more room. I hope that you enjoy the suburbs with your lovely new home. Did the tape come off the boxes easily and nicely? Glad it all arrived relatively safely at your new home. Will you still work in NYC? Rock Always! - Heather

[@melvincalladine8187]

So happy for you . Good luck for the future have you got a new work place ?

[@jkos2537]

Congratulation on your new place. Are the boxes now history in the future? Wish you all the best there.

[@patavium7646]

Nice vid Brendon! Will you miss NY?

[@BrendonSnyder]

I still work in NYC so will commute in to the office and still get to enjoy all it has to offer without having to live in the chaos.

[@patavium7646]

@@BrendonSnyder well, seems right. Only pros I guess/hope!