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Help me organize my music.

nostrich:

cleversimon:

I have 45 GB of music in my iTunes library. You may consider that massive or miniscule, but you have to agree it poses a bit of an organizational problem.

I don’t really use the Genre tag; maybe the solution lies there. Maybe I should spend a weekend constructing playlists (but what kind of playlists?). Or maybe you have a better idea.

How do you keep your music library organized?

My advice regarding library organization is always unpopular and always ignored, but hear me out here: delete most of your music.

  1. willotoons answered: I swear this man & you were separated at birth or something. Or maybe your new alter ego is named Dick? So appropriate.
  2. hagwaar reblogged this from nostrich and added:
    old Data. Time to start over…
  3. factchecker reblogged this from nostrich
  4. osakasteve reblogged this from nostrich and added:
    Richard Dunlop-Walters
  5. kbkarma answered: My organisation method is simple. Music folder, containing folders for artists, which contain folders for albums. On an external HD.
  6. kubi reblogged this from cleversimon and added:
    do: (in response to cleversimon) 1) Genres: I only use the broadest names for my genres. Jazz, Rock, Electronic,...
  7. flemieux reblogged this from nostrich and added:
    Very interesting post
  8. qualls answered: Agreed! If your tastes are fluid, you should be constantly trying new things anyway. Save favorites, and ditch the rest.
  9. alexpornota reblogged this from nostrich and added:
    I see your point, nostrich, and I guess that’s my reasoning behind not having a hard disc iPod, but instead relying on...
  10. alancfrancis reblogged this from nostrich
  11. jeffgiddens answered: i use my ipod as the organizer. I think of itunes as the main library, and what is on my ipod as what i have “checked out”.
  12. lilzet answered: Oh, good. This is what I do. Solidarity.
  13. pootytang reblogged this from nostrich and added:
    I love it. I would never delete anything (I’m a horder, I’ll admit) but removing it from itunes sounds like a great...
  14. eush reblogged this from nostrich and added:
    cleversimon’s post. Read...whole thing. This may...several...
  15. respondr reblogged this from jhnbrssndn and added:
    going from 200+GB down...20GB. A 20GB library...essentially...
  16. cheerschopper reblogged this from nostrich and added:
    agree with “just fucking...certain extent. And, actually,iTunes can be very helpful with...
  17. teejayhanton answered: I need to delete some, but really enjoy hitting “shuffle” and just listening. I keep a couple “fave” playlists, but am otherwise unorganized.
  18. praavda answered: too much text, nostrich
  19. jhnbrssndn reblogged this from nostrich and added:
    Although RDW merely hints at the autism which is hard-wired into the male brain, and hence explains why a lot of men...