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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. dunia-digital reblogged this from cleversimon
  2. willotoons answered: I swear this man & you were separated at birth or something. Or maybe your new alter ego is named Dick? So appropriate.
  3. hagwaar reblogged this from nostrich and added:
    old Data. Time to start over…
  4. johnargh reblogged this from nostrich
  5. osakasteve reblogged this from nostrich and added:
    Richard Dunlop-Walters
  6. kbkarma answered: My organisation method is simple. Music folder, containing folders for artists, which contain folders for albums. On an external HD.
  7. 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,...
  8. flemieux reblogged this from nostrich and added:
    Very interesting post
  9. qualls answered: Agreed! If your tastes are fluid, you should be constantly trying new things anyway. Save favorites, and ditch the rest.
  10. 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...
  11. alancfrancis reblogged this from nostrich
  12. 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”.