My Music folder is somewhat disorganized still but its a lot better than what it once was. I still have my classical, hiphop/rnb/rap, alternative, Dave Matthews, and other (random songs, movie soundtracks etc) folders. I may throw all of these on dvds as i dont listen to these anymore but would like to keep.
EDM wise: Starting the middle of last year, I switched to organizing my tunes by month. I find this much easier. Before I made the switch I just had a big folder and within it, I would have some individual artist folders like Tiesto, Armin, benassi, etc but its mainly a big folder full of tracks. Then when I really got into house, I made a big house folder which is just random tracks. I used to have a torrent folder but I got rid of that and organized everything by month, year. I also have a folder for sets as well as one for mixes I've made.
Now all downloads go into the current month folder. At the end of the month, I load that month into itunes and listen to all the tracks deleting whichever I do not like. Then throw the best tracks of the month onto cds for the binder
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Oct-23-2007 19:15
SasH21
MissssssSasHHHHHH
Registered: Mar 2007
Location: Toronto
Wow you guys, you are so cute and so planned...Damn, I have everything in one folder or by dates of download, but that happens rarely...When it comes to organizing anything on computer, I am horrible, unless it's work-related; then, I get anal about it. All or nothing kinda thing
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Oct-23-2007 19:22
NuERA
Groove Control
Registered: Feb 2003
Location: Toronto
very anally. and as of late, i fear i havn't been anal enough, and have to go back and add information to 300 or 400 songs.
also, i feel this is a good time to note the importance of backups! also, an off-site backup in case of fire, flood, or theft.
Registered: Nov 2002
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
I cant stand looking for tunes on DVD. I have to have them available on my hard drives to listen to. The only time I burn them is for perminent back up, which I store on the shelf and leave there until a hard drive failure. I cannot wait for those 4TB drives!
Oct-23-2007 19:33
exstasie
Hack Attack
Registered: Jun 2006
Location: Toronto/Sauga, Canada
quote:
Originally posted by Orko
I cant stand looking for tunes on DVD. I have to have them available on my hard drives to listen to. The only time I burn them is for perminent back up, which I store on the shelf and leave there until a hard drive failure. I cannot wait for those 4TB drives!
...now how much music do you actually have?
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Oct-23-2007 19:36
kotsy
Avatar Superstar
Registered: Jul 2006
Location: Underground
I also have a habit of editing all my mp3s I download to get rid of the bits of silence at the start/end of an mp3. I also do a volume adjust on each mp3 as well. Out of almost everything in my life, I think I'm most anal when it comes to my music collection. Everything has to be just so or it'll be fixed right away. I can't count how many times I've spent an hour or longer finding out exact spelling etc on artists/tracks, some of which include finding artwork for a cd/vinyl.
quote:
Originally posted by Orko
I cant stand looking for tunes on DVD. I have to have them available on my hard drives to listen to. The only time I burn them is for perminent back up, which I store on the shelf and leave there until a hard drive failure. I cannot wait for those 4TB drives!
+1 on that! I couldn't handle having to get a cd/dvd out to listen to anything. It has to be right there, ready to go at all times.
I can't count how many times I've spent an hour or longer finding out exact spelling etc on artists/tracks, some of which include finding artwork for a cd/vinyl.
My respect to you!
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Oct-23-2007 19:50
DaRoZa
NEXT LEVEL
Registered: Feb 2007
Location: hamilton
quote:
Originally posted by kotsy
It has to be right there, ready to go at all times.
*insert misogynist comment here*
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Oct-23-2007 19:54
Owen M
nightdreamer...
Registered: May 2005
Location: The Hammer (Hamilton, Ontario)/ Calgary Alberta
