So. I've gone through all of my music, and I have a fairly simple system I had been using. I just bought 38 tracks off Beatport today, and in doing so, I realized that even though my organization is simple, it's a tad messy.
I have about 18 gig worth of music that I've collected over the past few years. About 8 of that is Dubstep. The rest is a mix of a bunch of different tunes that one point or another I enjoyed, so I bought.
Right now I have my music like this:
MUSIC FOLDER
>HOUSE
>DUBSTEP
>DRUM & BASS
>BREAKS
>HARDSTYLE
>FUNK
>TECHNO
>CLASSIC SONG
>NOT ORGANIZED
Generally when I buy or find a track on a blog, I throw it immediately into the "NOT ORGANIZED" folder. That allows me to go back at my leisure and edit the filename, make sure all the ID3 tags are correct, and clear any comments on the track. Then I move it into the appropriate genre folder.
But right now I'm running into the problem that I have too many Dubstep tracks to make it "easily" navigable. I guess I have a lot of stuff I enjoy for listening purposes, but not stuff that would really be something to "play out" if you will. A lot of it is older, and therefor I want to keep it, but it's not stuff I'd really keep on my list of "will play" if you know what I mean.
Right now I'm thinking about splitting my Dubstep tracks into two seperate folders, and having a "will play" and a "archive" almost. Thoughts?
I've also thought about going through and moving tracks into folders by release date. While a lot more work, it could be viable. Doing like 4 month periods in one folder. Thoughts on this?
Anyone else run into this? What have you come up with for solutions?
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