How do you organize your music?

toptomy · 01-09-2018, 12:44 PM

Hi! been trying so many methods to organize my music and playlists. I'm personally using Spotify for my music needs.

Do you add every song/album you like to your library? which things you do save to the library? Do you just add things to playlists? how do you manage your playlists?

I used to organize everything in genre playlists (rock, electronic etc) but its taking too much effort and not always clear what should go where. So for now I just add nice songs I find to the library

Please share your technics

cheers!

Maajo · 01-09-2018, 12:48 PM

I don't have an e-library at the moment and it sucks, but I know some people who organize their music exactly how Allmusic does (they just copy the data from their site), which is by mood and most basic description of genre. So basically, all guitar based music including Slayer is "pop/rock", which some people don't like but the moods are what sets everything apart. Not sure how it was done exactly, but there's probably a decent service where you can add tags like the moods of each album or song, etc.

OccultHawk · 01-09-2018, 12:52 PM

I rank my playlists by tier

tier 3 playlists songs get deleted and maybe moved to tier 1 or 2 or both after 1 listen

tier 2 songs get one listen and deleted

tier 1 stay on random rotation without deletes

~~MicShazam~~ · 01-09-2018, 12:53 PM

My Spotify is a mess, but my CD's are where I have all the music I care about the most. It's one shelf for the favorites, one shelf for the second tier, and another shelf for the least important albums. The two first shelves are merely alphabetical - no genre sorting. The third shelf isn't even sorted at all. I guess I don't feel a massive need to sort everything, since I pretty much know what I have.

I probably should do something about my Spotify. It's just a big pile.

**Frownland** · 01-09-2018, 12:54 PM

I try to keep my physical collection more or less in alphabetical order but that's about it.

OccultHawk · 01-09-2018, 12:56 PM

My organization system for my cds is so ****ing complicated. I have six numbered rubber containers with post it notes and dates all over them.

OccultHawk · 01-09-2018, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

I try to keep my physical collection more or less in alphabetical order but that's about it.

You’re lucky to be younger. When I was your age it was off to the record store after every paycheck. I could own a ****ing home.

rubber soul · 01-09-2018, 01:03 PM

I would categorize mine by genre. I had a section for British Rock and another section for San Francisco Rock, etc. It was pretty anal but it worked for me.

**Frownland** · 01-09-2018, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

You’re lucky to be younger. When I was your age it was off to the record store after every paycheck. I could own a ****ing home.

I honestly feel a little guilty about it too having seen the artist's end of it. While I can't go overboard because I'm saving up right now, I'm trying to be better with supporting artists that are really important to me. F. ex I own a copy of the 6 top albums that will be on my best of 2017 list.

innerspaceboy · 01-09-2018, 01:29 PM

While I don’t use Spotify, (the service fails to meet any of my personal musical needs), I’ve made an art of cataloging and indexing my libraries.

Physical media (vinyl) is organized primarily by genre, then by artist, then chronologically by date of release. EPs and singles are filed with full-length LPs and comps, but solo and side projects follow each artist as these sometimes number in the hundreds for each member.

Digital media is tackled slightly differently. My Linux-based media server is folder structured. Artists have a primary folder, with an expanded tree of subfolder systems for full-length LPs, singles, EPs, official live recordings, unofficial boots, and further subfolders for solo and collaborative side ventures. All releases are prefixed with a bracketed year value so that folders populate in order of release.

Other primary folders are used for large collections, like record label archives. Any complete label discography has a dedicated folder with each release in a subfolder prefixed with its catalog number. This also keeps them in chronological order. I use similar primary folders for genre map archives, with subfolders for each affiliated label, artist, or project.

When accessing this content in a desktop environment, I use a customized interface of gMusicBrowser which is unparalleled in the Linux community for large library management. My server software manages metadata indexing so that I can browse my library by folder, artist, genre, year, or any other piece of music metadata, making library navigation from a mobile device a snap.

I hope that helps. Good luck!

01-09-2018, 12:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
toptomy Groupie Join Date: Jan 2018 Posts: 1	How do you organize your music? Hi! been trying so many methods to organize my music and playlists. I'm personally using Spotify for my music needs. Do you add every song/album you like to your library? which things you do save to the library? Do you just add things to playlists? how do you manage your playlists? I used to organize everything in genre playlists (rock, electronic etc) but its taking too much effort and not always clear what should go where. So for now I just add nice songs I find to the library Please share your technics cheers!

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OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,033	I rank my playlists by tier tier 3 playlists songs get deleted and maybe moved to tier 1 or 2 or both after 1 listen tier 2 songs get one listen and deleted tier 1 stay on random rotation without deletes __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

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OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,033	My organization system for my cds is so ****ing complicated. I have six numbered rubber containers with post it notes and dates all over them. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

01-09-2018, 12:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
Maajo Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Colorado Posts: 513	I don't have an e-library at the moment and it sucks, but I know some people who organize their music exactly how Allmusic does (they just copy the data from their site), which is by mood and most basic description of genre. So basically, all guitar based music including Slayer is "pop/rock", which some people don't like but the moods are what sets everything apart. Not sure how it was done exactly, but there's probably a decent service where you can add tags like the moods of each album or song, etc.

01-09-2018, 12:53 PM	#4 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,636	My Spotify is a mess, but my CD's are where I have all the music I care about the most. It's one shelf for the favorites, one shelf for the second tier, and another shelf for the least important albums. The two first shelves are merely alphabetical - no genre sorting. The third shelf isn't even sorted at all. I guess I don't feel a massive need to sort everything, since I pretty much know what I have. I probably should do something about my Spotify. It's just a big pile.