You may have trouble organizing your digital music collection if you are a music lover. My hard drive used to contain hundreds of MP3 files. Imagine the pain I went through in order to find one song to listen to.
It is important to organize your music files. You’ll be able find the songs you are looking for quickly and easily if your music collection is organized. Take some time to read the tips that I have provided.
1. Create subfolders
To organize your music files, the most important tip is to create subfolders on your hard drive. Your MP3 files should not be kept in one folder, C:My Music. Make subfolders such as C:My MusicClassical and C:My MusicPop.
2. Check that your ID3 tags are correct
The ID3 tags can be used to store important information regarding MP3 files. Your MP3 player will display information such as the song title, artist, and album. These tags can be edited properly – many MP3 files that you download do not have correct ID3 tags. TagScanner is a good program to edit ID3 tags.
3. Invest in good music management software
Many excellent software programs are available for managing music files. There are two good options. MediaMonkey is the first and MusicMatch Jukebox is the second. Both programs have excellent music management features, including integrated music players, CD burning capabilities and ID3 tag restoration.
4. Get your music files from legal sources
You will most likely receive strange-named music files if you have been downloading music via peer-to-peer file sharing programs such as KaZaa. I recommend that you get your music files from legal sources such as Napster or iTunes to avoid this problem.
5. Make good playlists
Software music players (e.g. Winamp allows you to create playlists. If you are looking for rock songs and you have the folder C:MusicRock open, you can create a playlist by pointing to that folder. After creating the playlist, save it. You can load the playlist whenever you feel the need to listen to them again, and not have to search through folders or hard drives.
6. Get A Huge Hard Drive
This may sound crazy, but if you run out of space, your music collection can be damaged. You must ensure that you have enough space on your hard drive to store your music files. Imagine that you have 10,000 music files you must keep and listen to. It’s a bad idea to keep, for example, 8,000 files on Hard Drive A and 2,000 in Hard Drive B. It’s very messy. It is better to keep them all on one hard drive. Get the largest hard drive that you can afford.
Conclusion
This article should help you organize your music collection. Although it is not easy, once you have your music collection properly catalogued, it will make listening to it a lot more enjoyable. So don’t hesitate – get organized now!
