how do you sort out your music on your computer

ni'k · 06.04.2010, 08:58 AM

i have so many albums in my downloads folder that everytime i click it i have to wait about 5 secs for it to open. so i started to divide and sort them. are there programmes for this? any special methods?

i made folders for noise, drone, pysch/gaze, post punk lo fi, metal, haunt etc. but its kinda unsatisfactory. anyone else any suggestions?

Derek · 06.04.2010, 09:00 AM

Uhmmm... artists a - z?

ni'k · 06.04.2010, 09:02 AM

can't because there's too many and it makes the folder slow to open. i need to divide them up.

Derek · 06.04.2010, 09:04 AM

Really? Weird.

You could also separate with one folder of artists from A to F, one of G - M etc.

ni'k · 06.04.2010, 09:06 AM

thats prob a better idea.

its a new laptop and its fast but theres about 300gb so far.

atsonicpark · 06.04.2010, 09:29 AM

I just burn them as soon as I d/l them.

atsonicpark · 06.04.2010, 09:56 AM

what is "haunt"?!

Toilet & Bowels · 06.04.2010, 09:57 AM

why not colour code them by the art work?

ni'k · 06.04.2010, 09:57 AM

hauntology/witch house stuff, or anything quiet and weird. you know, ETHEREAL Y'ALL!

atsonicpark · 06.04.2010, 10:01 AM

separate them into "hipster garbage", "sonic youth gossip music (which is nothing but early 90's alt rock and thurston's favorite stuff)", "wolf eyes" (this folder has 900 albums in it), "bands no one cares about that are quite awesome", just stuff like that.

SYRFox · 06.04.2010, 10:23 AM

just get iTunes to order it alphabetically, then separate it into three or four parts...

SYRFox · 06.04.2010, 10:24 AM

also, hauntology music rules

ni'k · 06.04.2010, 10:29 AM

no way am i touchin itunes.

i came up with hauntology back in the 70's, but then other duedds time travelled and killed me so he could go back to the 00's and pretend that it was all his idea. i am the original g-host. ghost box hires me to add extra crackle and dust to their vinyl.

HaydenAsche · 06.05.2010, 04:26 PM

Music that is ODB

Music that isn't ODB

Dead-Air · 06.05.2010, 04:44 PM

sorting on computer is no problem. library style a-z. sounds like you just need a separate dedicated hard drive.

sorting in physical life is insane since I'm always playing shit in the car, on the radio, and wherever else. I use gravity for that.

hevusa · 06.06.2010, 01:20 AM

get a better fucking computer

Zombie Robot · 06.06.2010, 01:22 AM

A-Z/band name, then by album title if multiple recs...

Inhuman · 06.06.2010, 01:45 AM

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Originally Posted by HaydenAsche

Music that is ODB

Music that isn't ODB

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ni'k invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,360	i have so many albums in my downloads folder that everytime i click it i have to wait about 5 secs for it to open. so i started to divide and sort them. are there programmes for this? any special methods? i made folders for noise, drone, pysch/gaze, post punk lo fi, metal, haunt etc. but its kinda unsatisfactory. anyone else any suggestions?
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Derek invito al cielo Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 8,095	Uhmmm... artists a - z?
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ni'k invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,360	can't because there's too many and it makes the folder slow to open. i need to divide them up.
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Derek invito al cielo Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 8,095	Really? Weird. You could also separate with one folder of artists from A to F, one of G - M etc.
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ni'k invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,360	thats prob a better idea. its a new laptop and its fast but theres about 300gb so far.
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	I just burn them as soon as I d/l them. __________________
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	what is "haunt"?! __________________
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Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,268	why not colour code them by the art work?
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	separate them into "hipster garbage", "sonic youth gossip music (which is nothing but early 90's alt rock and thurston's favorite stuff)", "wolf eyes" (this folder has 900 albums in it), "bands no one cares about that are quite awesome", just stuff like that. __________________
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SYRFox invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Paris Posts: 7,492	just get iTunes to order it alphabetically, then separate it into three or four parts...
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SYRFox invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Paris Posts: 7,492	also, hauntology music rules
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ni'k invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,360	no way am i touchin itunes. i came up with hauntology back in the 70's, but then other duedds time travelled and killed me so he could go back to the 00's and pretend that it was all his idea. i am the original g-host. ghost box hires me to add extra crackle and dust to their vinyl.
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HaydenAsche invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 10,755	Music that is ODB Music that isn't ODB __________________ rip
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Dead-Air invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Portland OR Posts: 4,300	sorting on computer is no problem. library style a-z. sounds like you just need a separate dedicated hard drive. sorting in physical life is insane since I'm always playing shit in the car, on the radio, and wherever else. I use gravity for that. __________________ FuckBook; My Band; My Radio Show; My Flickr Page; Science Fiction Message Board
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hevusa expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: rain hell Posts: 1,535	get a better fucking computer
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Zombie Robot expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Dead Space Posts: 1,304	A-Z/band name, then by album title if multiple recs... __________________ "Seductive. Voluptuous. Ravenous. Beware of the Zombie Robot -- Creature that roams the night breaking men's hearts and then eats their brains for breakfast!"
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