How do you organize your physical music collection?

Freebase Dali · 10-22-2009, 08:57 PM

Eh... I don't organize my CDs intensively because I don't use them. They're placed randomly between several large CD books. Because of the fact that I ripped all of them to my computer, the only organization I do is on my computer, by Genre > Artist > Albums > Songs
If it's classic, it gets its own folder and the above organization applies from there.

To me that makes the most sense for my situation.

bjornfjordnord · 10-26-2009, 10:43 AM

One giant folder called MP3s, each album separated by artist and album. Takes upwards of thirty seconds to just load the MP3s folder due to the number of albums in there.

Pillowmint · 10-26-2009, 07:18 PM

ITunes... I have only purchased a total of two CD's (They are both Nightwish albums not available on ITUnes), and feel kinda bad about it, but... oh well...

TheCunningStunt · 01-11-2010, 11:17 AM

Alphabetically FTW.

Arya Stark · 01-11-2010, 11:24 AM

:3 My CDs are alpabetized from right to left.
Everything I organized alphabetically is from right to left.
It just seems easier.

OceanAndSilence · 01-11-2010, 11:28 AM

alphabetised by artists name at first, then the music i listen to most stays at the top of the stack. every 3 months i get a cauldron and chant to voodoo duppies and melt the music in it. i then harvest the "mystical musical mist" unto myself

p.s. i chose other

Phillyboy · 01-13-2010, 07:43 PM

I pretty much listen to everything on Ipod, so alphabetically. If there is an album that I like all the songs on or maybe 1 or 2 I'm not crazy about, I will make that album a compilation, so that's where I use to find my favorites.

I prefer CD quality, but mine is busted so the Ipod it is.

ElephantSack · 01-14-2010, 03:09 PM

I used to do the alphabetical thing, but now I just leave what I listen to most at the time or whoever I have the most music from at the easiest access.

heatherfeather · 01-14-2010, 07:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WaspStar

A spinoff from a discussion on Urban's "100 things that piss me off..." thread.

I used to file everything alphabetically, but it was annoying to have Beatles albums, which I never listen to, cluttering up the top shelf, not to mention the embarrasing albums like the Joan Armatrading album a friend bought for me. So now I organize everything based on:
1. How much I like it
2. How often I listen to it

#2 is more important. I'm extremely lazy and don't feel like wading through the bottom shelf everytime I want to listen to XTC or X-Ray Spex, which is pretty often, so I just put those albums up on the top shelf. Problem solved.

It's also more interesting because I'm the only one who can find anything, unless someone else knows my tastes pretty well and can guess that Who's Next will be somewhere near the top while Live At Leeds will be somewhere closer to the floor.

yea i dont feel like reading everyones post to answer your question... i just order them alphabetically. Its just easiest that way... I wouldnt ever be able to order them by how much i like them because the bands i like change like each week.

Musefreak14 · 01-16-2010, 09:35 PM

i do alphabetically by artist, then albumize (is that a word?) chronologically within the artist.
in my CDs, i have two piles. mixed cds and one-artist cds. the t ypical cds are sorted by what i listen to most frequently, piled on top of everything else which is in no particular order. my burned cds are roughly chronological..based on when i made them.
my burned cds are also labelled with emotions that give me a clue as to whats on the cd, so i keep them loosely together

View Poll Results: How do you organize your music?
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Genre	15	14.56%
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10-22-2009, 08:57 PM	#121 (permalink)
Freebase Dali Partying on the inside Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 5,584	Eh... I don't organize my CDs intensively because I don't use them. They're placed randomly between several large CD books. Because of the fact that I ripped all of them to my computer, the only organization I do is on my computer, by Genre > Artist > Albums > Songs If it's classic, it gets its own folder and the above organization applies from there. To me that makes the most sense for my situation. __________________

01-11-2010, 11:28 AM	#126 (permalink)
OceanAndSilence i write and play stuff Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 239	alphabetised by artists name at first, then the music i listen to most stays at the top of the stack. every 3 months i get a cauldron and chant to voodoo duppies and melt the music in it. i then harvest the "mystical musical mist" unto myself p.s. i chose other __________________ http://www.myspace.com/chrisneto - tune in to chill out

01-14-2010, 03:09 PM	#128 (permalink)
ElephantSack Man vs. Wild Turkey Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: ATX Posts: 948	I used to do the alphabetical thing, but now I just leave what I listen to most at the time or whoever I have the most music from at the easiest access. __________________ OF THE SUN

10-26-2009, 10:43 AM	#122 (permalink)
bjornfjordnord Groupie Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 14	One giant folder called MP3s, each album separated by artist and album. Takes upwards of thirty seconds to just load the MP3s folder due to the number of albums in there.

10-26-2009, 07:18 PM	#123 (permalink)
Pillowmint I Am the Lizard Queen Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 134	ITunes... I have only purchased a total of two CD's (They are both Nightwish albums not available on ITUnes), and feel kinda bad about it, but... oh well...

01-11-2010, 11:17 AM	#124 (permalink)
TheCunningStunt love will tear you apart Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Manchester, UK. Posts: 5,107	Alphabetically FTW.

01-13-2010, 07:43 PM	#127 (permalink)
Phillyboy Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 97	I pretty much listen to everything on Ipod, so alphabetically. If there is an album that I like all the songs on or maybe 1 or 2 I'm not crazy about, I will make that album a compilation, so that's where I use to find my favorites. I prefer CD quality, but mine is busted so the Ipod it is.

01-16-2010, 09:35 PM	#130 (permalink)
Musefreak14 Groupie Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 16	i do alphabetically by artist, then albumize (is that a word?) chronologically within the artist. in my CDs, i have two piles. mixed cds and one-artist cds. the t ypical cds are sorted by what i listen to most frequently, piled on top of everything else which is in no particular order. my burned cds are roughly chronological..based on when i made them. my burned cds are also labelled with emotions that give me a clue as to whats on the cd, so i keep them loosely together