How do you organize your physical music collection? (house, cds, itunes, mp3)

NSW · 01-04-2009, 11:26 PM

I've been told that as a wee tot I used to take my mom's vinyl records and rub them against the textured walls in our apartment. Too bad they didn't have a "reserve"...

As for organization...I have no organization of my music whatsoever...right now I have random stacks of CD's scattered all over my home office, my vinyl is shoved off on a shelf somewhere, and my cassettes are in a couple shoeboxes...somewhere.

CalRog · 01-04-2009, 11:28 PM

im much more into the chaos theory. Randomly placing cds down... thats prob why i can never find what im looking for and all my **** is all scratched up.

scottsy · 01-04-2009, 11:29 PM

Ouch! I hope your mother really didn't want that vinyl anymore...hehehehehe!

My daughter did do a pretty good kiddie version of "Bulls on Parade" by Rage Against the Machine when she was 11 months though, so all her CD maruading was forgiven when she started jammin'...heheheh

NSW · 01-04-2009, 11:31 PM

I think we need to see a youtube video of that.

scottsy · 01-04-2009, 11:37 PM

I'd love to put one up, but all she'd sing now is songs from Yo Gabba Gabba or the Wiggles...

My attempts to stave off the attack of children's music has failed... :-(

I don't blame her, damn that kiddie music is so darn happy and catchy, and the singers wear so many interesting colors, which really appeal to her developing senses...

I can't stay mad with the little girl, even when she doesn't something, bad and you have to tell her off... she's just too cute to stay mad with... having three kids certainly reminded me how much mileage you can get out of cuteness...

NSW · 01-04-2009, 11:49 PM

The hubby and I don't have any kids, so thankfully I haven't fallen victim to the Wiggles yet.

I have a hard enough time keeping my CD's halfway decent and scratch-free...I can only imagine what they'd be like if we had kiddos in the house.

scottsy · 01-04-2009, 11:54 PM

My advice would be if you have kids... put the CDs on the high shelves... keep them well out of reach... you'll thank yourself!

And be rigorous about putting them away... don't even lea ve them in the CD player if its on a low shelf, because they will watch you and learn how to press the eject button!!! Children are absolute sponges, and they learn FAST!!! They especially watch their parents because they idolise them at this age, anyways... they watch and learn things you'll never imagine they could pick up... kinda interesting and disconcerting all at once!! heheheh!

Dr_Rez · 01-04-2009, 11:56 PM

I have always found if you put it all in one place and Alphabetize it all the media program will automatically sort by almost any variable you can come up with.

scottsy · 01-05-2009, 11:28 PM

LOL... it does indeed suck when that happens, especially if you spend ever so long trying to organise your music...

TiffanyTuneUp · 01-07-2009, 04:23 PM

As far as CD collections go, I love a stacked audio library alphabetical by artist name... although that rarely manages to happen. But I keep my itunes crazy organized. For the most part, I like to use the 'Recently added' tab within my library. I get lots of music all the time, so it keeps me sane and able to listen to the newest stuff in my collection. I am super OCD about my digital music library - perfect mp3 tags, no blank album art, etc. Since working for a company called TuneUp, I've been avidly using our program to clean up and organize my itunes library and its been awesome. Thanks for the thread - interesting question... the maintenance of a music collection says a lot about the listener, I think.

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01-04-2009, 11:26 PM	#61 (permalink)
NSW Bigger and Better Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Texas girl living in the UK Posts: 2,596	I've been told that as a wee tot I used to take my mom's vinyl records and rub them against the textured walls in our apartment. Too bad they didn't have a "reserve"... As for organization...I have no organization of my music whatsoever...right now I have random stacks of CD's scattered all over my home office, my vinyl is shoved off on a shelf somewhere, and my cassettes are in a couple shoeboxes...somewhere. __________________ Hi.

01-04-2009, 11:29 PM	#63 (permalink)
scottsy Untalented Drummer Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sussex, Wisconsin Posts: 2,900	Ouch! I hope your mother really didn't want that vinyl anymore...hehehehehe! My daughter did do a pretty good kiddie version of "Bulls on Parade" by Rage Against the Machine when she was 11 months though, so all her CD maruading was forgiven when she started jammin'...heheheh __________________ "If you're like me, then it's possible you're a clone generated from my stolen DNA. I suggest you turn yourself in for destruction immediately" - Shaun Micallef.

01-04-2009, 11:31 PM	#64 (permalink)
NSW Bigger and Better Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Texas girl living in the UK Posts: 2,596	I think we need to see a youtube video of that. __________________ Hi.

01-04-2009, 11:37 PM	#65 (permalink)
scottsy Untalented Drummer Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sussex, Wisconsin Posts: 2,900	I'd love to put one up, but all she'd sing now is songs from Yo Gabba Gabba or the Wiggles... My attempts to stave off the attack of children's music has failed... :-( I don't blame her, damn that kiddie music is so darn happy and catchy, and the singers wear so many interesting colors, which really appeal to her developing senses... I can't stay mad with the little girl, even when she doesn't something, bad and you have to tell her off... she's just too cute to stay mad with... having three kids certainly reminded me how much mileage you can get out of cuteness... __________________ "If you're like me, then it's possible you're a clone generated from my stolen DNA. I suggest you turn yourself in for destruction immediately" - Shaun Micallef.

01-04-2009, 11:28 PM	#62 (permalink)
CalRog Groupie Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 29	im much more into the chaos theory. Randomly placing cds down... thats prob why i can never find what im looking for and all my **** is all scratched up.

01-04-2009, 11:49 PM	#66 (permalink)
NSW Bigger and Better Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Texas girl living in the UK Posts: 2,596	The hubby and I don't have any kids, so thankfully I haven't fallen victim to the Wiggles yet. I have a hard enough time keeping my CD's halfway decent and scratch-free...I can only imagine what they'd be like if we had kiddos in the house. __________________ Hi.

01-04-2009, 11:54 PM	#67 (permalink)
scottsy Untalented Drummer Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sussex, Wisconsin Posts: 2,900	My advice would be if you have kids... put the CDs on the high shelves... keep them well out of reach... you'll thank yourself! And be rigorous about putting them away... don't even lea ve them in the CD player if its on a low shelf, because they will watch you and learn how to press the eject button!!! Children are absolute sponges, and they learn FAST!!! They especially watch their parents because they idolise them at this age, anyways... they watch and learn things you'll never imagine they could pick up... kinda interesting and disconcerting all at once!! heheheh! __________________ "If you're like me, then it's possible you're a clone generated from my stolen DNA. I suggest you turn yourself in for destruction immediately" - Shaun Micallef.

01-04-2009, 11:56 PM	#68 (permalink)
Dr_Rez Registered Jimmy Rustler Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: USA Posts: 5,360	I have always found if you put it all in one place and Alphabetize it all the media program will automatically sort by almost any variable you can come up with. __________________ Best chance of losing virginity is in prison crew Always Checks Credentials Crew nba > nfl crew Shave one of my legs to pretend its a girl in my bed crew

01-05-2009, 11:28 PM	#69 (permalink)
scottsy Untalented Drummer Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sussex, Wisconsin Posts: 2,900	LOL... it does indeed suck when that happens, especially if you spend ever so long trying to organise your music... __________________ "If you're like me, then it's possible you're a clone generated from my stolen DNA. I suggest you turn yourself in for destruction immediately" - Shaun Micallef.

01-07-2009, 04:23 PM	#70 (permalink)
TiffanyTuneUp Groupie Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: San Francisco Posts: 9	As far as CD collections go, I love a stacked audio library alphabetical by artist name... although that rarely manages to happen. But I keep my itunes crazy organized. For the most part, I like to use the 'Recently added' tab within my library. I get lots of music all the time, so it keeps me sane and able to listen to the newest stuff in my collection. I am super OCD about my digital music library - perfect mp3 tags, no blank album art, etc. Since working for a company called TuneUp, I've been avidly using our program to clean up and organize my itunes library and its been awesome. Thanks for the thread - interesting question... the maintenance of a music collection says a lot about the listener, I think.