Originally Posted by innerspaceboy

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!

Originally Posted by Trollheart

Aren't you sorry you asked now, OP?

Originally Posted by Chula Vista

You are quite simply one of the most unique individuals I've ever met in my 680+ months living on this orb.

Originally Posted by Trollheart

You are to all of us what Betelgeuse is to the sun in terms of musical diversity.

Originally Posted by Exo_

You sir are a true character. I love it.

Originally Posted by The Batlord

You, sir, are a nerd's nerd.

Originally Posted by Marie Monday

Just chiming in to declare that your posts are a source of life and wholesomeness

Originally Posted by Frownland

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.