Organize mp3's

[The G, no C]

On Jan 30, 2004, at 7:41 AM, iTunesList wrote:

> Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 08:45:12 +0100
> Subject: [iTunes] Re: Organize mp3's
> From: Kirk McElhearn <kirklists at wanadoo.fr>
> Message-ID: <BC3FCA18.78161%kirklists at wanadoo.fr>
>
> On 1/30/04 6:15, "Rick" <cms01 at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>> What would be a couple of good ways, to categorize mp3's, I found out 
>> trying by date, is not always the best way, due to the fact, you 
>> maybe listen to the great hits of the 80's and they have a 2003 
>> record date, so you would have to edit all those mp3's by hand.
>>
>> So, what would be the next best choice to keep you files listed by 
>> some "type" that doesn't change.
>
> If you're just listening to rock/pop, Artist is probably the best 
> choice.
> For classical, however, it's certainly not.

    Well, for all the 'one-hit-wonders' of the 80's (and even some of 
the 70's), I've made the genre simply called "80's"... that makes it 
easy for moi to make a smartlist for "80's" and "5-star songs", for 
example.
    Of course, every track has has a "Year" tag, meaning what year it 
was released, not ripped. That should make it. You might be mistaking 
the "Date Added" for the "Year" tag, and they are most definitely not 
the same.
    And finally, in order to enjoy MP3s fully, you must indeed put some 
work into it, and edit the tags correctly, especially if something is 
important to you, like year recorded.


G (who likes the composer tags himself)
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