What's the best way to sort my music?

Question

I get all confused because I have such a wide range of songs that don't quite belong to a specific group. Rap, R&B, Blues, I can't quite tell the difference with some of them!

I really need help on this, thanks! :)

Answer 1

I have nearly all my music ripped as mp3 files and stored on a second hard drive(also backed up on several dvd disks).
I categorized them first by genre(type of music), then by artist, then by song title. It's not perfect, but it works pretty good when you have over 40,000 tunes to sort. I have swing, show tunes, bluegrass, hillbilly, classical, country and western, western swing, r&b, rock and roll from the 50's and 60's, hard rock, soft rock, alternative rock from the 70's, 80's, and 90's, along with about 1500 music videos from acdc to enya. I like most forms of music, but as you can see from this list, there is missing a catagory for rap and hip hop. I really don't consider it music, just call it poetry to a beat. I like poetry, but I like my music to be music and have melody as well as beat. I got some, but most I have heard, I didn't care to rip. hope this helps.

Answer 2

Separate them in different categories. Such as showtunes(plays) in one, big band jazz in other. In each, then put them in alphabetical order by artist.

Answer 3

I do alphabetically. I can remember artists more than songs.

But you can use a website to check the genre of a song..like for example http://en.wikipedia.org

Answer 4

alphabetically is the way i go. that way, when i want to listen to a specific song, then i know excatly where it is.

with love, lillian jean

Answer 5

I would sort my music according to their respective artists.