Help, thoughts, suggestions, ideas et al please.

[Excalibur]

OK folks, partly due to an enforced spell at home, I'm attempting to create a clean, error and garbage free Hard Drive. I connected it to a Cortex a couple of nights ago, and the increased sped was staggering, since the files were only one folder deep, not three or more.

My problem is now categorising stuff. I've just about done the easy bits, like 70's, Rock 'n'Roll, Xmas etc.

Where oh where do I put the stuff I can't pigeonhole? I've got an 00's folder, I think I'll have to start a 10's or teens folder as well.
I hate classifying music at the best of times, but this has just about beaten me!

What do I do? A folder called Grabage? Bilge? Assorted?

Help please, I'm tearing out what's left of my hair.

[Shakermaker Promotions]

Freaky! I've been doing the same thing for the past few days.

[Excalibur]

Well the creation of Male Vocalist, and Female Vocalist has created a home for some of the ones I'm struggling with.

[TONYTIGER]

OK folks, partly due to an enforced spell at home, I'm attempting to create a clean, error and garbage free Hard Drive. I connected it to a Cortex a couple of nights ago, and the increased sped was staggering, since the files were only one folder deep, not three or more.

My problem is now categorising stuff. I've just about done the easy bits, like 70's, Rock 'n'Roll, Xmas etc.

Where oh where do I put the stuff I can't pigeonhole? I've got an 00's folder, I think I'll have to start a 10's or teens folder as well.
I hate classifying music at the best of times, but this has just about beaten me!

What do I do? A folder called Grabage? Bilge? Assorted?

Help please, I'm tearing out what's left of my hair.

Hi Peter post a few tracks that you are struggling with to give us a clue,i just looked at my folder titles and have 30 odd always found a home for everything.

[Excalibur]

Hi Peter post a few tracks that you are struggling with to give us a clue,i just looked at my folder titles and have 30 odd always found a home for everything.

Thirty? Thirty? In an hour's time, I'll have around a hundred, and I'm still baffled.

I'm having the greatest problem with the modern stuff, and I'm contemplatingf having a Modern Folder to shove 'em in until I decide where to put them.

Katy Perry for instance. Pop? Female Vocalist? Other?

[Sapphire Disco]

I have categorised

Reggae

Motown ( yes I know it's not )

Rock

70s/80s Club Classics

Northern Soul

Cheese

Swing

And few others

[Excalibur]

I have categorised

Reggae

Motown ( yes I know it's not )

Rock

70s/80s Club Classics

Northern Soul

Cheese

SwingAnd few others

Hmmmm, I suppose my Cheese is Party, but I haven't got a Swing folder. Guess where Mr Bubble's going now.

[deltic]

it's all well and good changing things about peter,but i find the hardest bit is not clasifying thing.............but remembering where i moved them to,thank god for keyboard search,just need to brush up on the spelling.

[Excalibur]

it's all well and good changing things about peter,but i find the hardest bit is not clasifying thing.............but remembering where i moved them to,thank god for keyboard search,just need to brush up on the spelling.

Fortunately, I almost always string search. Numark and Cortex do the hard work, I just have to pick the correct version.

Some of my drives have drivers folders, backups, symbols and gibberish. If I only get rid of them, and the untagged tracks, I'll be more than happy.

My drives have always been compiled by letting the tracks go off and find their own little corners unaided. Time to apply some long overdue crowd control I feel.

[soundtracker]

These are what I use:

Alternative Rock
Background
Ballad
Bhangra
Blues
Brit Pop
Christmas
Classical
Country
Comedy
Easy Listening
80's
80's Disco
50's
Folk
Funky House
Garage
Grunge
Halloween
Hip Hop/Rap
Indie
Irish
Jazz
Latin
Metal
Musicals
90's Dance
90's Pop
Noughties Dance
Noughties Pop
Northern Soul
Party
Punk
Reggae
Rock
60's
70's Pop
70's Disco
Soul
Swing
Urban
Wedding