I don’t think this part matters as much, but I have seen different approaches. The next issue is the naming convention for the song files themselves. This structure generally works for most artists and albums to keep things relatively organized. The next level below ALBUM ARTIST is the ALBUM TITLE, like this: Using the primary artist as the “ALBUM ARTIST” solves the problem of the separate tracks being organized in a different folder.
However, using “ALBUM ARTIST” can also be advantageous when the album is primarily by one person but they have a guest artist on one or two tracks. Albums with multiple artists can get really messy if they aren’t organized by the ALBUM ARTIST, which I usually tag as “VARIOUS ARTISTS,” which means the multi-artist albums all end up in a folder called “VARIOUS ARTISTS.” The reason it should be “ALBUM ARTIST” rather than just “ARTIST” is for albums that have multiple artists. In the process, I realized that the structure above should really be:
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I typically use software to manage the renaming and also add the information to the tags at the same time to make this easier. I’ve typically used the Artist as the next folder, so the folder structure looks like this: Assuming you want all of your music in one main folder (not everyone does), the next question is what level of folder comes next. There are some tricky components to this. In the process, I realized that I had to decide on a clear naming convention system for my music.
When I built my own NAS recently, I decided it was time to do a careful audit of my music as I hadn’t organized my music in a very long time. My total collection includes over 10,000 tracks. I have been collecting music files for decades, like a lot of people.
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