mine has evolved over the years:

root/audio/music/

music is divided into two categories:

/downloads/

and

/homerips/

at that point they nearly mirror each other in structure, (and soon i
will have them basically be exact mirrors) so that each has these MAIN
categories:

Comedy/
Rap and Reggae/
Rock/
Easy/
Various/
Soundtracks/
Misc/
Irish/

and some of those then breakdown into sub categories, for instance
"Rock" breaks down into:

Classic/
New Wave/
Grunge/
Post Grunge/

sometimes i'll list artists under a MAIN category, and sometimes i
don't, (only under the sub categories).  i also use some specialiazed
categories inside any type of category, such as:

0-PARTIALS/
0-VARIOUS/
0-SOUNDTRACKS/

so the list at the top of whatever folder they are in.

anayway, why do i do this?

b/c with winamp, you have "smartviews."  smartviews are one of the best
things about winamp.  i can display and play tracks from just "Grunge"
if thats all i want to do.  i can Q the whole category into a playlist,
and then save it as a playlist file SC can use.  i can view downloads
and home rips together, or apart.  and i can switch view to view as
uick as i click.

so when i rip a CD, and want to update a playlist, all i have to do is
put the rip in the right category.

further, all my rips occur in a "staging" folder thats just for rips. 
i do this so i can "work" on the files b4 placing them, so again, i
have a smartview just for new stuff, (rips or downloads).  i can check
the tags, apply RG, fix art, and then move the files.

so for a Beatles ripped album, my setup looks like this:

root/audio/music/homerips/rock/classic/beatles/revolver/beatles - 01 -
taxman.mp3

for a soundtrack, its:

../soundtrack/austin powers/austin powers - 01 - artist - title.mp3

anyway, i find grouping your music to be VERY powerful and worthwhile,
when using winamp to play it AND when making playlists.


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