New user - help with directory structure?

[lyapounov]

(14-05-2022 21:51)RachFan Wrote:  My biggest puzzle now is how to structure my files. .

I haven't actually started ripping CDs yet. I think dbPowerAmp and MusicBrainz Picard look like my ticket there...

Thank you!

Having currently 8668 albums, I ran into this problem since a long time.

Here is my philosophy, just take whatever you like from it:

1) I don't trust the internal tags. This is a nightmare, particularly in classical.

In other type of music, usually albums have a unique name which you don't find that much elsewhere "dark side of the moon".

In classical, what should be the album name: Symphony n°1 ? But which composer ? Which version ?

Karajan has at least three recording of Beethoven Symphonies. So Album name should be Beethoven - Symphony n° 1 - Karajan 1960 ?
What a nightmare.
Now: the Russian: is it Prokofiev or Prokofieff ? Shostakovich or Chostakovitch ? Other nightmare

2) As I did not find a proper way of tagging, I decided to just not use, and to put everything in the structure.

My structure is :
Level 1:
0) Test and samples
1) Renaissance
2) Baroque
3) Classical
4) Operas
5) XXth Century
6) Jazz
7) Blues, Folk, Soul, Gospel
8) Pop, Rock
9) World music
10) Movies, shows
11) Chansons françaises
12) Contes et autres

Now level 2: it varies so much.
The simple on is jazz: by main artist (from Aaron Shulai to Zsofia Boros) plus _various, _compilation, etc... same with Pop, Rock, Blues, et.

The most complex is Renaissance: by label and by main interpret and by composer and Elisabethan and Gregorian etc.

Baroque and classical: mainly by composer, but also a section by interprets (I decide myself if an album goes under composer or interpret)

Bach and Beethoven have another layer below: piano, symphonies and concerto, chamber, vocal because I have so many of them.

World music: mix of instruments (Oud, percussion), genre (Celtic, Flamenco, ...) and places (Afrique, Iran, Eastern Europe, etc.),

Etc.

In a nutshell, I find the directory structure much more appealing than the tags. But this is about me...

And yes bravo to Simon to offer us this possibility !