Huayna Capac357
Deity
I am somewhat OCD about the genres my songs are listed as in iTunes. I would like to know how you determine the genres of songs in your iTunes or other music playing program and how specific you like to be. Thanks.
Sorting Songs By Genre
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azzaman333
meh
I sort by Artist, then by Album. I don't worry about having the genres labelled right.
schlaufuchs
Break My Heart
disssss.
Japanrocks12
tired of being a man
yeah .
Heretic_Cata
We're gonna live forever
This could use an explanation for people who don't use itunes, never did and never will.
FWIW i sort my music in somewhat specific categories folders in my computer.
FWIW i sort my music in somewhat specific categories folders in my computer.
Japanrocks12
tired of being a man
I use iTunes cause I'm not hip enough to use anything else, it's free, and it's also incredibly convenient. You probably end up putting more effort categorizing your music than me and I respect that. 
Chukchi Husky
Lone Wolf
I have music sorted in my music folder by artist then by album. In Windows Media Player I do use specific genres. One time I did use more broad genre terms but then I offended someone by saying that some genres could be similar to others, so now I used more specific names.
Disgustipated
Deity
alphabetical order by artist is the only way to go. anything else is just silly.
Communisto
Condottiere
Yeah, Itunes is kind of a ridiculous way to sort by genre.
Same here - I don't pay any attention to the genre label that some software applies to my music. It's almost always wrong or too generic anyway, and I don't think in terms of genres anyway. The categories don't really exist as far as my music listening habits are concerned; I tend to think of music in terms of moods or emotions. If I want to listen to something upbeat and energetic, I might pick a bluegrass album, a dubstep tune, some classic rock, or a jazz standard. That's just me, though.
shadowplay
your ad here
I don't use iTunes or any programs like that. I just stick all my music in a massive folder, sorted by artist, then by album.
I do use iTunes, I just disable the "Genre" column. I list by artist name first and album second.
Do you guys use random / shuffle at all? I just... can't, drives me nuts. My brother does all the time, so we'll hear Norah Jones and then Wu Tang Clan and then Metallica and then Simon & Garfunkel all in a row. And I like all those artists, but I don't want to hear them all that the same time.
Do you guys use random / shuffle at all? I just... can't, drives me nuts. My brother does all the time, so we'll hear Norah Jones and then Wu Tang Clan and then Metallica and then Simon & Garfunkel all in a row. And I like all those artists, but I don't want to hear them all that the same time.
Communisto
Condottiere
I love shuffle on my ipod! Though, I can't do it often. Sometimes its just the thing I need when I cant decide on an artist. Nothing like hearing Sonny Rollins and then Rollins Band back to back by fluke.
azzaman333
meh
I either listen to full albums, or shuffle.
HAHA, that's a nice combination eh?
I guess once in a very long while I actually can't decide what I want to listen to, and I do fall back on shuffle. But it's very, very rare. I almost always prefer to choose, and generally do listen to entire albums at a time, if I can. I do make mix playlists just for variety sometimes, and will play one of those rather than using shuffle.
With my brother, it's like everything is on shuffle by default. He just doesn't care. *shudder*
Virote_Considon
The Great Dictator
I don't use iTunes or any Appl€ products, I'll stick to my Microsoft and third party products, thank you very much. 
:self-righteous:
That being said, I arrange all my music into (roughly) broad genres, and then into more specific genres, usually depending on how many artists I've got to separate it from a broader grouping.
Sometimes (vary rarely now) I'll queue a lot of music up and shuffle it, although I have no set playlists for this, and I wouldn't dare do it for all the music I have!
:self-righteous:That being said, I arrange all my music into (roughly) broad genres, and then into more specific genres, usually depending on how many artists I've got to separate it from a broader grouping.
Sometimes (vary rarely now) I'll queue a lot of music up and shuffle it, although I have no set playlists for this, and I wouldn't dare do it for all the music I have!
schlaufuchs
Break My Heart
Why would I need to listen to music in any other way? When I listen to music, I very seldom select out individual songs. I listen to music by albums, and so I really have no reason to do any sort of specialized sorting that other people here are talking about.
