Copying folders based on contents to a new location in Automator

So my goal here is to Automate my downloads folder, to filter music into certain folders, movies, tv shows, you get the idea. I've been reading around and watching some videos to get an idea, but I can't figure out how to move a folder to a new location based on the contents of that folder.
Basically I want to search my downloads folder for subfolders that contain mp3 files, then move those folders (most likely albums) rather than their contents to the music folder.
I'm new to the community, this is my first post in fact, so if anyone has any ideas, recommendations, direction for where to properly post this question it would be much appreciated,
Thanks!

This should work:
To have the user choose where to move the files, click [Options], and check the box "Show this action when the workflow runs"

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