How do I avoid itunes organizing my songs in subfolders?

I would like to have all of my music filed according to artist MINUS the subfolders for each album. Any idea how I can override the format that itunes uses?

You can change the settings in the iTunes Edit menu > Preferences > Advanced tab > General sub-tab by unchecking Keep iTunes Music folder organized and then set up your own folder structure but are you sure this is what you really want to do?
There is a greater chance of you (and iTunes) losing track of your music this way, causing confusion sometime in the future.
Most of us allow iTunes to have its way with the folder structure and then access the music in a variety of ways within iTunes.
In your example, you would open the Browse display (iTunes View menu > Show Browser), select an Artist and then click on the Name column to sort all the entries for them without reference to the Albums they're from.

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