Music folders..?

im really confused. i have an "itunes music folder" but i have no songs in it. i had saved my songs all in this other folder in my "my music" folder. i got itunes to read all the songs, and put them in the library. now before i mention my problem, i have to say that my preferences were to keep the "itunes music folder" organized, and my "itunes music folder" location is the default one, apart from where all my songs are.
now as we all know, organizing the folder takes every song and puts them into a bazillion folders based on artist and album. and i regret not knowing that when i first installed it. but what doesnt make sense to me is that it clearly says to keep the itunes folder organized and not my folder. and yet it DID. and the weird thing is every new song i put in it it just leaves them to sit in the my music folder, not in any subfolders in that.
so i have two questions.
why does itunes mess up MY folder (which has all the songs now jumbled up) and not the default one? (which has NO songs.) and i dont feel like consolidating my music library just yet.
is there an easier way to take all my music files out of all of their subfolders, delete said folders, and place them in my folder than to just ctrl-click everything?
and while im typing this, lets add another irrelevant question: if i consolidated my library, would any new songs i add to the library go into the consolidated folder, or just stay where i first saved it? or both?
ha thats a lot to answer. any help would be appreciated. =)

i didnt though. well if your talking about the itunes music folder location, its still the default itunes folder. but it still organizes the folder that i use to store music, even though i never set it to the folder location?

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