Organizing music in columns

I can't seem to find a way to list my music by artist, album, then song name. I can move everything to where I want it except for the song name. Am I trying something that can't be done?

NotJohnny wrote:
I can't seem to find a way to list my music by artist, album, then song name. I can move everything to where I want it except for the song name. Am I trying something that can't be done?
Are you talking about adjusting the lateral position of the columns in iTunes? Any column can be moved left or right by dragging except the "Name" column; it always stays at the left.

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select the playlist in iTunes.
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Hi,
My iPod is not organizing music in a predictable manner, and I was wondering if anyone has dealt with this issue. I spent hours organizing the iTunes library so that every CD I've imported lists the music according to the parameters: Name (song name, done automatically by iTunes), (ii) Artist (I enter the name of the album artist in this field, such as "Norah Jones"), (iii) Album by Year (I enter the name or title of the CD [e.g. "The Essential Billy Joel"]), (iv) Genre (I created my own genres and placed all of the music into the corresponding genre of my choosing).
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An odd thing also happens when I click on "Genres". Let's say that I click on "Genres", and then "Classical Guitar". This takes me to a screen at the top of which is the choice "All Albums", followed by a list of 6 artist's names. Now, I have many more than 6 artists in the classical guitar section, yet only 6 names appear.
There doesn't seem to by any reason for some artists to appear yet others (the majority) not to appear, as I'm organizing every CD in exactly the same way. When I import a CD, I select all songs, right click, select "Get Info", and when the "Multiple Item Information" screen appears, I enter all the information according to parameters already mentioned.
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Thanks,
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Usually the biggest culprit of this is if the "Part of a Compilation" box is checked. In iTunes pick a song by David Russell and get info. Check to see if this box is clicked. If it is, that's why it won't show up in the "Artist" menu.

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OK, this may be a simple issue, but it is driving me bonkers. Any help would be appreciated!
I like to have my music organized by Album in my iTunes window. In the older versions, when you sorted by the Album column, it would then sub-sort by track number. For whatever reason, my music now sub-sorts alphabetically by Artist name. Most of the tim, that's ok on 'normal' albums. I have a lot of compilations however, so this throws the track listing well out of order.
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I can see what is going on, this is a multi artist album and when you sort by album, you get Album>Artist>Track number.
Try filling in The album artist field. You can select all the tracks in the album together, then right click get info.
This lets you change the album artist field in all the tracks at once. You need to have the same album artist for all the tracks, the field is not normally displayed unless you choose to select the column for display. I am not sure if it is necessary to flag the album as a compilation as well - you can do this in the multi - Get info window as well.

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If this is a Compilation album, one with varying artists in the Artist field for different songs on the same album, you need to do the following:
1- Select all songs on the album and go to Get Info.
2- Enter the same +Album Artist+ for each song. If there is no common artist among the songs, use something like "Various Artists".
3- Go to the Options tab and change "Part of a Compilation" to Yes.
4- Make sure that the total number of disks is the same for all songs.
5- Re-sync your iPod.
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Organizing music in iTunes

Hello-
I apologize if this question has been posted in the past, but I'm having a difficult time successfully searching the thousands of threads here.
I am a new iPod owner (80gb) and am trying to organize my music. I am running Windows XP and have my mp3s organized exactly as I'd like them on an external hard drive. My problem is that I cannot figure out how to get iTunes to import and organize them the same way.
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<folder> mp3s
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No, iTunes cannot do as you want.
It organizes on the drive by Artist -> Album.
But everything is done in iTunes. so how/where it is stored on the drive is pretty much irrelevant.
You can maintain your own structure in one of two ways.
1
iTunes prefs -> Advanced.
Uncheck Copy files to iTunes music folder when adding to library.
File -> Add folder to library and start adding yoru folders. They will go into iTunes but willstay where they are. iTunes will not copy them into the iTunes music folder.
2
iTunes prefs -> Advanced.
Uncheck Keep iTunes music folder organized.
Drag your music folders into the iTunes music folder.
File -> Add Folder to library and select these folders.
iTunes will keep the directory structure as it is and simply add them the library.
If you later tick Keep iTunes music folder organized, it will move and rename everything according to the ID3 tags into Artis -> Album folders.
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Beethoven: Symphony #1 C 1-Adagio Molto, Allegro Con Brio
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Beethoven: Symphony #1 C 3-Menuetto: Allegro Molto E Vivace
Beethoven: Symphony #1 C 4-Finale: Adagio, Allegro Molto E Vivace
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I have all of Beethoven symphonies in one playlist, each set by a different orchestra & conductor in a different playlist.

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Place the iOS device in Recovery Mode and then connect to your computer and restore via iTunes. The iPod will be erased.
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On my computer I have all my music in Folders & SubFolders:
Artist
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After I go into the Folder(Artist) I can then go into any SubFolder(Album).
Sounds simple enough and works really well on my computer.
When I load this same File Structure onto my 80GB Video iPod(Manual/using the iPod as a HardDrive-No Syncing w/iTunes) this File Structure is ignored. All of a sudden I have some Folders that are without the parent Artist Folder.
Also... sometimes they tend to break apart and look like:
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I imagine that it has to do with the iPod trying to organize my files by using the ID tags of the files.
I do realize that I can choose to sort by Artist, Album, Genre, etc. I usually look for music based on the Artist. From there I then open the Album. Rarely do I ever Sort/Search using any of the other options.
I prefer my Folder/SubFolder Structure. I like my Music to stay organized the way I organize it. I do Not like for them to be automatically organized by my iPod.
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The breaking apart thing with featured artists can be fixed by turning on compilations option.
This didn't work just by turning ON this option. Maybe I have to turn ON this option, then load my iPod?
How are you getting these files onto the iPod?
I am using the iPod like a HardDrive. (so I can connect to the many PC's & Mac's I use without Syncing to any of them)
I am Dragging & Dropping the files/folders from my Computer to my iPod in MAUNUAL Mode.
I have also tried XPlay by MediaFour.
On my computer they are organized by ARTIST then ALBUM.
It really gets screwy when the ARTIST does a song with another ARTIST.
- I want my music to stay the way I have it organized on my computer... regardless of the ID3 tags. <-- Is this possible?

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Awesome the playlist idea worked very well, I just removed all my music from the main directory and just made playlists, that way no increased space taken up for no reason on my harddrive and no additional unwanted folders Thank you!

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