Klarinet Archive - Posting 000239.txt from 2008/11

From: "Donna Higgins" <donna@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Organizing your music library.
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:48:27 -0500

I was at one point helping out with organizing the music library for =20
one of my community bands. We have more than 800 titles, and the =20
library was kept at the longtime director's home. When she retired it =20
was moved to a new location and we realized we didn't even know what =20
we had.

Our first step was exactly what you're doing - create a spreadsheet =20
and list each item. We included title, composer, arranger, genre, and =20
maybe some other info, I don't remember. The very *first* thing we =20
did was to label each file cabinet with a letter and each drawer with =20
a number so we could note the location of each piece.

Next step (which is still ongoing and will probably be for quite some =20
time) was to look through each piece and determine whether the set was =20
complete, what was missing, would it be possible to get replacement =20
parts, would we ever want to perform it and if not did we want to =20
bother keeping it, and so on.

Eventually, we want to be able to reorganize the collection in some =20
way that makes sense. Perhaps by genre and then alphabetically by =20
title or composer. With a database to work from, and knowing where =20
everything is, that part should be pretty simple.

So, fwiw, I think you're on the right track.

Donna

Quoting "Maria D'Aura" <madaura@-----.com>:

> I have been struggling for some time to find an efficient way to =20
> organize the massive amount of music I've collected over the years. =20
> I know there are others out there with the same issue and I'd like =20
> to know what methods are working for you. Perhaps I just have too =20
> much, but somehow I still can't seem to part with any of it.
>
> In my latest attempt to organize my collection I created a database =20
> and have been entering all the info for each item, including a =20
> location. So far my location is just where it currently is located. =20
> I'm not attempting to group like items together at this point. To be =20
> able to at least know what drawer to look in is a big improvement.
>
> I only have two drawers worth entered so far. Before I go any =20
> further I thought I'd ask this list to see if maybe there is a =20
> better way.
>
> Looking forward to you replies.
>
> -Maria
>
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