Klarinet Archive - Posting 000240.txt from 2008/11

From: Oliver Seely <oseely@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Organizing your music library.
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:16:55 -0500

For what it is worth, here is the library of the Huntington Beach Concert Band:

http://home.pacbell.net/jlowe2/hbcblibrary.html

Note that there is only one list, alphabetized by title. Were it for
me to do, I think I'd offer two lists, the other alphabetized by
composer, but it is no big deal. Maintaining such a list and
watching over the file cabinets which contain the music is a genuine
labor of love (not mine, thankfully)

Oliver

At 01:48 PM 11/17/2008, you wrote:
>I was at one point helping out with organizing the music library for
>one of my community bands. We have more than 800 titles, and the
>library was kept at the longtime director's home. When she retired it
>was moved to a new location and we realized we didn't even know what
>we had.
>
>Our first step was exactly what you're doing - create a spreadsheet
>and list each item. We included title, composer, arranger, genre, and
>maybe some other info, I don't remember. The very *first* thing we
>did was to label each file cabinet with a letter and each drawer with
>a number so we could note the location of each piece.
>
>Next step (which is still ongoing and will probably be for quite some
>time) was to look through each piece and determine whether the set was
>complete, what was missing, would it be possible to get replacement
>parts, would we ever want to perform it and if not did we want to
>bother keeping it, and so on.
>
>Eventually, we want to be able to reorganize the collection in some
>way that makes sense. Perhaps by genre and then alphabetically by
>title or composer. With a database to work from, and knowing where
>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
> > organize the massive amount of music I've collected over the years.
> > I know there are others out there with the same issue and I'd like
> > to know what methods are working for you. Perhaps I just have too
> > 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
> > and have been entering all the info for each item, including a
> > location. So far my location is just where it currently is located.
> > I'm not attempting to group like items together at this point. To be
> > 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
> > further I thought I'd ask this list to see if maybe there is a
> > better way.
> >
> > Looking forward to you replies.
> >
> > -Maria
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