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This tip is to help organize your songs. How many times have you made a file only to have to search for its location later, especially when you have not needed it for a while? Here is an easy way to solve this problem. Create a folder named "Songs"
place this folder on your desktop for easy access, so you can easily go to the folder to drag files to a flash drive; SD card or into other programs for easy transferring.
When you create a song: Use the Save As function/then go to the folder named "Songs"
Next create a new folder inside the "Songs" folder with your songs title I will call this one "Blue Boy."
Click inside the "Blue Boy" folder then save the song.
Inside the Blue Boy folder save all files associated with the song, whether audio, document (such as lyric and lead sheets)
Band in a Box, Real Band or other program.
Make a new folder inside the "Songs" folder for each song you do.
This way All you have to do is go to your songs file and look for the song you need and all of the files are in one place.
If you produce songs for other people put a "*" in front of the customers name "*Jane Doe" that way all of the customers songs are at the top in alphabetical order, you can replace the * with a number to keep a customer count "1 Jane Doe" etc.
If you want to keep track of year by year just name the "Songs" folder with the year in the date, "Songs 2014 etc.
I hope this helps!
My TunesPsalm 57:7 My heart, O God, is steadfast, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and make music.
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Nice Post PG. My 'Songs' folder is called 'Projects' but I use the same method. I save all files into a sub folder of that with the song name. This includes BIAB, RB, Adobe Audition files. I also use MS Excel for my song notes and calculations and save those to the folder as well as Notepad text files.
In addition to what you said, I put a double digit number in front of the song name folder so they are listed in order of creation.
Folder name examples:
01 - My first dumb song
02 - Another good song
03 - The chart topper song
So when I start a new song, I simply increment the number at the front of the folder name.
I guess you could use the date instead of numbers too, ie 2014-02-28. Those would stay alphabetical by creation date.
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Hi
Good post.
Mine Folder on the desktop is called "BB SONGS" and within it are separate folders for each of tunes I make - the SGU goes in there, the individual wavs, the mixdown wav, the chordsheets and band parts etc etc.
cheers
IAN
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