A fairly long time ago, I started to write about how to make and mantain the ultimate media library. Chances are, if you’re reading this, that your media library features the 128 kbps tracks you downloaded from Limewire or Ares. That’s how users categorize the origin of their music, which is absolutely stupid, as both come from the Gnutella network.
Chances are, also, that you use a Last.fm account. I’m 95% sure (yeah, I actually did that statistic) that you use your 128 kbps (which has absolutely nothing wrong with Last.fm) with poorly written tags. So, what does it matter anyway? It matters.
For statistic purposes, it’s not the same
DELIVERANCE – THE END – Frozen Plasma, than
Deliverance – The End – Frozen Plasma, or
Deliverance The End – Frozen Plasma
Ok, so why should I care? Well, that’s a very simple answer. If you’re inside a social network musically driven, the least thing you should be doing is to take care of your tags. Not doing it, is just like being a secretary with bad spelling or being a politician with no studies (Yes, I know. In third world countries like mine it actually is a common view. But I’m talking about a generic situation)
Even if you’re not inside a social network and you simply “want to listen music and that’s it” It will, eventually, become virtually imposible to manage your media library. You’ll simply end up deleting the whole library, and spending years to download it again.
So, you can delete it again because it became imposible to manage it.
That’s the current overview of the media guide. It’s not by far finished, but I will try to write it ASAP. If you enjoy your music, and feel that any process regarding the management of your library like moving files around, ripping a CD, creating audio files (DO NOT DO IT WITH SHITTY MEDIA PLAYERS!!), tagging or about, everything else, this guide will suit you well.
